xSil 251

OnSpec xSil 251 – Hi-Speed USB Extreme Flash Drive R/W Controller

Description

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OnSpec’s xSil 251 UDMA4 CF and HDD Controller is the world’s first UDMA 4 enabled CF controller. It also can interface with Hard Disk drives to provide a compelling external storage solution. The firmware has built-in support for Microsoft’s PD-DRM technology in addition to providing an SHA-256 based authentication protocol for implementing Secure access to the Hard disk drive.

OnSpec offers reference designs, firmware, drivers, and manufacturing test software to make product development easy.  OnSpec’s technology provide optimum throughput and superior flash media compatibility

Features

 

  • Supports NAND SLC, NAND MLC and AG-AND flash media

  • Supports CompactFlash media (flash based and hard disk based)

  • Full Speed USB (USB1.1) and Hi-Speed USB (USB 2.0), Bus powered.

  • Compatible with Microsoft WinXP, WinME, Win2K, SP3, Apple OS X and Linux Multi-Lun Mass Storage Class Drivers

  • Win2K, Win98/98SE and Apple OS8.6 and OS9 Multi-LUN Mass Storage Class Drivers Available

  • Single chip with integrated USB 2.0 PHY

  • Optional Secure partition capability based on SHA-256 algorithm

  • Serial port

  • Two General Purpose Timers

  • Watchdog Timer

  • 16 bit RISC Processor

  • Onboard ROM contains BIOS and Application code.

  • Programmable IOR and IOW widths

  • Optimum hardware controlled transfer for speed and scalability

  • 48-pin 7mm x 7mm QFP package (RoHS packaging available)

BlockDiagram

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Functional Description

The xSil 251 is designed to connect an IDE/ATAPI device or a CompactFlash or Microdrive or CE-ATA drive  to USB.  It contains the following:

  •  48-pin 9mm x 9mm LQFP package

  • Single chip with integrated USB 2.0 PHY

  • Serial EEPROM port

  • UDMA Modes 0..4 supported

  • MDMA Modes 0..2 supported

  • PIO Modes 0..6 supported

  • IDE/ ATAPI/ CFTM interface

  • Serial port

  • Two General Purpose Timers

  • Watchdog Timer

  • 16 bit Processor

  • Internal RAM for supporting enhancements

  • ROM with BIOS and Application code.

  • Programmable Read and Write widths

  • PD-DRM support to report unique serial number

  • Optimum hardware controlled transfer for speed and scalability

IDE Hard Disk Drives / Removable IDE Hard disk drives

  • Supports UDMA Modes 0..4, MDMA Modes 0..2, PIO Modes 0..6

  • Supports Hard drives of up to 2048GB (2TeraBytes)

CompactFlash / Microdrive

  • Supports CompactFlash UDMA Modes 0..4, MDMA Modes 0..2, PIO Modes 0..6

  • Supports IDE / ATAPI UDMA Modes 0..4, MDMA Modes 0..2, PIO Modes 0..6

  • Supports IBM, Seagate, Hitachi and Magicstor Hard disk based CF media

  • ROM has built in support for SHA-256 based authentication

ATAPI devices

  • Supports UDMA Modes 0..4, MDMA Modes 0..2, PIO Modes 0..6

  • Supports ATAPI devices CD-ROM, CD-RW, DVD-RW, DVD+RW, DVD-ROM etc.

Ordering Information

Part Number

Description

Packaging

xSil 251

 USB 2.0 UDMA CF/ HDD Read Write Controller

48 LQFP

xSil 251-LF

 USB 2.0 UDMA CF/ HDD Read Write Controller

48 LQFP

(RoHS Compliant)

 

Technical and Design-in Information

Contact: sales@siliconapps.com

Design Support (Will be provided by OnSpec upon request)

  • Read/Write Performance Testing (Software Release Notes)

  •  USB IF Certification Lab Report Summary

  • IBIS Models (Available on request)

  •  Qualification Report

  •  BIOS Boot Over USB Compatibility Testing Report

  •  Embedded OS Compatibility Testing with XXXXXX MSC Driver

Available from OnSpec under Software License Agreement (SLA):

  • Click Wrap SLA Agreement for Object Code on OnSpec Website

  • Manufacturing Utilities

  • Software Release Notes (Important for Attribute Bit Settings and Descriptions)

  • Software Test Report (Matrix of OS and PC Chipset Testing)

  • Windows 98 and 2000 Multi-LUN Drivers

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