RoHS Compliant
mSATA Flash Drive
mSATA mini H1-M Product Specifications
July 8, 2015
Version 1.4
Apacer Technology Inc.
1F, No.32, Zhongcheng Rd., Tucheng Dist., New Taipei City, Taiwan, R.O.C
Tel: +886-2-2267-8000
www.apacer.com
http://www.apacer.com
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Features:
Compliance with SATA Revision 3.1
– SATA 6.0 Gbps interface
– Backward compatible with SATA 1.5/3.0
Gbps interfaces
– ATA command set
Temperature ranges
– Operating:
Standard: 0°C to 70°C
Extended: -40°C to +85°C
– Storage: -40°C to +85°C
Capacities
– 8, 16, 32, 64, 128 GB
Supply voltage
– 3.3 V ± 5%
Performance*
– Interface burst read/write: 600 MB/sec
– Sustained read: up to 520 MB/sec
– Sustained write: up to 180 MB/sec
Power consumption (typical)*
– Active mode: 475 mA
– Idle mode: 85 mA
Form factor
– mSATA mini, JEDEC MO-300B
– Dimensions (29.85 x 26.80 x 1.00**, unit: mm)
Connector
– 52-pin mSATA signal connector
RoHS compliant
Device Sleep (optional) ***
Flash Management
– Built-in hardware ECC
– Wear leveling
– Bad block management
– S.M.A.R.T.
– Power Failure Management
– TRIM
NAND Flash Type: MLC
Endurance
– 8GB: 13 TBW
– 16GB: 27 TBW
– 32GB: 54 TBW
– 64GB: 108 TBW
– 128GB: 217 TBW
*Varies from capacities. The values addressed here are typical and may vary depending on host system settings.
**Only the height of the PCB
***Not available in 64GB and 128GB models
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Table of Contents
1.
Product Description ............................................................................................... 3
1.1 Introduction ...................................................................................................................................................3
1.2 Capacity Specification ...................................................................................................................................3
1.3 Performance ...................................................................................................................................................3
1.4 Pin Assignments .............................................................................................................................................4
2.
Software Interface................................................................................................... 6
2.1 Command Set .................................................................................................................................................6
2.2 S.M.A.R.T. ......................................................................................................................................................7
3.
Flash Management ................................................................................................. 8
3.1 Error Correction/Detection .......................................................................................................................... 8
3.2 Bad Block Management ................................................................................................................................ 8
3.3 Wear Leveling ................................................................................................................................................8
3.4 Power Failure Management .......................................................................................................................... 8
3.5 TRIM .............................................................................................................................................................. 8
3.6 Secure Erase ...................................................................................................................................................9
3.7 SATA Power Management ........................................................................................................................... 9
4.
Environment Specifications ................................................................................ 10
4.1 Environmental ............................................................................................................................................. 10
4.2 Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF) ...................................................................................................... 10
4.3 Certification and Compliance ..................................................................................................................... 10
4.4 Endurance .................................................................................................................................................... 11
5.
Electrical Characteristics ..................................................................................... 12
5.1 Operating Voltage........................................................................................................................................ 12
5.2 Power Consumption .................................................................................................................................... 12
6.
Mechanical Specifications ................................................................................... 13
6.1 Dimensions ................................................................................................................................................... 13
7.
Product Ordering Information ............................................................................. 15
7.1 Product Code Designation........................................................................................................................... 15
7.2 Valid Combination....................................................................................................................................... 16
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1.
Product Description
1.1 Introduction
Apacer’s mSATA mini H1-M delivers all the advantages of flash disk technology with the Serial ATA 6.0 Gbps
interface and is fully compliant with the standard mSATA mini form factor, known as JEDEC MO-300B
standard. The module is designed to operate at optimal efficiency and reliability while maintained in super
compact form factor. Meanwhile, the power consumption of the mSATA mini module remains at minimal level.
1.2 Capacity Specification
Table 1-1 Capacity specification
Capacity
Total Bytes
Cylinders
Heads
Sectors
Max LBA
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
64 GB
64,023,257,088
16,383
16
63
125,045,424
128 GB
128,035,676,160
16,383
16
63
250,069,680
*Display of total bytes varies from file systems.
**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.
1.3 Performance
Performance of mSATA mini H1-M is shown in Table 1-2.
Table 1-2 Performance specification
Capacity
Performance
Sustained Read
(MB/s)
Sustained Write
(MB/s)
8 GB
16 GB
32 GB
64 GB
128 GB
150
315
320
520
520
45
150
170
180
180
Note: Performance varies from flash configurations or host system settings.
