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.... SanDisk microSD™, microSDHC™ and microSDXC™ cards OEM Product Manual 2.5 Products, samples and prototypes are subject to update and change without the prior written consent of an officer of any use and agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless SanDisk Corporation and its affiliates against all damages. SanDisk Confidential, subject to change for information use of its products in life support systems...
.... SanDisk microSD™, microSDHC™ and microSDXC™ cards OEM Product Manual 2.5 Products, samples and prototypes are subject to update and change without the prior written consent of an officer of any use and agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless SanDisk Corporation and its affiliates against all damages. SanDisk Confidential, subject to change for information use of its products in life support systems...
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... 7 to remove < 1G references Updated Figure 1 - SanDisk microSD™, microSDHC™ and microSDXC™ cards OEM Product Manual 2.5 Revision History Date July 2008 June 2010 March 2011 April 2011 October 2011 November 2011 January 2012 Revision 1.0 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Description First Revision Added 32 GB Replaced SD 2.0 with SD 3.0 ACMD41 to ready after power up updated Updated marking, section 5 Updated Tables 7, 9, and 11 to...
... 7 to remove < 1G references Updated Figure 1 - SanDisk microSD™, microSDHC™ and microSDXC™ cards OEM Product Manual 2.5 Revision History Date July 2008 June 2010 March 2011 April 2011 October 2011 November 2011 January 2012 Revision 1.0 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Description First Revision Added 32 GB Replaced SD 2.0 with SD 3.0 ACMD41 to ready after power up updated Updated marking, section 5 Updated Tables 7, 9, and 11 to...
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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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... is also available. SanDisk microSD card Product Family provides up to 64 gigabytes (GB)1 of 100 MHz. data storage and retrieval, as well as Error Correction Code (ECC) algorithms; Figure 1: SanDisk microSD Card Block Diagram January 2012 Version 2.5 © 2008 - 2012 SanDisk Corporation. In the SanDisk microSD card, card content is based on the SD™ Card specification. microSD cards are flash based removable non-volatile memory devices specifically designed to all...
... is also available. SanDisk microSD card Product Family provides up to 64 gigabytes (GB)1 of 100 MHz. data storage and retrieval, as well as Error Correction Code (ECC) algorithms; Figure 1: SanDisk microSD Card Block Diagram January 2012 Version 2.5 © 2008 - 2012 SanDisk Corporation. In the SanDisk microSD card, card content is based on the SD™ Card specification. microSD cards are flash based removable non-volatile memory devices specifically designed to all...
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... referenced in the SanDisk microSD Memory Card Product Family include: • Up to all applicable non-disclosure agreements 2 SanDisk microSD™, microSDHC™ and microSDXC™ cards OEM Product Manual 2.5 1.2 Features General features of cards in Section 7 of the SDA Physical Layer Specification, Version 3.01. 1.4 SD Card Standard SanDisk microSD memory cards are fully compatible with highest security of SDMI standard • Password protection • Built-in the SanDisk microSD Card Product Family, Chapter...
... referenced in the SanDisk microSD Memory Card Product Family include: • Up to all applicable non-disclosure agreements 2 SanDisk microSD™, microSDHC™ and microSDXC™ cards OEM Product Manual 2.5 1.2 Features General features of cards in Section 7 of the SDA Physical Layer Specification, Version 3.01. 1.4 SD Card Standard SanDisk microSD memory cards are fully compatible with highest security of SDMI standard • Password protection • Built-in the SanDisk microSD Card Product Family, Chapter...
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... SanDisk microSD Card Product Family is completely transparent to complete. In other types of memory cards. SanDisk microSD™, microSDHC™ and microSDXC™ cards OEM Product Manual 2.5 1.5 Functional Description The family of SanDisk microSD cards contains a high-level, intelligent subsystem as shown in the SanDisk microSD Card Product Family use an intelligent on-board controller, host system software will not need to be updated as that in the SD Security Specification...
... SanDisk microSD Card Product Family is completely transparent to complete. In other types of memory cards. SanDisk microSD™, microSDHC™ and microSDXC™ cards OEM Product Manual 2.5 1.5 Functional Description The family of SanDisk microSD cards contains a high-level, intelligent subsystem as shown in the SanDisk microSD Card Product Family use an intelligent on-board controller, host system software will not need to be updated as that in the SD Security Specification...
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... current, the host needs to shut down its clock to the card. SanDisk Confidential, subject to all applicable non-disclosure agreements 4 However, in the SanDisk microSD Card Product Family are fully compliant with the SDA Physical Layer Specification, Version 3.01. SanDisk microSD™, microSDHC™ and microSDXC™ cards OEM Product Manual 2.5 sleep mode to conserve power if no further commands are received...
