RoHS Recast Compliant
SATA-Disk Module 5
SDM5 7P/90D MP2 Product Specifications
August 6th, 2014
Version 1.0
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
Fax: +886-2-2267-2261
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Features:
Standard Serial ATA 3.1 Revision
– Serial ATA 3.1 Revision compliance
– SATA 6.0 Gbps interface
– ATA-8 command set
– Backward compatible with SATA 1.5/3.0
Gbps
Capacities
– 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32 GB
Performance*
– Interface burst read/write: 600 MB/sec
– Sustained read: up to 80 MB/sec
– Sustained write: up to 75 MB/sec
Flash Management
– Built-in hardware ECC, enabling up to
40-bit correction per 1K bytes
– Static/dynamic wear-leveling
– Flash bad-block management
– S.M.A.R.T.
– Power Failure Management
– ATA Secure Erase
– TRIM
NAND Flash Type: SLC
Write Protect Switch (optional)
Temperature ranges
– Operating:
Standard: 0°C to 70°C
Extended: -40°C to 85°C
– Storage: -40°C to 100°C
Supply voltage
– 5.0 V ± 5%
Power consumption (typical)*
– Active mode: 180 mA
– Idle mode: 60 mA
Connector type
– 7-pin SATA signal connector
Form factor
– SATA Disk Module: 7-pin/90 degree Middle
Profile 2
– Dimensions: 52.25x24.00x15.20, unit: mm
Shock & Vibration**
– Shock:1500 G
– Vibration: 15 G
MTBF: >2,000,000 hours
RoHS Recast compliant
– Complies with 2011/65/EU standard
*Varies from capacities. The values for performances and power consumptions presented are typical and may vary depending on flash configurations
or platform settings. The term idle refers to the standby state of the device.
**Non-operating
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Table of Contents
1. GENERAL DESCRIPTIONS.................................................................................................. 3
2. PIN ASSIGNMENTS ............................................................................................................... 3
3. PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS.............................................................................................. 5
3.1 CAPACITY .............................................................................................................................................................5
3.2 PERFORMANCE .....................................................................................................................................................5
3.3 ENVIRONMENTAL SPECIFICATIONS .......................................................................................................................5
3.4 MEAN TIME BETWEEN FAILURES (MTBF) ...........................................................................................................6
3.5 CERTIFICATION AND COMPLIANCE .......................................................................................................................6
4. FLASH MANAGEMENT ....................................................................................................... 7
4.1 ERROR CORRECTION/DETECTION .........................................................................................................................7
4.2 BAD BLOCK MANAGEMENT .................................................................................................................................7
4.3 WEAR LEVELING ..................................................................................................................................................7
4.4 POWER FAILURE MANAGEMENT...........................................................................................................................7
4.5 ATA SECURE ERASE ............................................................................................................................................7
4.6 TRIM ...................................................................................................................................................................8
4.7 SATA POWER MANAGEMENT ..............................................................................................................................8
5. SOFTWARE INTERFACE .................................................................................................... 9
5.1 COMMAND SET .....................................................................................................................................................9
5.2 S.M.A.R.T............................................................................................................................................................9
6. ELECTRICAL SPECIFICATION ...................................................................................... 11
7. MECHANICAL SPECIFICATIONS .................................................................................. 12
7.1 DIMENSIONS ......................................................................................................................................................12
7.2 WRITE PROTECT SWITCH (OPTIONAL)................................................................................................................13
8. PRODUCT ORDERING INFORMATION ........................................................................ 14
8.1 PRODUCT CODE DESIGNATIONS ........................................................................................................................14
8.2 VALID COMBINATIONS ......................................................................................................................................15
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1. General Descriptions
Apacer’s SDM5 (SATA Disk Module 5) is our next generation disk-on-module (DOM) series that offers
elevated speed boost and higher error correction capabilities. Built with SATA 6.0 Gb/s interface, SDM5M delivers exceptional performance in data transfer.
With its SATA interface compliance and compact size, this high-speed disk module defines an ideal
balance of performance, capacities, reliability and cost. SDM5 is effective in boot industrial applications
and light operating systems for specific operations, while with some extra memory space for data storage.
The architectural nature of SATA disk module provides higher resistance to external environmental
influences and better flexibility for motherboard space.
