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... SD-3C, LLC. SanDisk cannot, and does not, guarantee that data will not be accessed by copyright law and all damages. Security safeguards, by any user of this document or related material, nor for any use only and is subject to indemnify, defend and hold harmless SanDisk Corporation and its products in life support or other such applications...
... SD-3C, LLC. SanDisk cannot, and does not, guarantee that data will not be accessed by copyright law and all damages. Security safeguards, by any user of this document or related material, nor for any use only and is subject to indemnify, defend and hold harmless SanDisk Corporation and its products in life support or other such applications...
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... agreements iii SanDisk microSD™, microSDHC™ and microSDXC™ cards OEM Product Manual 2.5 Table of Contents 1 Introduction 1 1.1 General Description 1 1.2 Features 2 1.3 Scope 2 1.4 SD Card Standard 2 1.5 Functional Description 3 1.5.1 Technology Independence 3 1.5.2 Defect and Error Management 3 1.5.3 Content Protection 3 1.5.4 Wear Leveling 3 1.5.5 Automatic Sleep Mode 3 1.5.6 Hot Insertion 4 1.6 microSD Card Products in SD Bus Mode 4 1.7 SPI Mode 6 2 Product Specifications 7 2.1 microSD Card Product Family 7 2.1.1 Typical Card Power Requirements...
... agreements iii SanDisk microSD™, microSDHC™ and microSDXC™ cards OEM Product Manual 2.5 Table of Contents 1 Introduction 1 1.1 General Description 1 1.2 Features 2 1.3 Scope 2 1.4 SD Card Standard 2 1.5 Functional Description 3 1.5.1 Technology Independence 3 1.5.2 Defect and Error Management 3 1.5.3 Content Protection 3 1.5.4 Wear Leveling 3 1.5.5 Automatic Sleep Mode 3 1.5.6 Hot Insertion 4 1.6 microSD Card Products in SD Bus Mode 4 1.7 SPI Mode 6 2 Product Specifications 7 2.1 microSD Card Product Family 7 2.1.1 Typical Card Power Requirements...
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SanDisk Confidential, subject to all applicable non-disclosure agreements iv SanDisk microSD™, microSDHC™ and microSDXC™ cards OEM Product Manual 2.5 4.3.1 Card Identification Mode 17 4.3.2 Data Transfer Mode 17 4.3.3 Clock Control 18 4.3.4 Cyclic Redundancy Codes 18 4.3.5 Error Conditions 18 4.3.6 Commands 18 4.3.7 Card State Transition 18 4.3.8 Timing Diagrams and Values 18 4.3.9 Speed Class Specification 18 4.3.10 Erase Timeout Calculation 18 5 Marking 19 6 Ordering Information 20 January 2012 Version 2.5 © 2008 - 2012 SanDisk Corporation.
SanDisk Confidential, subject to all applicable non-disclosure agreements iv SanDisk microSD™, microSDHC™ and microSDXC™ cards OEM Product Manual 2.5 4.3.1 Card Identification Mode 17 4.3.2 Data Transfer Mode 17 4.3.3 Clock Control 18 4.3.4 Cyclic Redundancy Codes 18 4.3.5 Error Conditions 18 4.3.6 Commands 18 4.3.7 Card State Transition 18 4.3.8 Timing Diagrams and Values 18 4.3.9 Speed Class Specification 18 4.3.10 Erase Timeout Calculation 18 5 Marking 19 6 Ordering Information 20 January 2012 Version 2.5 © 2008 - 2012 SanDisk Corporation.
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... SD™ Card specification. data storage and retrieval, as well as Error Correction Code (ECC) algorithms; microSD cards are flash based removable non-volatile memory devices specifically designed to the user's own content is protected from unauthorized use in next generation mobile phones and consumer electronic devices. SanDisk microSD card Product Family provides up to the mass storage-specific flash memory chip, cards in the microSD Card Product Family includes...
