C-400 Industrial CF Card From Swissbit

The new C-400 series CompactFlash card from Swissbit AG offers high level of reliability for non-volatile memory.

This is achieved through wear leveling, read disturb management and the BCH-ECC (Bose-Chaudhuri-Hocquenghem-Codes) unit, which can correct up to 24 bits per 1024 bytes using a tried-and-tested procedure.

The S.M.A.R.T. values enable 100% transparency while reducing field problems to a minimum in combination with other monitoring methods. The ‘Power Fail’ secure C-400 series with TCO is a storage solution for sectors, including industry and automation, medicine, transportation and communication/networks.

SLC flash storage cells, which have been evaluated and tested at high level, and specially optimized algorithms for flash handling also help to ensure the high level of reliability provided by the new C-400 series. Thanks to S.M.A.R.T. protocols and Life Time Monitoring, users are aware of the actual condition of the CompactFlash cards, which means failures can be avoided. If requested by the customer, Swissbit can also add additional command sets to these monitoring mechanisms in order to provide more transparency.

The Low Power C-400 CompactFlash cards have a maximum power consumption of 0.6W. They include UDMA6 (Ultra-Direct Memory Access), which provides data transfer rates of up 65 MB/s, and are compatible with the CF Specification Rev. 5.0, 4.1 & 3.0.

The C-400 series, which has been designed for temperature ranges of -40°C to 85°C and 0°C to 70°C, should be available from April with storage densities of between 2GB and 64GB. Smaller densities will be available at a later date. Long-term availability with a fixed BOM (Bill of Materials) as well as shock and vibration resistance are guaranteed.