RoHS Compliant SATA-Disk Module 4 SDM4 7P/90D Middle Profile Specifications July 5th, 2013 Version 1.3 Apacer Technology Inc. th 4 Fl., 75 Hsin Tai Wu Rd., Sec.1, Xizhi, New Taipei City, Taiwan 221 Tel: +886-2-2698-2888 www.apacer.com Fax: +886-2-2698-2889 SATA-Disk Module 4 APSDMxxxxG5AN-PXXX Features: Standard Serial ATA Revision 2.6 – Compliance with SATA Revision 2.6 specifications – SATA 3.0 Gbps – ATA-compatible command set Temperature ranges – Operation: Standard: 0°C to 70°C (32 ~ 158°F) Extended: -40°C to 85°C(-40° ~ 185°F) – Storage: -40°C to 100°C (-40° ~ 212°F) Capacities – 2, 4, 8, 16, 32 GB Supply voltage – 5.0 V ± 5% Performance* – Burst read/write: 300 MB/sec – Sustained read: up to 85 MB/sec – Sustained write: up to 80 MB/sec Power consumption (typical)* – Active mode: 233 [email protected] V – Idle mode: 75 [email protected] V Intelligent endurance design – Built-in hardware ECC, enabling up to 16/24 bit correction per 1K bytes – Static/dynamic wear-leveling – Flash bad-block management – S.M.A.R.T. – Power Failure Management – ATA Secure Erase – TRIM Connector type – 7-pin signal connector – Power segment in two types: power cable and power cable-less types Form factor – Middle profile SATA Disk Module – Dimension: 58.0 x 24.0 x1.0**, unit: mm Shock & Vibration*** – Shock: 1500 G – Vibration: 15 G MTBF: >2,000,000 hours Write Protect (optional) – Enabled by onboard hardware switch RoHS compliant NAND Flash Type: SLC *Varies from capacities. The values for performances and power consumptions presented are typical and may vary depending on flash configurations or platform settings. The term idle refers to the standby state of the device. **Implies to only the thickness of the module, without including the height/thickness of the connector head. ***Non-operating 1 © 2013 Apacer Technology Inc. Rev. 1.3 SATA-Disk Module 4 APSDMxxxxG5AN-PXXX Table of Contents 1. GENERAL DESCRIPTION .................................................................................................... 3 2. FUNCTIONAL BLOCK .......................................................................................................... 3 3. PIN ASSIGNMENTS ............................................................................................................... 4 4. PRODUCT SPECIFICATION ................................................................................................ 6 4.1 CAPACITY .............................................................................................................................................................6 4.2 PERFORMANCE .....................................................................................................................................................6 4.3 ENVIRONMENTAL SPECIFICATIONS .......................................................................................................................7 4.4 MEAN TIME BETWEEN FAILURES (MTBF) ...........................................................................................................7 4.5 CERTIFICATION AND COMPLIANCE .......................................................................................................................7 5. FLASH MANAGEMENT ....................................................................................................... 8 5.1 ERROR CORRECTION/DETECTION .........................................................................................................................8 5.2 FLASH BLOCK MANAGEMENT ..............................................................................................................................8 5.3 WEAR LEVELING ..................................................................................................................................................8 5.4 POWER FAILURE MANAGEMENT...........................................................................................................................8 5.5 ATA SECURE ERASE ............................................................................................................................................8 5.6 S.M.A.R.T............................................................................................................................................................9 5.7 TRIM ...................................................................................................................................................................9 6. SOFTWARE INTERFACE .................................................................................................. 