CHINON

5
1/4"FLOPPY DiSK DRiVES

SPECiFICAT10NS
MODEL: FZ

506 196 TPl,DOUBLE SiDES,1.6 MB/1 MB SWiTCHABLE)

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CONTENTS
1. SCOPE
FEATURES,........

3. SPECiFiCAT10NS

31,Specifio
tion tl)
3
2. Specificaiton 12,
3-3. InstallationConditions
3-4. Reliability
4. DIMENS10NS
lNTERFACE SiGNALS

5-1. SignalVoltage Levels

5-2. InputSi9na1s.....,...................,
5-3. OutputSignals
5-4, InputSignalLincTerminalor
5-5. InterfaceCircuit
56.Signal
S. POWER
7.

ON SEQUENCE

POWER SuPPLY tNTERFACE

7.1. PowerSupplySpecifications
7-2. FrarncG
7-3. PowcrSupplySequenca
,NTERFACE CONNECTOR AND PiN ASSlGNMENT

8-1. InrerlacrConnector
82. Pin
9, SHORT PLUG AND FRONT LED

9-1. Shon Plug

92. Front LED

1SCOPE

ibes 5
1/4doubl
sided 96
TPi minifloppy disk drive
(h?rrafi?r lbbr?viat.d ts
hiS SpecincatiOn deso
FDD)CHINON FZ,506

2. FEATURES
Theteaturesof the Fz-506areasfollows:
Up-to1.6Mbyres
l1l LargeCapacity
The FZ-506is a double-sided,
high-densiry,
double-rrack
tyDeand its caoacityis l.6M b6es. in unformalted modc. The read/writcselectionof rhe high densiryl.5M byres,95 TPIand doublcdcnsity1M bytca,
96 TPI disk can be carriedout by changinglirher the mororspeed(360 rpml3OOrpml or rrans{.rrlrc
(SOOK
8PS/300KBPS).In addition,as the datarelrievalfrom 2SOKbytcs,48 TPI diskro 5OOKbyres.96
: TPIdiskis possible,
rhe lormersoftware.packages
canbe read.
(21 Pop-upMechanism
Wilh tha newly employedpop-upmechanisrn,
the disk can be loaded/unloaded
with easc,prevcniing
mischucking
at diskinsrnion.
(3) Low PowerConsumprion
As a newly designedLSI {C-MOSchipl is employedin the readlwrile8nd controlcircuits,high performanceand low powerconsumptionareachi?ved.In sland.bymode,powerconsumptionis only l-59W,
.
andin operationmode3.81W mekingsystcmdesigncasy.
(41 Built-inDisk-in-sensor
With the built-indisk-in-sensor,
when no disk is lo6d?d.th molor is stoDoed.This enandsthc motor
seruicelife and reducespowerconsumotion.
Whenchuckingthc di3k.ihe O0 motoris rotalcdtcrnporarily to assurethe centeringot the disk. DISKCHANGE
signelwill be outpurby this sensor,also.
(5) VariousDiskReadings
With the FZ-5O6,the variousdisk readin-os
shownbelowarepossible,existingsofiwerr writtenin 48 TPI
formatcanbe usedwirhoutanyconversion.

48 TPi

TrackDensity
Storaga
Capacity

High
Densi

NormalOcnsity

Disk Used

96 TPl

96 TPi

250 KB

500 KB

500 KB

l MB

16 MB

Fate of Data
Transfer

250K/300K
BPS

250K/300K
BPS

250K/300K
BPS

2 5 0 K 3 0 0 K
BPS

500K BPS

Rotational
Speed

300 360
rpm

300/360
,pm

300/360

300/360

pn

,pm

360 rpm

DataRead

DataWrite

O O

' Data can be read by this drive.but data can not br rrad by a head madc
solely for 48 TPI usc.

