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Pitx-sp user's guide – Kontron pITX-SP User Manual

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ITX-SP User's Guide

8.2

CF Card Application Note

A relatively compact system can be build up using a CF card. KONTRON offers a fitting adapter with DMA
support. CF cards 600x theoretically reach transfer rates up to 90 MB/sec.

KONTRON CF card adapter (CF-CARD-adapt-MOPS, part number 40404)


The following table gives an overview about some common CF cards.
Reference board:

03001-0000-16-0 (1.6 GHz, Plus variant)

Operating system:

Windows

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XP SP3

Test programs:

HDTune Vers. 2.55 or HDTach Vers. 3.0.4.0

For comparison in advance some values for other harddisk types respectively interfaces.

Manufacturer / Type

Interface

Speed (Average)

Western Digital WD10EADS 1 TB

S-ATA

70 MB/s

Seagate ST300003U2 160 GB

USB 2.0

26 MB/s

Samsung SP0842N 80 GB

P-ATA (80 pin cable)

52 MB/s