10 6.1 COMMAND SET ...................................................................................................................................................10 7. ELECTRICAL SPECIFICATION ...................................................................................... 11 8. PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS ..................................................................................... 12 8.1 POWER CABLE TYPE ...........................................................................................................................................12 8.2 POWER CABLE-LESS TYPE ..................................................................................................................................13 8.3 WRITE PROTECT SWITCH (OPTIONAL)................................................................................................................14 9. PRODUCT ORDERING INFORMATION ........................................................................ 15 9.1 PRODUCT CODE DESIGNATIONS .........................................................................................................................15 2 © 2013 Apacer Technology Inc. Rev. 1.3 SATA-Disk Module 4 APSDMxxxxG5AN-PXXX 1. General Description Apacer’s SATA-Disk Module 4 (SDM4) is a high-performance, embedded SSD DOM (Disk on Module) designed to replace the conventional SATA storage devices. SDM4 can be fitted into a standard Serial ATA connectors commonly found in desktops, IT-STB, industrial PC and thin client systems. In addition, SDM4 provides an innovative way for design-in clients with compact host computing systems. Apacer’s SDM4 is built in with an efficient microcontroller that drives the potential of NAND flash and delivers optimal performance. With its compact form factor and SATA 3.0 Gbps interface, this product is well suited for embedded flash storage applications offering customizable and expanded functionalities as well as more cost-effective designs, better performance and increased reliability. 2. Functional Block SDM4 includes the SATA and Flash Management controllers, and flash media, as well as the SATA standard interface. Figure 2-1 shows the functional block diagram. Controller Flash interface & ECC engine Host SATAI Interface SATA 3.0 Gbps Interface Flash Flash Flash Flash Figure 2-1: Functional block diagram 3 © 2013 Apacer Technology Inc. Rev. 1.3 SATA-Disk Module 4 APSDMxxxxG5AN-PXXX 3. Pin Assignments Signal Pin 1 Power Pin 1 (Vcc) for the Power Cable-less Type Power Pin 1 (Vcc) for the Power Cable Type Table 3-1: Signal segment Name Type Pin 1 GND Pin 2 Pin 3 Pin 4 Pin 5 Pin 6 Pin 7 RxP RxN GND TxN TxP GND Description + Differential Receive Signal - Differential Receive Signal - Differential Transmit Signal + Differential Transmit Signal Table 3-2: Power segment Name Description Pin 1 VCC (5V) Pin 2 GND 4 © 2013 Apacer Technology Inc. Rev. 1.3 SATA-Disk Module 4 APSDMxxxxG5AN-PXXX Figure 3-1: SATA Cable/Connector Connection Diagram The connector on the left represents the Host with TX/RX differential pairs connected to a cable. The connector on the right shows the Device with TX/RX differential pairs also connected to the cable. Notice also the ground path connecting the shielding of the cable to the Cable Receptacle. 