Regarding data reliability, SDM5 is built in with powerful ECC engine that can correct up to 40-bit per 1KB
data. In addition, the controller unit of this DOM device supports wear-leveling, SMART and power failure
management for data integrity. Wit its trustable reliability, performance and cost effectiveness, Apacer’s
SDM5 is definitely the ideal storage or cache solution for embedded and industrial computers, servers
and thin clients.
2. Pin Assignments
Power P1 of
power cable
connector
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Table 1-1: Signal segment
Pin
Type
S1
GND
S2
S3
S4
S5
S6
S7
RxP
RxN
GND
TxN
TxP
GND
Description
+ Differential Receive Signal
- Differential Receive Signal
- Differential Transmit Signal
+ Differential Transmit Signal
Table 1-2: Power segment
Pin
Signal/Description
P1
P2
VCC (5V)
GND
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3. Product Specifications
3.1 Capacity
Table 3-1: Capacity specifications
Capacity
Total bytes*
Cylinders
Heads
Sectors
Max LBA
1 GB
1,011,032,064
1,959
16
63
1,974,672
2 GB
2,011,226,112
3,897
16
63
3,928,176
4 GB
4,011,614,208
7,773
16
63
7,835,184
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
*Display of total bytes varies from file systems, which means not all of the bytes can be used for storage.
**Notes: 1 GB = 1,000,000,000 bytes; 1 sector = 512 bytes.
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.
3.2 Performance
Performances of SDM5 are listed below in table 3-2.
Table 3-2: Performance
Capacity
1 GB
4 GB
8 GB
16 GB
32 GB
Sustained read (MB/s)
37
80
75
80
80
Sustained write (MB/s)
14
55
41
75
75
Performance
Note: Results may differ from various flash configurations or host system setting
3.3 Environmental Specifications
Environmental specification of SDM5 product follows MIL-STD-810 standards as shown in Table 3-3.
Table 3-3 SDM5 environmental specifications
Item
Specification
Non-operating temp.
℃ / -40~85℃
-40~100(℃)
Operating vibration
20~2000(Hz), 7.69 (Grms), random wave, X, Y, Z axis
Operating temp.
0~70
Non-operating vibration
10~2000(Hz), 15(G), sine wave, X, Y, Z axis
Operating shock
50(G), 11(ms), half-sine wave
Non-operating shock
1500(G), 0.5(ms), half-sine wave
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3.4 Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF)
Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF) is predicted based on reliability data for the individual components
in SDM5. The prediction result for SDM5 is more than 2,000,000 hours.
Notes about the MTBF:
The MTBF is predicated and calculated based on “Telcordia Technologies Special Report, SR-332, Issue
2” method.
3.5 Certification and Compliance
SDM5 complies with the following standards:
CE
FCC
RoHS Recast
MIL-STD-810
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4. Flash Management
4.1 Error Correction/Detection
SDM5 implements a hardware ECC scheme, based on the BCH algorithm. It can detect and correct up to
40-bit error in 1K bytes.
4.2 Bad Block Management
Current production technology is unable to guarantee total reliability of NAND flash memory array. When
a flash memory device leaves factory, it comes with a minimal number of initial bad blocks during
production or out-of-factory as there is no currently known technology that produce flash chips free of bad
blocks. In addition, bad blocks may develop during program/erase cycles. When host performs
program/erase command on a block, bad block may appear in Status Register. Since bad blocks are
inevitable, the solution is to keep them in control. Apacer flash devices are programmed with ECC, block
mapping technique and S.M.A.R.T to reduce invalidity or error. Once bad blocks are detected, data in
those blocks will be transferred to free blocks and error will be corrected by designated algorithms.
4.3 Wear Leveling
Flash memory devices differ from Hard Disk Drives (HDDs) in terms of how blocks are utilized. For HDDs,
when a change is made to stored data, like erase or update, the controller mechanism on HDDs will
perform overwrites on blocks. Unlike HDDs, flash blocks cannot be overwritten and each P/E cycle wears
down the lifespan of blocks gradually. Repeatedly program/erase cycles performed on the same memory
cells will eventually cause some blocks to age faster than others. This would bring flash storages to their
end of service term sooner. Wear leveling is an important mechanism that level out the wearing of blocks
so that the wearing-down of blocks can be almost evenly distributed. This will increase the lifespan of
SSDs. Commonly used wear leveling types are Static and Dynamic.
