Cactus Increases Shock and Vibration for USB Flash Key

Cactus Technologies
Limited has increased the operational shock and
vibration rating of their industrial grade USB flash drive to 3,000G and 20G
respectively.

Steve Larrivee, VP of Sales and
Marketing, said: "Leveraging years of industrial grade flash storage
development knowledge, the Cactus Technologies 100 Series industrial grade USB
flash drive’s increased 3,000G shock and 20G vibration allow OEMs in rugged
environments to have confidence they will not lose their valuable data."

In addition the Cactus Technologies 100
Series
industrial grade USB flash
drive has the following features:

• USB Interface
• Capacities from 128MB to 8GB
• Optional Extended temperature range of
  -45°C to 90°C
• Firm Bill-Of-Material Control
• Long Life Cycles
• Compliant with USB 2.0 Specification
• Compliant with USB Mass Storage Class
  Spec v1.0
• > 2 million endurance cycles per block
• Altitude spec of 100,000 feet
• ECC and Defect Management
• 6.5 million-hour MTBF

Joseph Chang, VP of engineering,
commented: "Our Cactus Technologies 100 Series industrial grade USB flash
drive has completed testing for operational and non-operational shock to
3,000G, using MIL-STD883G, Method 2002.4, Condition C, and operational and
non-operational vibration to 20G, using MIL-STD883G, Method 2007.3, Condition
A. All testing was performed by a fully qualified 3rd party test lab."

These drives have been used in
industrial applications as undersea data collection, military data transfer
devices, heavy machinery, security systems and robotics.