ESDI接口的英文名稱是（Enhanced Small Drive Interface），它是邁拓公司于1983年開發(fā)的。其特點(diǎn)是將編解碼器放在硬盤本身之中，而不是在控制卡上，理論傳輸速度是前面所述的ST-506的2...4倍，一般可達(dá)到10Mbps。但其成本較高，與后來產(chǎn)生的IDE接口相比無優(yōu)勢(shì)可言，因此在九十年代后就被淘汰了。是老式硬盤的接口，它的電纜由兩部分組成，ESDI 接口在接口卡側(cè)的外觀為34腳和20腳公插針：
ESDI接口
在硬盤側(cè)為34腳的控制信號(hào)和 20 腳數(shù)據(jù)信號(hào)：
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ESDI接口信號(hào)定義 |
34 腳的ESDI接口控制信號(hào)：
|
Pin |
Name |
Description |
|---|---|---|
|
2 |
|
Head Sel 3 |
|
4 |
|
Head Sel 2 |
|
6 |
|
Write Gate |
|
8 |
|
Config/Stat Data |
|
10 |
|
Transfer Acknowledge |
|
12 |
|
Attention |
|
14 |
|
Head Sel 0 |
|
16 |
|
Sect/Add MK Found |
|
18 |
|
Head Sel 1 |
|
20 |
|
Index |
|
22 |
|
Ready |
|
24 |
|
Transfer Request |
|
26 |
|
Drive Sel 1 |
|
28 |
|
Drive Sel 2 |
|
30 |
|
Drive Sel 3 |
|
32 |
|
Read Gate |
|
34 |
|
Command Data |
20 腳的ESDI接口數(shù)據(jù)信號(hào)定義：
|
Pin |
Name |
Description |
|---|---|---|
|
1 |
|
Drive Selected |
|
2 |
|
Sect/Add MK Found |
|
3 |
|
Seek Complete |
|
4 |
|
Address Mark Enable |
|
5 |
|
(reserved, for step mode) |
|
6 |
GND |
Ground |
|
7 |
|
Write Clock+ |
|
8 |
|
Write Clock- |
|
9 |
|
Cartridge Changed |
|
10 |
|
Read Ref Clock+ |
|
11 |
|
Read Ref Clock- |
|
12 |
GND |
Ground |
|
13 |
|
NRZ Write Data+ |
|
14 |
|
NRZ Write Data- |
|
15 |
GND |
Ground |
|
16 |
GND |
Ground |
|
17 |
|
NRZ Read Data+ |
|
18 |
|
NRZ Read Data- |
|
19 |
GND |
Ground |
|
20 |
GND |
Ground |