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1.4 Pin Assignments
Figure 1-2 Apacer mSATA mini H1-M pin assignment
Table 1-3 Pin Assignment Description
Pin #
mSATA Pin
Description
1
NC
No Connect
2
+3.3V
3.3V Source
3
NC
No Connect
4
DGND
Digital GND
5
NC
No Connect
6
NC
No Connect
7
NC
No Connect
8
NC
No Connect
9
DGND
Digital GND
10
NC
No Connect
11
NC
No Connect
12
NC
No Connect
13
NC
No Connect
14
NC
No Connect
15
DGND
Digital GND
16
NC
No Connect
17
NC
No Connect
18
DGND
Digital GND
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NC
No Connect
20
NC
No Connect
21
SATA GND
SATA Ground Return Pin
22
NC
No Connect
23
+B
Host Receiver Differential Signal Pair
24
+3.3V
3.3V Source
25
-B
Host Receiver Differential Signal Pair
26
SATA GND
SATA Ground Return Pin
27
SATA GND
SATA Ground Return Pin
28
NC
No Connect
29
SATA GND
SATA Ground Return Pin
30
NC
No Connect
31
-A
Host Transmitter Differential Signal Pair
32
NC
No Connect
33
+A
Host Transmitter Differential Signal Pair
34
DGND
Digital GND
35
SATA GND
SATA Ground Return Pin
36
NC
No Connect
37
SATA GND
SATA Ground Return Pin
38
NC
No Connect
39
+3.3V
3.3V Source
40
DGND
Digital GND
41
+3.3V
3.3V Source
42
NC
No Connect
43
NC
No Connect
44
NC
No Connect or Device Sleep*
45
Vendor
Vendor specific
46
NC
No Connect
47
Vendor
Vendor specific
48
NC
No Connect
49
DAS
Device activity signal
50
DGND
Digital GND
51
GND
Default connect to GND
52
+3.3V
3.3V Source
*Device Sleep is optional
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2. Software Interface
2.1 Command Set
Table 2-1 summarizes the ATA commands supported by mSATA mini H1-M.
Table 2-1:
Command set
Command
Code
Command
NOP
00h
Idle
Data Set Management
06h
Check Power Mode
Recalibrate
10h-1Fh
Sleep
Read Sectors
20h
SMART
Read Sectors without Retry
21h
Device Configuration
Read Sectors EXT
24h
Read Multiple
Read DMA EXT
25h
Write Multiple
Read Native Max Address EXT
27h
Set Multiple Mode
Read Multiple EXT
29h
Read DMA
Read Log EXT
2Fh
Read DMA without Retry
Write Sectors
30h
Write DMA
Write Sectors Without Retry
31h
Write DMA without Retry
Write Sectors EXT
34h
Write Multiple FUA EXT
Write DMA EXT
35h
Standby Immediate
Set Native Max Address EXT
37h
Idle Immediate
CFA Write Sectors without erase
38h
Standby
Write Multiple EXT
39h
Idle
Write DMA FUA EXT
3Dh
Read Buffer
Write Long EXT
3Fh
Check Power Mode
Read Verify Sectors
40h
Sleep
Read Verify Sectors without Retry
41h
Flush Cache
Read Verify Sectors EXT
42h
Write Buffer
Write Uncorrectable EXT
45h
Flush Cache EXT
Read FPDMA Queued
60h
Identify Device
Write FPDMA Queued
61h
Set Features
Seek
70h-7Fh
Security Set Password
Execute Device Diagnostic
90h
Security Unlock
Initialize Device Parameters
91h
Security Erase Prepare
Download Microcode
92h
Security Erase Unit
Download Microcode DMA
93h
Security Freeze Lock
Standby Immediate
94h
Security Disable Password
Idle Immediate
95h
Read Native Max Address
Standby
96h
Set Max Address
Note. Security command will only be workable when device runs in non-OPAL compliant mode.
Code
97h
98h
99h
B0h
B1h
C4h
C5h
C6h
C8h
C9h
CAh
CBh
CEh
E0h
E1h
E2h
E3h
E4h
E5h
E6h
E7h
E8h
EAh
ECh
EFh
F1h
F2h
F3h
F4h
F5h
F6h
F8h
F9h
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2.2 S.M.A.R.T.
