Port Coquitlam – April 29, 2008 – Tri-M Engineering of Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada has announced its SD-IDE40 and SD-IDE44 microSD/TransFlash™ to ATA Bus Adapter. The SD-IDE40/SD-IDE44 is a compact board design to interface up to two microSD/TransFlash to a 40-pin or 44-pin IDE connector. The adapter allows for low cost, ultra-compact, removable flash storage to be integrated into many embedded designs. TransFlash and microSD are ultra-small (15 mm x 11 mm x 1 mm) removable flash memory cards and are currently the smallest memory card format commercially available.. They are commonly available in capacities ranging from 128MB to 2GB. TransFlash and microSD cards are essentially the same, and each can be used in devices made for the other type. Common commercial applications for TransFlash/microSD include cell phones, PDAs, and handheld GPS devices.

The SD-IDE40/SD-IDE44 has two microSD/Transflash connectors with card detection allowing different combinations (Master, Slave, Master+Slave) without setting jumpers. The SD-IDE40/SD-IDE44 acts as a true hardware bridge, allowing the microSD/Transflash to be seen as a hard-drive by the host computer without a software driver. It also allows the host computer to use a microSD/Transflash as a bootable device and supports PIO1 to PIO4 and UDMA 3 for fast data transfer. The SD-IDE40/SD-IDE44 is a compact design measuring 54.4mm x 15.1mm x 10.9mm and has an operating temperature of -40º to +85ºC. Single +5VDC power is supplied through the 44-pin connector or an optional AT power cable for the 40-pin version. SD-IDE40/SD-IDE44 are available from stock with pricing starting at $19 single quantity.

Features:

• Directly pluggable to an IDE 40 pin header.
• Hardware bridging between IDE and Transflash/microSD.
• OS installable to TransFlash/microSD.
• Bootable from TransFlash/microSD.
• Support PIO 0-4 and Ultra DMA 3 mode.
• Support up to 2 TransFlash/microSD (Master/Slave).
• Support TransFlash/microSD up to 1G.
• Support TransFlash/microSD 1bit and 4bit modes.

Tri-M Engineering is an innovative and leading company in the embedded systems field, specializing in the design and manufacture of DC to DC power supplies, CPU modules, enclosures, I/O modules, GPS products, and development boards. Many or Tri-M Engineering’s products are designed to withstand higher temperature ranges, shock, vibration, moisture, dust and electrical noise and can be found in many industries including industrial control, military, aerospace, alternative energy,. homeland security and gaming. Tri-M Engineering distributes its products through its sister company, Tri-M Systems, as well as a worldwide distribution network. For more information visit www.tri-m.com.