Ce Ata

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Ce ata. Ce ata is derived from the advanced technology attachment ata storage interface for consumer electronics ce equipment. The current ce ata membership consists of the identified promoter companies in addition to an increasing number of contributor companies. One of the primary goals is to standardize connections for small form factor hard disk drives such as 1 inch microdrives. This adapter card does not use an 18 pin zif connector rather it uses a 40 pin zif connector meant for a pata interface not ce ata.

Ce ata is a standard for small hard drives targeted to consumer electronics products such as media players mp3 video etc digital cameras and digital camcorders. Design guides for the ce ata protocol specification posted june 15 2007. Right now the main standard. Ce ata is a derivative of the ata storage specification for ce consumer electronics equipment.

The standard is maintained by ce ata workgroup. Product description convert 1 8 18pin ce ata hdd to desktop or laptop usb interface easily to read your 1 8 ce ata hdd outside pc case or laptop. From an industry perspective the benefits of ce ata are many. Ce ata host design guide revision 1 0b posted june 12 2006.

The ce ata design is smaller and more power efficient than current technologies making it a better choice for devices like portable audio players handhelds and mobile phones. Support usb 2 0 compliance. Ce ata consumer electronics advanced technology attachment is the industry s response for providing an optimized standard interface for sff small form factor storage solutions in handheld portable and consumer electronics applications. Consumer electronics ata ce ata is an interface standard for the connection of storage devices and hosts in consumer electronic device such as mobile and handheld devices.

Ce ata is a standard for connecting hard disk drives to a mainboard in consumer electronics products hence the ce in the name. This page is an archive of documents for ce ata a related organization which is no longer in operation and is not the work of incits t13. The creation of the ce ata technology group is mandatory to locate these specific requirements and fulfill to the needs of today s quickly changing and fast progressing environment. If your drive uses the smaller 18 pin ce ata interface this card is useless to you.

The ce ata interface is a 18 pin serial interface based on the mmc standard.