4.4 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 write-to-flash 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.
4.5 ATA Secure Erase
ATA Secure Erase is an ATA disk purging command currently embedded in most of the storage drives.
Defined in ATA specifications, (ATA) Secure Erase is part of Security Feature Set that allows storage
drives to erase all user data areas. The erase process usually runs on the firmware level as most of the
ATA-based storage media currently in the market are built-in with this command. ATA Secure Erase can
securely wipe out the user data in the drive and protects it from malicious attack.
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4.6 TRIM
TRIM is a SATA command that helps improve the read/write performance and efficiency of solid-state
drives (SSD). The command enables the host operating system to inform SSD controller whick blocks
contain invalid data, mostly because of the erase commands from host. The invalid will be discarded
permanently and the SSD will retain more space for itself.
4.7 SATA Power Management
By complying with SATA 6.0 Gb/s specifications, the SSD supports the following SATA power saving
modes:
ACTIVE: PHY ready, full power, Tx & Rx operational
PARTIAL: Reduces power, resumes in under 10 µs (microseconds)
SLUMBER: Reduces power, resumes in under 10 ms (milliseconds)
HIPM: Host-Initiated Power Management
DIPM: Device-Initiated Power Management
AUTO-SLUMBER: Automatic transition from partial to slumber.
Note: the behaviors of power management features would depend on host/device settings.
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5. Software Interface
5.1 Command Set
Table 5-1: Command set
Code
Command
Code
Command
E5h
Check Power Mode
F3h
Security Erase Prepare
06h
Data Set Management
F4h
Security Erase Unit
90h
Execute Device Diagnostic
F5h
Security Freeze Lock
E7h
Flush Cache
F1h
Security Set Password
EAh
Flush Cache EXT
F2h
Security Unlock
Ech
Identify Device
70h
Seek
E3h
Idle
Efh
Set Features
E1h
Idle Immediate
C6h
Set Multiple Mode
91h
Initialize Device Parameters
E6h
Sleep
C8h
Read DMA
B0h
SMART
25h
Read DMA EXT
E2h
Standby
C4h
Read Multiple
E0h
Standby Immediate
29h
Read Multiple EXT
Cah
Write DMA
20h
Read Sector
35h
Write DMA EXT
24h
Read Sector EXT
C5h
Write Multiple
40h
Read Verify Sectors
39h
Write Multiple EXT
42h
Read Verify Sectors EXT
30h
Write Sector
10h
Recalibrate
34h
Write Sector EXT
F6h
Security Disable Password
5.2 S.M.A.R.T.
S.M.A.R.T. is an abbreviation for Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology, a self-monitoring
system that provides indicators of drive health as well as potential disk problems. It serves as a warning
for users from unscheduled downtime by monitoring and displaying critical drive information. Ideally, this
should allow taking proactive actions to prevent drive failure and make use of S.M.A.R.T. information for
future product development reference.
Apacer devices use the standard SMART command B0h to read data out from the drive to activate our
S.M.A.R.T. feature that complies with the ATA/ATAPI specifications. S.M.A.R.T. Attribute IDs shall
include initial bad block count, total later bad block count, maximum erase count, average erase count,
power on hours and power cycle. When the S.M.A.R.T. Utility running on the host, it analyzes and reports
the disk status to the host before the device reaches in critical condition.
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Note: attribute IDs may vary from product models due to various solution design and supporting
capabilities.
Apacer memory products come with S.M.A.R.T. commands and subcommands for users to obtain
information of drive status and to predict potential drive failures. Users can take advantage of the
following commands/subcommands to monitor the health of the drive.
