Hitachi HDS725050KLA360 - Register Addressing and Cabling

Deskstar 7K500 and Deskstar E7K500 Hard Disk Drive Specification
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6.9 Addressing of registers
The host addresses the drive through a set of registers called a Task File. These registers are mapped into the host's
I/O space. Two chip select lines (CS0– and CS1–) and three address lines (DA0–2) are used to select one of these
registers, while a DIOR– or DIOW– is provided at the specified time.
The chip select line CS0- is used to address the Command Block registers while the CS1– is used to address Con-
trol Block registers.
The following table shows the I/ O address map.
Note: "Addr" field is shown as an example.
During DMA operation (from writing to the command register until an interrupt) not all registers are accessible.
For example, the host is not supposed to read status register contents before interrupt (the value is invalid).
6.9.1 Cabling
The maximum cable length from the host system to the drive plus circuit pattern length in the host system shall not
exceed 18 inches.
For higher data transfer application (>8.3 MB/s) a modification in the system design is recommended to reduce
cable noise and cross-talk, such as a shorter cable, bus termination, or a shielded cable.
Table 41: I/O address map
CS0– CS1– DA2 DA1 DA0 DIOR– = 0 (Read) DIOW– = 0 (Write)
Command Block Registers
01000Data Reg. Data Reg.
01001Error Reg. Features Reg.
01010Sector count Reg. Sector count Reg.
01011Sector number Reg.Sector number Reg.
01100Cylinder low Reg. Cylinder low Reg.
01101Cylinder high Reg. Cylinder high Reg.
01110Drive/Head Reg. Drive/Head Reg.
01111Status Reg. Command Reg.
Control Block Registers
10110Alt. Status Reg. Device control Reg.