SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual  Interface Description 
Table 3-4  Signal Description 
Signal Name  Dir.  Pin  Description 
-CSEL 
(True IDE Mode) 
This internally pulled up signal is used to 
configure this device as a master or slave when 
configured in the True IDE Mode. When this pin 
is grounded, this device is configured as a 
master. When the pin is open, this device is 
configured as a slave. 
D15-D00 
(PC Card Memory Mode) 
(PC Card I/O Mode) 
D15-D00 
(True IDE Mode) 
I/O  31, 30, 29, 28, 27, 
49, 48, 47, 6, 5, 4, 
3, 2, 23, 22, 21 
These lines carry the data, commands and 
status information between the host and the 
controller. D00 is the LSB of the Even Byte of 
the word. D08 is the LSB of the Odd Byte of the 
word. 
In True IDE Mode, all Task File operations 
occur in byte mode on the low order bus D00-
D07 while all data transfers are 16 bits using 
D00-D15. 
GND 
(PC Card Memory Mode) 
(PC Card I/O Mode
) 
(True IDE Mode) 
-- 1, 50  Ground. 
-INPACK 
(PC Card Memory Mode) 
-INPACK 
(PC Card I/O Mode) 
-DMARQ 
(True IDE Mode) 
O  43  This signal is not used in this mode. 
The Input Acknowledge signal is asserted by 
the card when it is selected and responding to 
an I/O read cycle at the address that is on the 
address bus. This signal is used by the host to 
control the enable of any input data buffers 
between the card and the CPU. 
This signal is used for DMA data transfers 
between host and device and is asserted by the 
device when it is ready to transfer data to or 
from the host. The direction of data transfer is 
controlled by DIOR- and DIOW-. This signal is 
used in a handshake manner with DMACK- 
(i.e., the device waits until the host asserts 
DMACK- before negating DMARQ, and 
reasserting DMARQ if there is more data to 
transfer). 
-IORD 
(PC Card Memory Mode) 
-IORD 
(PC Card I/O Mode) 
(True IDE Mode) 
I  34  This signal is not used in this mode. 
This is an I/O read strobe generated by the 
host. This signal gates I/O data onto the bus 
from the card when the card is configured to 
use the I/O interface. 
-IOWR 
(PC Card Memory Mode) 
I  35  This signal is not used in this mode. 
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