3.SPECtFiCAT10NS
1n til
1. Srecifi
3
CHARACTER!STIC

llam

modc
Bccording
Per disk

Unformstt.d

P?t track
Per disk

Pcrrrrik
Formaned

NORMAL DENSiTY

HlGH DENSiTY

'

FM

MFM

FM

MFM

833 KB

1666 KB

500 KB

1000 KB

5208 KB

10 416 KB

3,125 KB

6.25 KB

G15 KB

1229 KB

327 68 KB

655.36 KB

3840B

7680B

2048B

4096B

Numbcr
of sectors

16

15

-250B

25S B

5128

128B

dansitY
Recording

4935 BPi

9870 BPi

2961 8Pl

Rar?of dat! lrsnsler

250K BPS

500K BPS

125K/150K
BPS

Perseclor

Power-onlo tadYlime

0.5 secor less

Singletrrck seekrimc

3 msec

Averegesccasstime

94 msec

Senlingtimc

15 msec

Averagelatencytime

300360 pm
160

Numberof tracks

80

Numberol cylinders

OS TPl

Trsckdensity
Numbcro{ heads

Numbcrof index

SiO 0

57.150 mm

Si 1

55.033 mm

Side 0

36.248 mm

Side l

34131 mm

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2 5 0 K 3 0 0 K
BPS

I OOmsec/83.3msee

83.3 msec

360 rpm

Roterionspe?d

5922 3Pl

3-2. Spccificrtion12!

146 fw) x 41 (Hlx 193 (D)mm

apgrox. I kg
DC 12V=596
DC 5V

596

270 mATYP

320 mATYP.

20 mATYP.

11.59 W TYP.

| 160 mA TYP.

PowerconsumPtion

SpindleMotor
Staningcutr?nl
(0.5sec.max.l
DC 12V

RipplevolragBallornance

Lessrhan 150 mVp'p (includingspikanoisel

Lesslhan I OOmVp-p(includingspikt noiscl

've by l m
Less than 55 phons tciasS Altse,3rated tron the d

Matcrial: ABS
I Matettal:ABS

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Color: Beiga
COIoE B

ige

3-3. lnrttllttlon Conditionr

Mounti^g position

t mcrimum ol 15"
ln hotiro^tll 9o3ition, tha lront plnrl cln b! tlisrd

29'C
20-809i RHMarimum{2t bulbtrmD.rarurc

Environm?nr condition3

5 - 90% RH No drw cond?nstlion

I - 9OX RH No dGwcond.nsaiion

Anplhudr LGssth.n 0'5 mm 5 - 25 H!

o.25G 25 - IOO H:
Les,than 10G t'O ms)

Amolitud! L:ssrhan 7 mm 5 - 9 Hz
0.5G9- 10OH!

During non-oDcrltion
rnd tlo.tgl
(w/Prorcct 3h?rtl

Lessth8n 30S t10 mSi

F.lthcighl in 9!cking St!t!: 7O cm

(comat: on? titnr, sidcs: th'aa time3'tltl 3url8cs:

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R!liability

Spccification

hem

10.000 POH

MTBF
Drive

0.5 H

MTTR

Fiveyears

Drive f

E r r o rr a t e

Soflware errors

109 times/bit

Hardwareerrors

lo12 meS/b

Scek crrors

10 - . r i m e s / s e e k

Numbr of mountings of the mcdia

10,000,00O
seeksor more

Seek

10.000 H o more

Head

LiFe

times or more
3O,OOO

Number ol idenricaltrack oasses

Number of mountings

'Mainlenance is not requiredunder normal use conditions.

'1 Re{erencevalue

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3,000,0O0passesor mote
'l0.0OOtimesor more

4.D!MENS10NS

6-

EIGNALS
5. INTERFACS
The inter{acesignel has l2 inpur signal lin.s and 5 output signallines- Sac Fig.5'l 5 - 1 . S i g n a lV o h a g ? L r v " l s
The interlacesignal intlrlacrs with rh controllerat the TTL level. For all signals.low is true. The t/0 signel
level into the driv?s hav lhr lollowing sp"citicarions.
( l ) I n p u ls i g n a l
0V to +0.40V
Low level
+
2
.
4
0 Vt o + 5 . 2 5 V
l
e
v
e
l
High
I n p u ti m D e d a n c e 1 5 0 O
(21 Outputsignal
Low level

OVi 040V

+ 5 . 2 5 V m a x . { b y r e c c i v i n gt h . . n d l e r m i n a l o t )
H i g hl e v e l
48 mA (max.}
Outputcurrent {lor low lcvcl)
Output current llot high level) 250 rA lmax.)

