Product Description:

The 5CFCRD.2048-04 CompactFlash card is produced by B&R Automation and belongs to the 5CF Compact Flash Cards series. This solid-state medium measures 42.8 mm wide, 36.4 mm long, and 3.3 mm high, so it fits the Type I CompactFlash socket used on B&R controllers. Within an automation system, the card provides removable, vibration-tolerant storage for application programs, recipes, and logged operating data. Its compact format makes it suitable for control platforms that need dependable nonvolatile memory without adding moving parts or increasing installation space.

Nominal storage capacity is 2 GB, and the memory uses SLC flash memory for stable data handling in industrial applications. Sequential read speed can reach 37 MB/s, while sustained write speed is limited to 20 MB/s; these transfer rates are suitable for controller startup files, recipe storage, and routine data logging. The card communicates through the parallel ATA command set and supports PIO 0-6; MWDMA 0-4; UDMA 0-4 modes, which allows it to operate with both older and higher-performance host devices. An internal error-correcting code checks each transfer for bit errors, and static wear leveling distributes write activity across the flash array to help keep access behavior consistent over time.

The endurance rating is intended for long service life, with a guaranteed data volume of 200 TB and 100,000 program-erase cycles available for each physical block before wear leveling retires it from active use. Retained data remain valid for 10 years at the recommended storage temperature, and the specified bit error rate is <1 unrecoverable error per 10¹⁴ bits read. Because the card does not support S.M.A.R.T. reporting, the host system must monitor operating hours and cumulative write traffic through controller diagnostics instead. That approach allows the storage condition to be tracked during regular machine operation without relying on onboard health reporting from the card itself.