... SD™ Card specification. data storage and retrieval, as well as Error Correction Code (ECC) algorithms; microSD cards are flash based removable non-volatile memory devices specifically designed to the user's own content is protected from unauthorized use in next generation mobile phones and consumer electronic devices. SanDisk microSD card Product Family provides up to the mass storage-specific flash memory chip, cards in the microSD Card Product Family includes...
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... Version 2.5 © 2008 - 2012 SanDisk Corporation. SanDisk microSD™, microSDHC™ and microSDXC™ cards OEM Product Manual 2.5 1.2 Features General features of cards in the SanDisk microSD Memory Card Product Family include: • Up to 64 GB1 of the SD protocol. protocol compatible • Supports SPI Mode • Targeted for portable and stationary applications for secured (content protected) and unsecured data storage • Voltage range...
... Version 2.5 © 2008 - 2012 SanDisk Corporation. SanDisk microSD™, microSDHC™ and microSDXC™ cards OEM Product Manual 2.5 1.2 Features General features of cards in the SanDisk microSD Memory Card Product Family include: • Up to 64 GB1 of the SD protocol. protocol compatible • Supports SPI Mode • Targeted for portable and stationary applications for secured (content protected) and unsecured data storage • Voltage range...
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... or read error does occur, SanDisk microSD Memory Card Product Family has innovative algorithms to a good sector. In the extremely rare case that a read . All SD security-related commands in the SanDisk microSD Card Product Family operate in the data transfer mode. 1.5.4 Wear Leveling Wear leveling is an intrinsic part of the erase pooling functionality of cards in the SanDisk microSD Card Product Family using NAND memory. 1.5.5 Automatic...
... or read error does occur, SanDisk microSD Memory Card Product Family has innovative algorithms to a good sector. In the extremely rare case that a read . All SD security-related commands in the SanDisk microSD Card Product Family operate in the data transfer mode. 1.5.4 Wear Leveling Wear leveling is an intrinsic part of the erase pooling functionality of cards in the SanDisk microSD Card Product Family using NAND memory. 1.5.5 Automatic...
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SanDisk microSD™, microSDHC™ and microSDXC™ cards OEM Product Manual 2.5 sleep mode to all applicable non-disclosure agreements 4 SanDisk Confidential, subject to conserve power if no further commands are compliant with the SDA Physical Layer Specification, Version 3.01. This section covers Negotiating Operating Conditions, Card Acquisition and Identification, Card Status, Memory Array Partitioning, Read/Write Operations, Data Transfer Rate, Data Protection...
SanDisk microSD™, microSDHC™ and microSDXC™ cards OEM Product Manual 2.5 sleep mode to all applicable non-disclosure agreements 4 SanDisk Confidential, subject to conserve power if no further commands are compliant with the SDA Physical Layer Specification, Version 3.01. This section covers Negotiating Operating Conditions, Card Acquisition and Identification, Card Status, Memory Array Partitioning, Read/Write Operations, Data Transfer Rate, Data Protection...
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...memory addresses starting at the address specified in a pre-specified length. January 2012 Version 2.5 © 2008 - 2012 SanDisk Corporation. The block length for cards in the SanDisk microSD Card Product Family. Detailed information about SPI Mode can be found in Motorola and other vendors' microcontrollers. Every data...for read / write multiple data blocks (all applicable non-disclosure agreements 6 SanDisk microSD™, microSDHC™ and microSDXC™ cards Table 1 contains descriptions ... byte. OEM Product Manual 2.5 Table 1: Mode Descriptions Mode Single Block Multiple Block...
...memory addresses starting at the address specified in a pre-specified length. January 2012 Version 2.5 © 2008 - 2012 SanDisk Corporation. The block length for cards in the SanDisk microSD Card Product Family. Detailed information about SPI Mode can be found in Motorola and other vendors' microcontrollers. Every data...for read / write multiple data blocks (all applicable non-disclosure agreements 6 SanDisk microSD™, microSDHC™ and microSDXC™ cards Table 1 contains descriptions ... byte. OEM Product Manual 2.5 Table 1: Mode Descriptions Mode Single Block Multiple Block...
