SPIF250A: USB/eSATA to dual-SATA Storage Controller (Simple/JBOD/RAID0/RAID1)
The SunplusIT SPIF250A is a high performance, low power chip design for entry-level external storage product.
The SPIF250A has an advanced SunplusIT S+core7 32 bit processor. It has an USB 2.0 device port and 3 Serial ATA ports to support Simple, JBOD, RAID 0/1 features.
SPIF250A also offers standard interface like I2C, UART, SPI. Customers could use the interface to connect encryption, fingerprint, UWB… to make more reliable product.
Product Feature
SPIF250A has many special features that can provide our customers to make their end products unique.
» Overall Feature
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Build-in S+core7 32 bit RISC to run at 125MHz.
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Available in LQFP128 package
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Integrated Memory, USB PHY and SATA PHY have isolated BIST.
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Full scan for high production test coverage.
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Support Multiple GPIOs for customization.
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Support USB Read16/Write16 command to support larger than 2TB capacity.
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Support Window 2K/XP/2003/Vista, Linux , Mac 10 OS platform.
» RAID Features
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Support 4 operation modes: Simple, JBOD, RAID 0/1
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RAID 0 : HDD striping for performance and capacity
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JBOD : Support big capacity from 2 HDDs
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Simple : Use the 2 individual HDD. (eSATA host must support Port Multiplier)
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RAID 1 : HDDs Mirror
．Support RAID 1 HDD Hot-Plug
．Support RAID 1 HDD Auto-rebuilding for data recovery.
．Support 2 HDD Read racing for data transfer performance.
．Support RAID Status/HDD Status Information.
» USB Features
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Compliant with USB 2.0 specifications and pass USB certification.
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Support USB high speed (480Mbps) and full speed transfer rate (12Mbps).
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Support Mass Storage Device Class bulk only transfer.
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Support USB vendor command (Control Endpoint) and SCSI vendor command.
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Support USB host controller for UHCI, OHCI, EHCI mode.
» Serial-ATA Features
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Compliant with Serial-ATA 2.5A specifications.
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Support Serial-ATA generation I and II transfer rate of 1.5Gb/s and 3.0Gb/s.(Gen1i, Gen1m, Gen2i, Gen2m, not include Gen2X.)
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Support Serial-ATA power saving mode: Partial and Slumber mode.
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