THNCF008MBA Datasheet, PDF (47/48 Pages) Toshiba Semiconductor – The THNCFxxxMBA/BAI series CompactFlash card is a flash technology based with ATA interface flash memory card.

Preliminary
THNCFxxxMBA/BAI Series
Attention for Card Use
• In the reset or power off, the information of all registers is cleared.
• Notice that the card insertion/removal should not be executed during host is active, if the card is used in True
IDE mode.
• After the card hard reset, soft reset, or power on reset, ATA reset, command applied the card cannot access
during +RDY / −BSY pin is “low” level. Flash card can’t be operated in this case.
• Before the card insertion VCC cannot be supplied to the card. After confirmation that −CD1, −CD2 pins are
inseted, supply VCC to the card.
• −OE must be kept at the VCC level during power on reset in memory card mode and I/O card mode. OE must be
kept constantly at the GND level in True IDE mode.
• Do not turn off the power or remove THNCFxxxMBA/BAI Series from the slot before read/write operation is
complete. Avoid using THNCFxxxMBA/BAI Series when the battery is low. Power shortage, power failure and/or
removal of THNCFxxxMBA/BAI Series from the slot before read/write operation is complete may cause
malfunction of THNCFxxxMBA/BAI Series, data loss and/or damage to data.
• Routine performance of backing-up data (or taking back-up of data) is strongly recommended.
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