5 © 2013 Apacer Technology Inc. Rev. 1.3 SATA-Disk Module 4 APSDMxxxxG5AN-PXXX 4. Product Specification 4.1 Capacity Capacity specification of SDM4 product family is available as shown in Table 4-1. It lists the specific capacity and the default numbers of heads, sectors and cylinders for each product line. Table 4-1: Capacity specifications Capacity Total bytes Cylinders Heads Sectors Max LBA 2 GB 2,011,226,112 3,897 16 63 3,928,176 4 GB 4,011,614,208 7,773 16 63 7,835,184 8 GB 8,012,390,400 15,525 16 63 15,649,200 16 GB 16,013,942,784 16,383 16 63 31,277,232 32 GB 32,017,047,552 16,383 16 63 62,533,296 Notes: Display of total bytes varies from file systems, which means not all of the bytes can be used for storage. Cylinders, heads or sectors are not applicable for these capacities. Only LBA addressing applies. LBA count addressed in the table above indicates total user storage capacity and will remain the same throughout the lifespan of the device. However, the total usable capacity of the SSD is most likely to be less than the total physical capacity because a small portion of the capacity is reserved for device maintenance usages. 4.2 Performance Performances of SDM4 are listed below in table 4-2. Table 4-2: Performance (Typical) Capacity 2 GB 4 GB 8 GB 16 GB 32 GB Sustained read (MB/s) 75 80 80 85 85 Sustained write (MB/s) 26 50 50 80 80 Performance Note: Results may differ from various flash configurations or host system settings. 6 © 2013 Apacer Technology Inc. Rev. 1.3 SATA-Disk Module 4 APSDMxxxxG5AN-PXXX 4.3 Environmental Specifications Environmental specification of SDM4 product family follows military standards, indicated in Table 4-3. Table 4-3 SDM4 environmental specifications Item Operating temperature ℃) 0~70( Specification ℃ ℃) Extended temperature -40 ~ +85( ) Storage temperature -40~100( Vibration (non-operating) 10~2000(Hz), 15(G), sine wave, X, Y, Z axis Vibration (operating) 20~2000(Hz), 7.69 (Grms), random wave, X, Y, Z axis Shock (non-operating) 1500(G) half-sine wave, ±X, ±Y, ±Z axis Shock (operating) 50(G), half sine wave, ±X, ±Y, ±Z axis 4.4 Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF) Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF) is predicted based on reliability data for the individual components in SDM4. The prediction result for SDM4 is more than 2,000,000 hours. Notes about the MTBF: The MTBF is predicated and calculated based on “Telcordia Technologies Special Report, SR-332, Issue 2” method. 4.5 Certification and Compliance SDM4 complies with the following standards: CE FCC RoHS MIL-STD-810 7 © 2013 Apacer Technology Inc. Rev. 1.3 SATA-Disk Module 4 APSDMxxxxG5AN-PXXX 5. Flash Management 5.1 Error Correction/Detection SDM4 implements a hardware ECC scheme, based on the BCH algorithm. It can detect and correct up to 16 bits or 24 bits error in 1K bytes. 5.2 Flash Block Management Current production technology is unable to guarantee total reliability of NAND flash memory array. When a flash memory device leaves factory, it comes with a minimal number of initial bad blocks during production or out-of-factory as there is no currently known technology that produce flash chips free of bad blocks. In addition, bad blocks may develop during program/erase cycles. When host performs program/erase command on a block, bad block may appear in Status Register. Since bad blocks are inevitable, the solution is to keep them in control. Apacer flash devices are programmed with ECC, block mapping technique and S.M.A.R.T to reduce invalidity or error. Once bad blocks are detected, data in those blocks will be transferred to free blocks and error will be corrected by designated algorithms. 5.3 Wear Leveling Flash memory devices differ from Hard Disk Drives (HDDs) in terms of how blocks are utilized. For HDDs, when a change is made to stored data, like erase or update, the controller mechanism on HDDs will perform overwrites on blocks. Unlike HDDs, flash blocks cannot be overwritten and each P/E cycle wears down the lifespan of blocks gradually. Repeatedly program/erase cycles performed on the same memory cells will eventually cause some blocks to age faster than others. This would bring flash storages to their end of service term sooner. Wear leveling is an important mechanism that level out the wearing of blocks so that the wearing-down of blocks can be almost evenly distributed. This will increase the lifespan of SSDs. Commonly used wear leveling types are Static and Dynamic. 