VIA VT6430 PCI 5-in-1 Flash Card Reader Controller

Designed for mobile PC and embedded system platforms where low profile is essential, the VT6430 PCI Combo Controller is highly interoperable with a range of flash media, providing card vendors with the utmost flexibility to design versatile, ultra-compact systems that enable customers to read and transfer data from any of seven flash card formats. The chip is a 5-in-1 flash card reader controller that supports SecureDigital (SD), MultiMediaCard (MMC), MemoryStick (MS), MemoryStick Pro (MS Pro), xD PictureCard (XD), SmartMedia (SM), and SDIO host interfaces.

For card reader function the VT6430 PCI Combo Controller provides VIA's highly compatible combo card reader drivers to the most popular operating systems, that includes Windows 2000, XP, Server2003, Vista, and  Linux 2.4.x/2.6.x. Furthermore, the Windows drivers of VIA card reader have certificated by Microsoft DTM and got Windows XP/Vista logo, including x86 and x64 platforms, and includes an enable/disable function allowing specific cards to be switched on or off,  providing the most flexibility for system requirement.

Specification

PCI BUS and Basic Function Specification

• Full compliance with PCI v2.3 specification
• Compliance with PCI bus power management specification v1.1
• Supports power states D0, D1, D2, D3hot, and D3cold
• Supports PCI Multi-Function and designs for Microsoft Windows
• Function enable/disable among xD/MMC/MS/SDIO
• Supports I2C EEPROM
• EEPROM contains other hardware configuration
• Supports Shadow EEPROM mechanism

Card Reader Function Specification

• Complete System Solution for Card Interfaces
• Secure DigitalTM (SD)
• Supports to SD-HC
• Multi Media CardTM (MMC)
• Supports to MMC-HC
• Memory StickTM (MS)
• Supports to MS PRO and MS PRO-HG
• xD Picture CardTM (XD)
• Smart MediaTM (SM)
• SDIO Host Controller
• Compliance with SDIO card specification rev. 1.1
• Compliance with SD host controller standard card specification rev. 1.0
• Secure Digital(SD) / Multi Media Card(MMC) Interfaces
• Compliance with SD memory card specification rev. 1.0/1.1
• Supports 4-bit and 1-bit Secure Digital interface
• Supports SD and SPI mode transmission
• Compliance with MMC interfaces specification to ver. 4.2
• Command transmit and response receive can be enabled separately
• Supports multiple block transaction with stop command
• Supports different clock rate from 375 KHz to 50 MHz
• MemoryStick(MS) / MemoryStick Pro(MS Pro) Interfaces
• Compliance with MS standard format specification  ver:1.3/1.4/1.42
• Compliance with MS Pro format Specification ver:1.0/1.02
• Supports 4-bit and 1-bit MS Pro interface
• Fully supports Memory Stick Pro TPCs
• Supports multi-page access
• Supports flash command timeout detection
• xD PictureCard(XD) / SmartMedia(SM) Interfaces
• Compliance with xD Picture card specification  ver. 1.2 / v1.2b
• Compliance with xD Picture card host guideline specification  ver. 1.2
• Compliance with SmartMedia Logical Format Specifications ver.1.04
• Supports address up to 5 bytes with different access speeds
• Supports multi-sector read operation
• Supports high speed programming (multi-block erase and multi-block program)
• Dedicated LED indicators for card reader

Power and Clock Specification

• Supports CLKRUN to enhance power management for mobile PC
• Operates from a 3.3V power supply while maintaining 5V tolerant inputs
• Built-in dedicated power switch for xD, MMC, MS, and SD(low voltage)
• Build in 3.3V to 2.5V regulator
• 3.3V and 2.5V I/O support
• 2KV ESD protection
• Supports 25/50 MHz crystal oscillator

Package Type

• 14mm x 14mm. 128 pin LQFP
• Pin to pin with VT6320 (1394a and carder reader controller)

Resources

VIA VT6430 image kit