SMART, an acronym for Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology, is an open standard that allows a
hard disk drive to automatically detect its health and report potential failures. When a failure is recorded by
SMART, users can choose to replace the drive to prevent unexpected outage or data loss. Moreover, SMART
can inform users of impending failures while there is still time to perform proactive actions, such as copy data to
another device.
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3. Flash Management
3.1 Error Correction/Detection
Flash memory cells will deteriorate with use, which might generate random bit errors in the stored data. Thus,
this mSATA SSD module applies the BCH ECC Algorithm, which can detect and correct errors occur during
Read process, ensure data been read correctly, as well as protect data from corruption. This device can correct
up to 72bit/1K data.
3.2 Bad Block Management
Bad blocks are blocks that include one or more invalid bits, and their reliability is not guaranteed. Blocks that
are identified and marked as bad by the manufacturer are referred to as “Initial Bad Blocks”. Bad blocks that
are developed during the lifespan of the flash are named “Later Bad Blocks”. Apacer implements an efficient
bad block management algorithm to detect the factory-produced bad blocks and manages any bad blocks that
appear with use. This practice further prevents data being stored into bad blocks and improves the data
reliability.
3.3 Wear Leveling
NAND Flash devices can only undergo a limited number of program/erase cycles, and in most cases, the flash
media are not used evenly. If some areas get updated more frequently than others, the lifetime of the device
would be reduced significantly. Thus, Wear Leveling technique is applied to extend the lifespan of NAND Flash
by evenly distributing write and erase cycles across the media.
Apacer provides advanced Wear Leveling algorithm, which can efficiently spread out the flash usage through
the whole flash media area. Moreover, by implementing both dynamic and static Wear Leveling algorithms, the
life expectancy of the NAND Flash is greatly improved.
3.4 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
flush 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.
3.5 TRIM
TRIM is a feature which helps improve the read/write performance and speed of solid-state drives (SSD).
Unlike hard disk drives (HDD), SSDs are not able to overwrite existing data, so the available space gradually
becomes smaller with each use. With the TRIM command, the operating system can inform the SSD which
blocks of data are no longer in use and can be removed permanently. Thus, the SSD will perform the erase
action, which prevents unused data from occupying blocks all the time.
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3.6 Secure Erase
Secure Erase is a standard ATA command and will write all “0xFF” to fully wipe all the data on hard drives and
SSDs. When this command is issued, the SSD controller will empty its storage blocks and return to its factory
default settings.
Note. Secure erase command belongs to ATA security command.
3.7 SATA Power Management
By complying with SATA 6.0 Gb/s specifications, the mSATA SSD supports Device Sleep power state:
Device Sleep (DevSleep or DEVSLP): PHY powered down; power consumption ≦ 5 mW; host assertion
time ≦ 10 ms; exit timeout from this state ≦ 20 ms (unless specified otherwise in SATA Identify Device
Log).
Note: Device Sleep mode is optional, depending on product ordering selections.
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4.
Environment Specifications
4.1 Environmental
Table 4-1 mSATA mini H1-M environmental specifications
Environment
Specification
0°C to 70°C (Operating) / -40°C to +85°C (Extended)
Temperature
-40°C to +85°C (in storage)
RH 90% under 40°C
Humidity
1500G, 0.5ms
Shock
20Hz~80Hz/1.52mm (frequency/displacement)
80Hz~2000Hz/20G (frequency/displacement)
Vibration
X, Y, Z axis/60mins each
80cm free fall, 6 face of each
Drop
≧50N, hold 1min/5times
Bending
0.5N-m or 5deg, hold 5min/5times
Torque
Pass
ESD
Note: Shock and Vibration specifications are subject to change without notice.
4.2 Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF)
MTBF, an acronym for Mean Time Between Failures, is a measure of a device’s reliability. Its value represents
the average time between a repair and the next failure. The measure is typically in units of hours. The higher
the MTBF value, the higher the reliability of the device. The predicted result of this mSATA device is higher
than 1,000,000 hours.
4.3 Certification and Compliance
mSATA mini H1-M complies with the following standards:
SATA Revision 3.1
RoHS
ATA/ATAPI
FCC
CE
BSMI
MIL-STD-810G
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4.4 Endurance
The endurance of a storage device is predicted by TeraBytes Written based on several factors related to usage,
such as the amount of data written into the drive, block management conditions, and daily workload for the
drive. Thus, key factors, such as Write Amplifications and the number of P/E cycles, can influence the lifespan
of the drive.