5.4 Power Failure Management Power Failure Management plays a crucial role when experiencing unstable power supply. Power disruption may occur when users are storing data into the SSD. In this urgent situation, the controller would run multiple write-to-flash cycles to store the metadata for later block rebuilding. This urgent operation requires about several milliseconds to get it done. At the next power up, the firmware will perform a status tracking to retrieve the mapping table and resume previously programmed NAND blocks to check if there is any incompleteness of transmission. 5.5 ATA Secure Erase AATA Secure Erase is an ATA disk purging command currently embedded in most of the storage drives. Defined in ATA specifications, (ATA) Secure Erase is part of Security Feature Set that allows storage drives to erase all user data areas. The erase process usually runs on the firmware level as most of the ATA-based storage media currently in the market are built-in with this command. ATA Secure Erase can securely wipe out the user data in the drive and protects it from malicious attack. 8 © 2013 Apacer Technology Inc. Rev. 1.3 SATA-Disk Module 4 APSDMxxxxG5AN-PXXX 5.6 S.M.A.R.T. S.M.A.R.T. is an abbreviation for Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology, a self-monitoring system that provides indicators of drive health as well as potential disk problems. It serves as a warning for users from unscheduled downtime by monitoring and displaying critical drive information. Ideally, this should allow taking proactive actions to prevent drive failure and make use of S.M.A.R.T. information for future product development reference. Apacer devices use the standard SMART command B0h to read data out from the drive to activate our S.M.A.R.T. feature that complies with the ATA/ATAPI specifications. S.M.A.R.T. Attribute IDs shall include initial bad block count, total later bad block count, maximum erase count, average erase count, power on hours and power cycle. When the S.M.A.R.T. Utility running on the host, it analyzes and reports the disk status to the host before the device reaches in critical condition. Note: attribute IDs may vary from product models due to various solution design and supporting capabilities. 5.7 TRIM TRIM, though in capital letters usually, is a memory computation command rather than an abbreviation. It is mainly a SATA command that enables the operating system to inform the SSD (Solid State Drive) which blocks of previously stored data are no longer valid, due to erases by the host or operating system, such as file deletions or disk formatting. Once notified, SSD will begin the discard of the invalid LBAs and retain more space for itself, in fact, the discarded is no longer recoverable. When an LBA is replaced by the operating system, as with overwrite of a file, the SSD is informed that the originally occupied LBA is determined as no longer in use or invalid. The SSD will not save those blocks in garbage collected sectors. Noticeably, a file deletion command by host or operating system never actually erases the actual content, rather, just the file is marked as deleted. This issue is even specifically noticeable for flash based memory devices, such as SSDs. In fact, an SSD will keep garbage collecting the invalid, previously occupied LBAs, if it is not informed that these LBAs can be erased. Thus, the SSD would experience a significant performance downfall. 9 © 2013 Apacer Technology Inc. Rev. 1.3 SATA-Disk Module 4 APSDMxxxxG5AN-PXXX 6. Software Interface 6.1 Command Set This section defines the software requirements and the format of the commands the host sends to SDM4. Commands are issued to SDM4 by loading the required registers in the command block with the supplied parameters, and then writing the command code to the Command register. Table 6-1: Command set Code Command Code Command E5h Check Power Mode F3h Security Erase Prepare 06h Data Set Management F4h Security Erase Unit 90h Execute Device Diagnostic F5h Security Freeze Lock E7h Flush Cache F1h Security Set Password EAh Flush Cache EXT F2h Security Unlock Ech Identify Device 70h Seek E3h Idle Efh Set Features E1h Idle Immediate C6h Set Multiple Mode 91h Initialize Device Parameters E6h Sleep C8h Read DMA B0h SMART 25h Read DMA EXT E2h Standby C4h Read Multiple E0h Standby Immediate 29h Read Multiple EXT Cah Write DMA 20h Read Sector 35h Write DMA EXT 24h Read Sector EXT C5h Write