82078 CHMOS SINGLE-CHIP
FLOPPY DISK CONTROLLER
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Small Footprint and Low Height
Packages
Supports Standard 5 0V as Well as Low
Voltage 3 3V Platforms
Selectable 3 3V and 5 0V
Configuration
5 0V Tolerant Drive Interface
Enhanced Power Management
Application Software Transparency
Programmable Powerdown
Command
Save and Restore Commands for 0V
Powerdown
Auto Powerdown and Wakeup
Modes
Two External Power Management
Pins
Consumes No Power While in
Powerdown
Programmable Internal Oscillator
Floppy Drive Support Features
Drive Specification Command
Media ID Capability Provides Media
Recognition
Drive ID Capability Allows the User
to Recognize the Type of Drive
Selectable Boot Drive
Standard IBM and ISO Format
Features
Format with Write Command for
High Performance in Mass Floppy
Duplication
Integrated Host Disk Interface Drivers
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Integrated Analog Data Separator
250 Kbits sec
300 Kbits sec
500 Kbits sec
1 Mbits sec
2 Mbits sec
Integrated Tape Drive Support
Standard 1 Mbps 500 Kbps
250 Kbps Tape Drives
New 2 Mbps Tape Drive Mode
Perpendicular Recording Support for
4 MB Drives
Fully Decoded Drive Select and Motor
Signals
Programmable Write Precompensation
Delays
Addresses 256 Tracks Directly
Supports Unlimited Tracks
16 Byte FIFO
Single-Chip Floppy Disk Controller
Solution for Portables and Desktops
100% PC-AT Compatible
100% PS 2 Compatible
100% PS 2 Model 30 Compatible
Fully Compatible with Intel鈥檚 386SL
Microprocessor SuperSet
Integrated Drive and Data Bus
Buffers
Available in 64 Pin QFP and 44 Pin QFP
Package
(See Package Specification Order Number 240800 Package
Type S)
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The 82078 Product Family brings a set of enhanced floppy disk controllers These include several features
that allow for easy implementation in both the portable and desktop market The current family includes a 64
pin and a 44 pin part in the smaller form factor QFP package The 3 3V version of the 64 pin part provides an
ideal solution for the rapidly emerging 3 3V platforms It also allows for a 5 0V tolerant floppy drive interface
that lets the users retain their normal 5 0V drives Another version of the 64 pin part provides support for 2
Mbps data rate tape drives
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February 1994
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