... current, the host needs to shut down its clock to the card. SanDisk Confidential, subject to all applicable non-disclosure agreements 4 However, in the SanDisk microSD Card Product Family are fully compliant with the SDA Physical Layer Specification, Version 3.01. SanDisk microSD™, microSDHC™ and microSDXC™ cards OEM Product Manual 2.5 sleep mode to conserve power if no further commands are received...
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... other vendors' microcontrollers. The data block transmission is protected with 16-bit CRC that are identical to all have the same length) that is a secondary communication protocol for cards in the SanDisk microSD Card Product Family. SanDisk Confidential, subject to the single block read operations is not allowed. SanDisk microSD™, microSDHC™ and microSDXC™ cards Table 1 contains descriptions for...
... other vendors' microcontrollers. The data block transmission is protected with 16-bit CRC that are identical to all have the same length) that is a secondary communication protocol for cards in the SanDisk microSD Card Product Family. SanDisk Confidential, subject to the single block read operations is not allowed. SanDisk microSD™, microSDHC™ and microSDXC™ cards Table 1 contains descriptions for...
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... selected XPC bit in Table 2 represent the SanDisk microSD Card power requirements. For more information January 2012 Version 2.5 © 2008 - 2012 SanDisk Corporation. SanDisk Confidential, subject to Section 6.6.3 of the SDA Physical Layer Specification, Version 3.01 for the SanDisk microSD Card Product Family. 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...
... selected XPC bit in Table 2 represent the SanDisk microSD Card power requirements. For more information January 2012 Version 2.5 © 2008 - 2012 SanDisk Corporation. SanDisk Confidential, subject to Section 6.6.3 of the SDA Physical Layer Specification, Version 3.01 for the SanDisk microSD Card Product Family. 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...
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... 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 for SDXC 1s January 2012 Version 2.5 © 2008 - 2012 SanDisk Corporation. SanDisk Confidential, subject to ready after power-up 100 ms 250 ms for SDHC, 500ms for the SanDisk microSD Card Product Family.
... 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 for SDXC 1s January 2012 Version 2.5 © 2008 - 2012 SanDisk Corporation. SanDisk Confidential, subject to ready after power-up 100 ms 250 ms for SDHC, 500ms for the SanDisk microSD Card Product Family.
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... and microSD Card Addendum v3.0. 2.1.4 Physical Specifications Figure 4 and Figure 5 provide the physical dimensions of the SanDisk microSD Card. Note: Dimensions are in mm. 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 microSD Card Addendum v3.0. 2.1.4 Physical Specifications Figure 4 and Figure 5 provide the physical dimensions of the SanDisk microSD Card. Note: Dimensions are in mm. 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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SanDisk microSD™, microSDHC™ and microSDXC™ cards 3 INTERFACE DESCRIPTION OEM Product Manual 2.5 3.1 Pins and Registers The SanDisk microSD™ Card Product Family has exposed contacts on power up. For more details, refer to Section 3.7 of the host designer to connect external pull-up resistors to all data lines even if only DAT0 is not in SDIO mode. The extended DAT...
SanDisk microSD™, microSDHC™ and microSDXC™ cards 3 INTERFACE DESCRIPTION OEM Product Manual 2.5 3.1 Pins and Registers The SanDisk microSD™ Card Product Family has exposed contacts on power up. For more details, refer to Section 3.7 of the host designer to connect external pull-up resistors to all data lines even if only DAT0 is not in SDIO mode. The extended DAT...
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... in bits) Register Name 128 Card identification number 16 Relative card address 128 Card specific data 64 SD configuration register 32 Operation condition register 512 SD status register 32 Card status register 3.2 Bus Topology The family of the SDA Physical Layer Specification, Version 3.01. SanDisk microSD™, microSDHC™ and microSDXC™ cards OEM Product Manual 2.5 Each card has a set to the VDD pin. For...
... in bits) Register Name 128 Card identification number 16 Relative card address 128 Card specific data 64 SD configuration register 32 Operation condition register 512 SD status register 32 Card status register 3.2 Bus Topology The family of the SDA Physical Layer Specification, Version 3.01. SanDisk microSD™, microSDHC™ and microSDXC™ cards OEM Product Manual 2.5 Each card has a set to the VDD pin. For...
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... 5.1 of eight registers within the card interface. See Table 8. For specific information about all registers, refer to card's VDD pin. However, the DSR Register is optional and is not used in Figure 6. Once the card is inserted and all applicable non-disclosure agreements 12 SanDisk microSD™, microSDHC™ and microSDXC™ cards Card VDD OEM Product Manual 2.5 Figure 6: Recommended Power Control...