Multiple 40h Read Verify Sectors 39h Write Multiple EXT 42h Read Verify Sectors EXT 30h Write Sector 10h Recalibrate 34h Write Sector EXT F6h Security Disable Password 10 © 2013 Apacer Technology Inc. Rev. 1.3 SATA-Disk Module 4 APSDMxxxxG5AN-PXXX 7. Electrical Specification Table 7-1: Operating range Item Description Required voltage 5V±5% (4.75-5.25V) Operating temperature 0°C to +70°C (standard) -40°C to 85°C (extended) Table 7-2: Typical power consumption Capacity 2 GB 4 GB 8 GB 16 GB 32 GB Active (mA) 187 224 233 220 230 Idle (mA) 71 72 72 75 75 Modes Note: Results may differ from various flash configurations or host system settings. 11 © 2013 Apacer Technology Inc. Rev. 1.3 SATA-Disk Module 4 APSDMxxxxG5AN-PXXX 8. Physical Characteristics 8.1 Power Cable Type ㎜ Unit: Tolerance: ± 0.25 12 © 2013 Apacer Technology Inc. Rev. 1.3 SATA-Disk Module 4 APSDMxxxxG5AN-PXXX 8.2 Power Cable-less Type ㎜ Unit: Tolerance: ± 0.25 13 © 2013 Apacer Technology Inc. Rev. 1.3 SATA-Disk Module 4 APSDMxxxxG5AN-PXXX 8.3 Write Protect Switch (optional) Write Protect switch Enable Disable Description of Apacer Write Protect: Apacer implements the Virtual Write scheme that allows write commands to go through the flash controller and data is temporarily stored, but no data has been actually written into the flash. Once the host resets or restarts the system, all the temporarily stored data will disappear and nowhere to be found in the drive. Since the Virtual Write scheme runs at device level, it requires no software or driver installation and is independent from the host OS. 14 © 2013 Apacer Technology Inc. Rev. 1.3 SATA-Disk Module 4 APSDMxxxxG5AN-PXXX 9. Product Ordering Information 9.1 Product Code Designations A P SDM x x x x G 5 A N – P X X X Power Source Selection Blank: Power Cable Type C: Power Cable-less Type Temperature Range Blank: Standard W: Extended Temperature Flash type T: Toshiba C: Micron Version Control Apacer Brand A: Standard P: Write protect Solution Version Form Factor G: 7P/90D Capacities: 002G: 004G: 008G: 016G: 032G: 2GB 4GB 8GB 16GB 32GB Serial ATA Flash Module Apacer Product Code 15 © 2013 Apacer Technology Inc. Rev. 1.3 SATA-Disk Module 4 APSDMxxxxG5AN-PXXX 9.2 Valid Combinations 7P/90D MP: Power Cable Type Capacity Standard Extended Temperature 2GB APSDM002GG5AN-PT APSDM002GG5AN-PTW 4GB APSDM004GG5AN-PT APSDM004GG5AN-PTW 8GB APSDM008GG5AN-PT APSDM008GG5AN-PTW 16GB APSDM016GG5AN-PC APSDM016GG5AN-PCW 32GB APSDM032GG5AN-PC APSDM032GG5AN-PCW 7P/90D MP: Power Cable-less Type Capacity Standard Extended Temperature 2GB APSDM002GG5AN-PTC APSDM002GG5AN-PTWC 4GB APSDM004GG5AN-PTC APSDM004GG5AN-PTWC 8GB APSDM008GG5AN-PTC APSDM008GG5AN-PTWC 16GB APSDM016GG5AN-PCC APSDM016GG5AN-PCWC 32GB APSDM032GG5AN-PCC APSDM032GG5AN-PCWC 7P/90D MP: Power Cable Type with write protect Capacity Standard Extended Temperature 2GB APSDM002GG5PN-PT APSDM002GG5PN-PTW 4GB APSDM004GG5PN-PT APSDM004GG5PN-PTW 8GB APSDM008GG5PN-PT APSDM008GG5PN-PTW 16GB APSDM016GG5PN-PC APSDM016GG5PN-PCW 32GB APSDM032GG5PN-PC APSDM032GG5PN-PCW 7P/90D MP: Power Cable-less Type with write protect Capacity Standard Extended Temperature 2GB APSDM002GG5PN-PTC APSDM002GG5PN-PTWC 4GB APSDM004GG5PN-PTC APSDM004GG5PN-PTWC 8GB APSDM008GG5PN-PTC APSDM008GG5PN-PTWC 16GB APSDM016GG5PN-PCC APSDM016GG5PN-PCWC 32GB APSDM032GG5PN-PCC APSDM032GG5PN-PCWC Note: Please consult with Apacer sales representative for availabilities. 16 © 2013 Apacer Technology Inc. Rev. 1.3 SATA-Disk Module 4 APSDMxxxxG5AN-PXXX Revision History Revision 1.0 Date Description 12/02/2011 Official release Remark Revised capacity information 1.1 1/17/2012 Updated Product Ordering Information Added Power cable-less model 1.2 11/09/2012 Updated Product Ordering Information due to firmware upgrade Added Write Protect option 1.3 07/05/2013 Updated Product Ordering Information due to firmware upgrade 17 © 2013 Apacer Technology Inc. Rev. 1.3 SATA-Disk Module 4 APSDMxxxxG5AN-PXXX Global Presence Taiwan (Headquarters) Apacer Technology Inc. th 4 Fl., 75 Hsin Tai Wu Rd., Sec.1 Xizhi, New Taipei City Taiwan 221 R.O.C. Tel: +886-2-2698-2888 Fax: +886-2-2698-2889 [email protected] U.S.A. 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