Capacity
TeraBytes Written
8 GB
7
16 GB
14
32 GB
28
64 GB
57
128 GB
114
Notes:
The measurement assumes the data written to the SSD for test is under a typical and constant rate.
The measurement follows the standard metric: 1 TB (Terabyte) = 1000 GB.
This estimation complies with JEDEC JESD-219, enterprise endurance workload of random data with
payload size distribution.
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5.
Electrical Characteristics
5.1 Operating Voltage
Table 5-1 lists the supply voltage for mSATA mini H1-M.
Table 5-1 mSATA mini H1-M operating voltage
Parameter
Conditions
Supply voltage
3.3V ±5%
5.2 Power Consumption
Table 5-1 lists the power consumption for mSATA mini H1-M.
Table 5-2 Power consumption (typical)
Capacity
Mode
Active
(mA)
Idle
(mA)
8 GB
16 GB
32 GB
64 GB
128 GB
340
340
365
465
475
85
85
85
85
85
Note: Power consumptions may vary depending on host system settings.
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6. Mechanical Specifications
6.1 Dimensions
Unit: ㎜
Tolerance: ± 0.2
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Unit: ㎜
Tolerance: ± 0.2
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7.
Product Ordering Information
7.1 Product Code Designation
AP
SDM
xxxx
N
1
HN -
X
TM
X
Operating Temperature
Range
Blank: 0℃ ~ 70℃
W: -40℃ ~ 85℃
Flash Type
Version Control
Apacer Brand
Solution Version
Form Factor:
M= JEDEC MO-300B
Capacity
008G = 8 GB
016G = 16GB
032G = 32GB
064G = 64GB
128G = 128GB
SATA Disk Module
Apacer Product Code
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7.2 Valid Combination
7.2.1 Operating Temperature (0℃ ~ 70℃)
Capacity
8GB
16GB
32GB
64GB
128GB
no DEVSLP
APSDM008GN1HN-7TM
APSDM016GN1HN-7TM
APSDM032GN1HN-7TM
APSDM064GN1HN-7TM
APSDM128GN1HN-7TM
7.2.2 Operating Temperature (-40℃
Capacity
8GB
16GB
32GB
64GB
DEVSLP
APSDM008GN1HN-8TM
APSDM016GN1HN-8TM
APSDM032GN1HN-8TM
---
~ 85℃)
no DEVSLP
APSDM008GN1HN-7TMW
APSDM016GN1HN-7TMW
APSDM032GN1HN-7TMW
APSDM064GN1HN-7TMW
DEVSLP
APSDM008GN1HN-8TMW
APSDM016GN1HN-8TMW
APSDM032GN1HN-8TMW
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Note: Valid combinations are those products in mass production or will be in mass production. Consult your
Apacer sales representative to confirm availability of valid combinations and to determine availability of new
combinations.
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Revision History
Revision
Description
Date
1.0
Official release
09/19/2014
1.1
Revised Product Ordering Information
09/24/2014
1.2
Added endurance information
Revised Serial ATA spec support : 3.0 -> 3.1;
MIL-STD-810G approved, added in section 4.3 “Certification and
Compliance” list
- Revised endurance value due to estimation method change
- Revised product ordering information due to FW change(22A)
11/20/2014
1.3
1.4
03/18/2015
07/08/2015
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Global Presence
Taiwan (Headquarters)
Apacer Technology Inc.
1F., No.32, Zhongcheng Rd., Tucheng Dist.,
New Taipei City 236, Taiwan R.O.C.
Tel: 886-2-2267-8000
Fax: 886-2-2267-2261
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Tel: 1-408-518-8699
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Japan
Apacer Technology Corp.
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Tokyo, 105-0014, Japan
Tel: 81-3-5419-2668
Fax: 81-3-5419-0018
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Europe
Apacer Technology B.V.
Science Park Eindhoven 5051 5692 EB Son,
The Netherlands
Tel: 31-40-267-0000
Fax: 31-40-267-0000#6199
sales@apacer.nl
China
Apacer Electronic (Shanghai) Co., Ltd
1301, No.251,Xiaomuqiao Road, Shanghai,
200032, China
Tel: 86-21-5529-0222
Fax: 86-21-5206-6939
sales@apacer.com.cn
India
Apacer Technologies Pvt Ltd,
# 535, 1st Floor, 8th cross, JP Nagar 3rd Phase,
Bangalore – 560078, India
Tel: 91-80-4152-9061
sales_india@apacer.com
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