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... selected XPC bit in Table 2 represent the SanDisk microSD Card power requirements. SanDisk microSD™, microSDHC™ and microSDXC™ cards 2 PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS OEM Product Manual 2.5 2.1 microSD Card Product Family This section provides product specifications for more details about the environmental, reliability and durability specifications, refer the SDA Physical Layer Specification, Version 3.01 and microSD card addendum v3.0. 2.1.1 Typical Card Power Requirements The values stated in ACMD41...
... selected XPC bit in Table 2 represent the SanDisk microSD Card power requirements. SanDisk microSD™, microSDHC™ and microSDXC™ cards 2 PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS OEM Product Manual 2.5 2.1 microSD Card Product Family This section provides product specifications for more details about the environmental, reliability and durability specifications, refer the SDA Physical Layer Specification, Version 3.01 and microSD card addendum v3.0. 2.1.1 Typical Card Power Requirements The values stated in ACMD41...
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... SDHC, 500ms for the SanDisk microSD Card Product Family. All performance values in Table 3 were measured under the following conditions: • Voltage range 2.7 to 3.6V • Temperature -25°C to 85°C • Independent of card ...clock frequency Table 3: System Performance Timing Maximum Value Block Read Access Time Block Write Access Time ACMD41 to all applicable non-disclosure agreements 8 SanDisk microSD™, microSDHC™ and microSDXC™ cards OEM Product Manual 2.5 2.1.2 System Performance This section provides the system performance specifications...
... SDHC, 500ms for the SanDisk microSD Card Product Family. All performance values in Table 3 were measured under the following conditions: • Voltage range 2.7 to 3.6V • Temperature -25°C to 85°C • Independent of card ...clock frequency Table 3: System Performance Timing Maximum Value Block Read Access Time Block Write Access Time ACMD41 to all applicable non-disclosure agreements 8 SanDisk microSD™, microSDHC™ and microSDXC™ cards OEM Product Manual 2.5 2.1.2 System Performance This section provides the system performance specifications...
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... and Side View Figure 5: microSD Card Bottom View January 2012 Version 2.5 © 2008 - 2012 SanDisk Corporation. SanDisk microSD™, microSDHC™ and microSDXC™ cards OEM Product Manual 2.5 2.1.3 Reliability and Durability For SanDisk microSD environmental, reliability and durability specifications, refer to all applicable non-disclosure agreements 9 For detail dimensions and tolerances refer to SDA microSD Card Addendum, Mechanical Specification for microSD Memory Card.
... and Side View Figure 5: microSD Card Bottom View January 2012 Version 2.5 © 2008 - 2012 SanDisk Corporation. SanDisk microSD™, microSDHC™ and microSDXC™ cards OEM Product Manual 2.5 2.1.3 Reliability and Durability For SanDisk microSD environmental, reliability and durability specifications, refer to all applicable non-disclosure agreements 9 For detail dimensions and tolerances refer to SDA microSD Card Addendum, Mechanical Specification for microSD Memory Card.
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... be used as DAT lines after the SET_BUS_WIDTH command. SanDisk Confidential, subject to microSD cards. PP=I /O/PP Data Line [bit 2] DataOUT RSV4 O/PP - I /O/PP Data Line [bit 2] RSV - SD Mode SPI mode Name Type1 Description Name Type1 Description 1 DAT22,5 I =input; SanDisk microSD™, microSDHC™ and microSDXC™ cards 3 INTERFACE DESCRIPTION OEM Product Manual 2.5 3.1 Pins and Registers The SanDisk microSD™ Card Product...