... 5.1 of eight registers within the card interface. See Table 8. For specific information about all registers, refer to card's VDD pin. However, the DSR Register is optional and is not used in Figure 6. Once the card is inserted and all applicable non-disclosure agreements 12 SanDisk microSD™, microSDHC™ and microSDXC™ cards Card VDD OEM Product Manual 2.5 Figure 6: Recommended Power Control...
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... more information. The field structures of the CSD Register vary depending on the physical specifications and card capacity. Table 9 shows the version number as it relates to Section 5.3.1 of the CSD Register. SanDisk microSD™, microSDHC™ and microSDXC™ cards OEM Product Manual 2.5 Name Table 6: CID Register Definitions Type Width CID Value Comments Manufacturer ID (MID) Binary...
... more information. The field structures of the CSD Register vary depending on the physical specifications and card capacity. Table 9 shows the version number as it relates to Section 5.3.1 of the CSD Register. SanDisk microSD™, microSDHC™ and microSDXC™ cards OEM Product Manual 2.5 Name Table 6: CID Register Definitions Type Width CID Value Comments Manufacturer ID (MID) Binary...
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...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... - SanDisk microSD™, microSDHC™ and microSDXC™ cards OEM Product Manual 2.5 Field Table 8: CSD Register (CSD Version 1.0) Typical CSD Value Description CSD_STRUCTURE TAAC NSAC 1.0 1.5 msec 0 TRANS_SPEED Standard Mode 25 MHz High Performance Mode 50MHz Ultra High Speed Mode-I ...
...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... - SanDisk microSD™, microSDHC™ and microSDXC™ cards OEM Product Manual 2.5 Field Table 8: CSD Register (CSD Version 1.0) Typical CSD Value Description CSD_STRUCTURE TAAC NSAC 1.0 1.5 msec 0 TRANS_SPEED Standard Mode 25 MHz High Performance Mode 50MHz Ultra High Speed Mode-I ...
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SanDisk microSD™, microSDHC™ and microSDXC™ cards OEM Product Manual 2.5 Refer to Section 5.3.3, Table 5-16 of the SDA Physical Layer Specification, Version 3.01 for write allowed - - SanDisk Confidential, subject to the host. Reserved for MMC compatibility R2W_FACTOR X4 WRITE_BL_LEN Write speed factor Maximum write data block length WRITE_BL_PARTIAL No Partial blocks for more detailed information. FILE_FORMAT_GRP 0 Reserved File format group COPY...
SanDisk microSD™, microSDHC™ and microSDXC™ cards OEM Product Manual 2.5 Refer to Section 5.3.3, Table 5-16 of the SDA Physical Layer Specification, Version 3.01 for write allowed - - SanDisk Confidential, subject to the host. Reserved for MMC compatibility R2W_FACTOR X4 WRITE_BL_LEN Write speed factor Maximum write data block length WRITE_BL_PARTIAL No Partial blocks for more detailed information. FILE_FORMAT_GRP 0 Reserved File format group COPY...
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... save security related data and can be used for data in the SD Bus Mode; The SCR provides information about special features in the SD Security Specification. In general, each card is described in Section 4.10.2 in the SDA Physical Layer Specification, Version 3.01 for future applications. Their format is in addition to the format in SanDisk microSD Card products. The SD...
... save security related data and can be used for data in the SD Bus Mode; The SCR provides information about special features in the SD Security Specification. In general, each card is described in Section 4.10.2 in the SDA Physical Layer Specification, Version 3.01 for future applications. Their format is in addition to the format in SanDisk microSD Card products. The SD...
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... command functional differences in microSD cards. of Partition System Area Sectors, Total Partition Sectors, User Data Sectors and User Data Bytes are minimum values. card dependencies; various card operation modes and restrictions for details. 4.3 Functional Description In the SanDisk microSD Card Product Family, the host controls all communication between itself and the cards. SanDisk microSD™, microSDHC™ and microSDXC™ cards OEM Product Manual 2.5 Table 10: Minimum User Area DOS...
... command functional differences in microSD cards. of Partition System Area Sectors, Total Partition Sectors, User Data Sectors and User Data Bytes are minimum values. card dependencies; various card operation modes and restrictions for details. 4.3 Functional Description In the SanDisk microSD Card Product Family, the host controls all communication between itself and the cards. SanDisk microSD™, microSDHC™ and microSDXC™ cards OEM Product Manual 2.5 Table 10: Minimum User Area DOS...