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RELATED APPLICATIONS

Communications/Networking

Embedded/Industrial

Military/Aerospace

Medical Equipment

RELATED TECHNOLOGY

Advanced Flash Management

Total Drive Protection

Flash Life Support

Flash Memory Controller

Power Down Recovery

RELATED PRODUCTS

ATA PC Card

PCMCIA INTERFACE

STEC PCMCIA Interface for ATA PC Card Products

The PCMCIA I/O interface, developed more than 10 years ago and initially used for memory cards, defines a standard 68-pin connector and comes in a Type 1, 2, and 3 format (varying thicknesses), though Type 2 is the most prevalent. Since then, the PCMCIA 16-bit interface has been improved with a 32-bit CardBus interface designed to meet the demands of multimedia and other high-bandwidth applications. The latest development is the ExpressCard (www.expresscard.org) interface, which increases the I/O performance by supporting both the PCI Express and USB 2.0 standard.

PCMCIA RELATED PRODUCTS

PRODUCT

ATA PC Card

INTERFACE

•	PCMCIA
•	ATA/True IDE

APPLICATIONS

•	Communications/Networking
•	Embedded/Industrial
•	Military/Aerospace
•	Medical Equipment

TECHNOLOGY

•	Advanced Flash Management
•	Total Drive Protection
•	Flash Life Support
•	Flash Memory Controller
•	Power-Down Recovery

READ/WRITE PERFORMANCE (MB/s)

•

10/7

	POWER CONSUMPTION
	Sleep/Idle Mode
	Operating Mode


•	2mA
•	75mA

CAPACITY

•	Up to 16GB

FORM FACTOR

•

PC Card

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WHY PCMCIA?

ATA PC CARD

ATA PC CARD

STEC Industrial Grade ATA PC Cards are perfect alternatives to hard disk drives due to their high reliability and low cost per useable megabyte. ATA PC Cards are designed specifically for equipment requiring standard form factors and moderate capacities (up to 16GB), such as data recorders, avionics systems and telecommunication applications.

• Capacities up to 16GB
• 2 million write/erase cycles
• Sustained throughput up to 10 MB/s
• ATA and True IDE interfaces
• Temperature rated for industrial use