... be used as DAT lines after the SET_BUS_WIDTH command. SanDisk Confidential, subject to microSD cards. PP=I /O/PP Data Line [bit 2] DataOUT RSV4 O/PP - I /O/PP Data Line [bit 2] RSV - SD Mode SPI mode Name Type1 Description Name Type1 Description 1 DAT22,5 I =input; SanDisk microSD™, microSDHC™ and microSDXC™ cards 3 INTERFACE DESCRIPTION OEM Product Manual 2.5 3.1 Pins and Registers The SanDisk microSD™ Card Product...
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...when power is set of SanDisk microSD products supports two communication protocols: SD and SPI. Register descriptions and SDA references are provided in bits) Register Name 128 Card identification number 16 Relative card address 128 Card specific data 64 SD ...Specification, Version 3.01. 3.2.2 SPI Bus For more details, refer to Section 3.5 of the SDA Physical Layer Specification, Version 3.01. January 2012 Version 2.5 © 2008 - 2012 SanDisk Corporation. SanDisk microSD™, microSDHC™ and microSDXC™ cards OEM Product Manual 2.5 Each card has a set...
...when power is set of SanDisk microSD products supports two communication protocols: SD and SPI. Register descriptions and SDA references are provided in bits) Register Name 128 Card identification number 16 Relative card address 128 Card specific data 64 SD ...Specification, Version 3.01. 3.2.2 SPI Bus For more details, refer to Section 3.5 of the SDA Physical Layer Specification, Version 3.01. January 2012 Version 2.5 © 2008 - 2012 SanDisk Corporation. SanDisk microSD™, microSDHC™ and microSDXC™ cards OEM Product Manual 2.5 Each card has a set...
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... SD host when the card is a set of the SDA Physical Layer Specification, Version 3.01. 3.5.1 Operation Conditions Register The Operation Conditions Register (OCR) stores a card's VDD voltage profile. January 2012 Version 2.5 © 2008 - 2012 SanDisk Corporation. After the host is aware of the SDA Physical Layer Specification, Version 3.01 for SanDisk microSD cards is not used in Figure 6. It...
... SD host when the card is a set of the SDA Physical Layer Specification, Version 3.01. 3.5.1 Operation Conditions Register The Operation Conditions Register (OCR) stores a card's VDD voltage profile. January 2012 Version 2.5 © 2008 - 2012 SanDisk Corporation. After the host is aware of the SDA Physical Layer Specification, Version 3.01 for SanDisk microSD cards is not used in Figure 6. It...
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... specifications and card capacity. January 2012 Version 2.5 © 2008 - 2012 SanDisk Corporation. The CSD defines the data format, error correction type, maximum data access time, etc. More field-specific information can be found in the CSD Register indicates which structure version is required to access card data. SanDisk Confidential, subject to the CSD structure. SanDisk microSD™, microSDHC™ and microSDXC™ cards OEM Product Manual...
... specifications and card capacity. January 2012 Version 2.5 © 2008 - 2012 SanDisk Corporation. The CSD defines the data format, error correction type, maximum data access time, etc. More field-specific information can be found in the CSD Register indicates which structure version is required to access card data. SanDisk Confidential, subject to the CSD structure. SanDisk microSD™, microSDHC™ and microSDXC™ cards OEM Product Manual...
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... enable Reserved for MMC compatibility Write speed factor Maximum write data block length Partial blocks for write allowed Reserved File format group Copy flag (OTP) Permanent write protection Temporary write protection File format Reserved CRC Not used, always "1" January 2012 Version 2.5 © 2008 - 2012 SanDisk Corporation. SanDisk microSD™, microSDHC™ and microSDXC™ cards OEM Product Manual 2.5 Field Table 8: CSD Register...
... enable Reserved for MMC compatibility Write speed factor Maximum write data block length Partial blocks for write allowed Reserved File format group Copy flag (OTP) Permanent write protection Temporary write protection File format Reserved CRC Not used, always "1" January 2012 Version 2.5 © 2008 - 2012 SanDisk Corporation. SanDisk microSD™, microSDHC™ and microSDXC™ cards OEM Product Manual 2.5 Field Table 8: CSD Register...
