3.3CF Installation
The CompactFlash Card (or called CF storage card) is widely applied in digital consumer devices like PDA, Digital Camera and MP3 player. Because of the CF anti-shock, anti-vibration, better environment tolerance, low power consumption, small form factor and high reliability, it has been widely accepted in mission critical embedded applications.
With the cPCI-6760DK/P5, the CF card is very easy to use; the CF card socket is available on the DB-6760CF, which is a removable daughter board that can be attached to the cPCI-6760DK/P5 by directly connecting the daughter board to the on-board 44-pin IDE (CN2) connector. The DB-6760CF is designed in exchange with the 2.5” ATA HDD on the IDE interface. The DB-6760CF supports both type-I and type-II CompactFlash storage device such as CF cards or IBM MicroDrive.
If user purchases the OEM model, non-standard, customized or special configuration model, it may not come with the DB-6760CF in the package. Users can purchase the CF card adaptor (by the model name: DB-6760CF) as an optional kit to convert the IDE interface into a CF card socket. Since the CF card adaptor utilizes the same IDE interface and the same space that a 2.5” ATA HDD may occupy, users should remove then 2.5” ATA HDD (if any) first before installing the CF card adaptor. Please refer to the section of HDD installation for instructions on removing the 2.5” ATA HDD.
Note: To prevent the CF card from come loose during heavy vibrations, there is a screw designed and located on the upper side of CF card. (Please refer to the figure in section 3.3.1.). Remove the protection screw before inserting or extracting the CF card. After inserting or extracting the CF card, please mount and fix this protection screw.
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