Code
D0h
D1h
D2h
D4h
D5h
D6h
D8h
D9h
DAh
SMART Subcommand
READ DATA
READ ATTRIBUTE THRESHOLDS
Enable/Disable Attribute Autosave
Execute Off-line Immediate
Read Log (optional)
Write Log (optional)
Enable Operations
Disable operations
Return Status
General SMART attribute structure
Byte
Description
0
ID (Hex)
1–2
Status flag
3
Value
4
Worst
5*-11
Raw Data
*Byte 5: LSB
ID (Hex)
9 (0x09)
12 (0x0C)
163 (0xA3)
164 (0xA4)
166 (0xA6)
167 (0xA7)
168 (0xA8)
175 (0xAF)
192 (0xC0)
194 (0xC2)
241 (0xF1)
SMART attribute ID list
Attribute Name
Power-on hours
Power cycle count
Max. erase count
Avg. erase count
Total later bad block count
SSD Protect Mode
SATA PHY Error Count
Bad Cluster Table Count
Unexpected Power Loss Count
Temperature
Total sectors of write
Note
General
General
General
General
General
0: R/W, 3: Read Only
Command Fail Count
ECC Fail Count
ATA Standby Command
PCB Temperature
LBA
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6. Electrical Specification
Caution: Absolute Maximum Stress Ratings – Applied conditions greater than those listed under
“Absolute Maximum Stress Ratings” may cause permanent damage to the device. This is a stress rating
only and functional operation of the device at these conditions or conditions greater than those defined in
the operational sections of this data sheet is not implied. Exposure to absolute maximum stress rating
conditions may affect device reliability.
Table 6-1: Operating range
Items
Range
5V±5% (4.75-5.25V)
Supply Voltage
Ambient temperature
0°C to +70°C
-40 to 85°C
Table 6-2: Typical power consumption
Capacity
1 GB
2 GB
4 GB
8 GB
16 GB
32 GB
Active (mA)
115
135
165
135
160
180
Idle (mA)
60
60
60
60
60
60
Modes
Note: Results may differ from various flash configurations or host system setting
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7. Mechanical Specifications
7.1 Dimensions
Unit: ㎜
Tolerance: ± 0.25
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7.2 Write Protect Switch (optional)
Write Protect switch
Enable
Disable
Description of Apacer Write Protect:
Apacer implements the Virtual Write scheme that allows write commands to go through the flash
controller and data temporarily stored, but no data has been actually written into the flash. Since the
Virtual Write scheme runs at device level, it requires no software or driver installation and is independent
from the host OS.
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8. Product Ordering Information
8.1
Product Code Designations
A P SDM x x x x Q 3 X N – A T X
Blank: standard temperature
W: Wide temperature
Flash type
FW Version
N: Standard
A: Standard
W: Write Protect
Solution Version
Form Factor
Q: 90D w/o Housing (7pin) MP2
Capacities:
001G:
002G:
004G:
008G
016G
032G
1GB
2GB
4GB
8GB
16GB
32GB
Serial ATA Flash Module
Apacer Product Code
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8.2 Valid Combinations
Without Write Protect Switch
Capacity
Standard
Wide temperature
1GB
APSDM001GQ3AN-AT
APSDM001GQ3AN-ATW
2GB
APSDM002GQ3AN-AT
APSDM002GQ3AN-ATW
4GB
APSDM004GQ3AN-AT
APSDM004GQ3AN-ATW
8GB
APSDM008GQ3AN-AT
APSDM008GQ3AN-ATW
16GB
APSDM016GQ3AN-AT
APSDM016GQ3AN-ATW
32GB
APSDM032GQ3AN-AT
APSDM032GQ3AN-ATW
With Write Protect Switch
Capacity
Standard
Wide temperature
1GB
APSDM001GQ3WN-AT
APSDM001GQ3WN-ATW
2GB
APSDM002GQ3WN-AT
APSDM002GQ3WN-ATW
4GB
APSDM004GQ3WN-AT
APSDM004GQ3WN-ATW
8GB
APSDM008GQ3WN-AT
APSDM008GQ3WN-ATW
16GB
APSDM016GQ3WN-AT
APSDM016GQ3WN-ATW
32GB
APSDM032GQ3WN-AT
APSDM032GQ3WN-ATW
Note: Please consult with Apacer sales representatives for availability.
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Revision History
Revision
Date
Description
0.1
07/03/2014
Preliminary
1.0
08/06/2014
Official release
Remark
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Global Presence
Taiwan (Headquarters)
Apacer Technology Inc.
Apacer Technology Inc.
1F., No.32, Zhongcheng Rd., Tucheng Dist.,
New Taipei City 236, Taiwan R.O.C.
Tel: 886-2-2267-8000
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Milpitas, CA 95035
Tel: 1-408-518-8699
Fax: 1-408-935-9611
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Japan
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Tokyo, 105-0014, Japan
Tel: 81-3-5419-2668
Fax: 81-3-5419-0018
jpservices@apacer.com
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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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