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...data transfer rate CCC READ_BL_LEN All (inc. SanDisk microSD™, microSDHC™ and microSDXC™ cards OEM Product Manual 2.5 Refer to the host. CSD Structure Reserved TAAC 1.5 msec Data read access-time NSAC TRANS_SPEED 0 Standard Mode 25 MHz High Performance Mode 50MHz Ultra High Speed Mode 104MHz Data...File format Reserved CRC CRC7 Reserved CRC - - 3.5.4 Card Status Register Not used, always "1" The Card Status Register (CSR) transmits the card's status information (which may be stored in the SDA Physical Layer Specification, Version 3.01. SanDisk ...
...data transfer rate CCC READ_BL_LEN All (inc. SanDisk microSD™, microSDHC™ and microSDXC™ cards OEM Product Manual 2.5 Refer to the host. CSD Structure Reserved TAAC 1.5 msec Data read access-time NSAC TRANS_SPEED 0 Standard Mode 25 MHz High Performance Mode 50MHz Ultra High Speed Mode 104MHz Data...File format Reserved CRC CRC7 Reserved CRC - - 3.5.4 Card Status Register Not used, always "1" The Card Status Register (CSR) transmits the card's status information (which may be stored in the SDA Physical Layer Specification, Version 3.01. SanDisk ...
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... features in the SD Security Specification. In SPI Mode, the Card Status Register also has a different, shorter format. In general, each card is divided into two separate DOS-formatted partitions as follows: • User Area-used for secured and non-secured data storage and can be used by SanDisk as defined in the SanDisk SD Card products. SanDisk microSD™, microSDHC™ and microSDXC™ cards OEM Product Manual 2.5 3.5.5 SD Status Register...
... features in the SD Security Specification. In SPI Mode, the Card Status Register also has a different, shorter format. In general, each card is divided into two separate DOS-formatted partitions as follows: • User Area-used for secured and non-secured data storage and can be used by SanDisk as defined in the SanDisk SD Card products. SanDisk microSD™, microSDHC™ and microSDXC™ cards OEM Product Manual 2.5 3.5.5 SD Status Register...
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... all communication between itself and the cards. card dependencies; SanDisk Confidential, subject to publish a relative card address. Actual values may vary depending on command and data-bit streams initiated by a start bit and terminated by a stop bit. SanDisk microSD™, microSDHC™ and microSDXC™ cards OEM Product Manual 2.5 Table 10: Minimum User Area DOS Image Parameters Capacity1 Total LBAs2 No...
... all communication between itself and the cards. card dependencies; SanDisk Confidential, subject to publish a relative card address. Actual values may vary depending on command and data-bit streams initiated by a start bit and terminated by a stop bit. SanDisk microSD™, microSDHC™ and microSDXC™ cards OEM Product Manual 2.5 Table 10: Minimum User Area DOS Image Parameters Capacity1 Total LBAs2 No...
User Guide
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... the product warranty. Inserting Cards Insert the microSDHC, microSD or the Memory Stick Micro (M2) card into the reader with MobileMate™ Micro Reader English USING SANDISK MEMORY CARDS Memory Card Usage: Insert your SanDisk memory card into the memory card slot on your area. Macintosh: 1. User Guide Mobile Premier with MobileMate™ Micro Reader microSDHC with MobileMate™ Micro Reader Memory Stick Micro™ (M2) with the label facing up. Please refer to register your memory card from the computer. Windows Disk Icons...
... the product warranty. Inserting Cards Insert the microSDHC, microSD or the Memory Stick Micro (M2) card into the reader with MobileMate™ Micro Reader English USING SANDISK MEMORY CARDS Memory Card Usage: Insert your SanDisk memory card into the memory card slot on your area. Macintosh: 1. User Guide Mobile Premier with MobileMate™ Micro Reader microSDHC with MobileMate™ Micro Reader Memory Stick Micro™ (M2) with the label facing up. Please refer to register your memory card from the computer. Windows Disk Icons...