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5 - 2 . I n p u rS i g n a l s
( 1 ) D F I V ES E L E C T0 t o 3 s i g n a l i n e s
Whcn one of these signal lines go?s into low tevel.lhe drive correspondingto thc signel line is sctccted
and the l/O gate is opened. U9 to four drives can bc controllcd using these lour signal lines. Thc drive
corrcspondingro one of rh DRIVESELECT0 ro 3 signal lincs is determin?dby thc aosilion ot rh. shon
plu-oin lhe drive.
(2) MOTOFON signal line
This line controls lhe ON/OFFof the sDindlemolor. When this iignal line is set to low lcvel,lh spindlc
nrotor revolves.When il is sct to high level.it slops. 0.5 seconds is the reeuiredstan up timc of lhc apindle noror. The motor stan oocrationis not execuredwh?n no disk is loadcd.
This signal ogeratesindeDendenrlyof lhe DRIVESELECTsignals.
( 3 ) D I R E C T I OS
NE L E C Ts i g n a l i n e
This signal dererminasthe direcrion of movement ot the head whcn a pulse is senl via the STEPsignrl
linc. When this signal line is set ro low levland the STEPsignalpulse is srnL the head movus tow!rd lhc
cenrcr of th. disk. When it is.set to high level and lhe STEPsignal pulsc is senL thc had movcs lway
Irom the cenlet.
Thc logic level of this signal should be hcld lor et least 1 microsccond ahcr the trailing adge of lhc STEP
purse.
t4S T E Ps i g n a ll i n e
This si-onalline moves the head. With lhe rise of a singlc low lev?l pulse. lhis signal linc changcs
from LOw level to HtGH level and rhe heed moves onc rrack in lhe dir.ction determinad by lh; D!RECT I O NS E L E C Ts i g n a l .
Howcvcr,this signal is not acceDredwhcn ih FDD is in WBITE mode. The hcad is 3tabilized20 ms eficr
the trailing edg! of lhe last STEPpulse,and thc FDo is readylor data read/write operation.
5) WBITEGATEsignal line

This siEnal linc soecifies drive write end fead slarus. Whcn this signal line is srt to low lcvcl, writc
lnable starus occurs6nd the data is storedon lhc disk sudace by the WRITEOATA signsl. Whcn
t h i ss i g n a l i n . i s s e r t o h i g h l e v e l ,r c a d s t a t u sg c c u r s .
Attcr the writing operation, a period of 1.2 ms is necessary belore a valid READ DATA signal r9
Dcarson the interlace.

tSWRITEDATArignal linc
Drrr vwincnon rhc di3kturfrcr ir trlnsbrrld on this tignd linc. With rhr dcclincot ths pulsesentto this
signrtlinclwhcn thc signelline changas|rom lhc high lcvallo lhs low lcvcl).datais writtcn on the disk

sur{tca.
cignrllinc
StDESELECT
t
Thisrignrl linc alleclsrhahctdWhln this signsllinr i3 sct ro high lsvrl, rhc aidsO hcsd is salcclrd:when it is set to low level,the side
I hcrd is raleCrod.Sidso standsfor thc one-sidcdmediumracordingsurlace,
Th 36trcrionis compleredl0O microscsondsaher thc chsngs ot the SIDESELECTsignalline, 8nd
rcgd/wtitcbccomcsPossible.
(81 MODESELECT
signrllinc
Thissignalstatu3sclrctsithsrl.6M Bytemodeot 1M BFc modr'
in positivcot negslivrlogicby posirionol shon plug.
Thr tinr canbc configured
5-3. OutputSignelr
(1l INDEXsignslline
Whcnevcrthr disk roraresonce.lhis signalline outpuls ! low levcl pulseindicatinglhe stan of thr
trlck A daclineot ihe pulsr signallwhcn this signallinc changesfrom high lsvello low levellindicates
rh?stsn of rhelt8ck. Howver'the pulseis onlyoulputwhcn th diskis insened'
l2l TRACK00 signalline
Whcn this signalline is set lo low level,lhe ho6d is localedrt the track 00 positionEndthe specific
phas?of the sreppingmolor is cxcited.
(3) WFITEPROTECT
signallinc
Whenrhis signelline is set to low levcl,the insencddiskcannolbe wrillan on. This signalline rnayalso
bc set to low lgvelevenwhen no disk is insenedin th drive. Thr write tunclionol the drivebecomes
diskis insenod.
whcn write-inhibited
inooerative
(41 READDATAaignalline
This signallinc is usedfor the transterof the pulsesariesreadtrom the disk,in which clock pulssssnd
edge{the momentof changclrom high levelto low level}of
datapulsesare mixed.The negative-going
rhepulscoutputar this signallineindicatesthe roadoutdata(clockEnddat8pulses).(SeePage14.)
15l READYsignallina
When this outpursignalline is set to low ievel,the disk iS inserted and the number o iskoliions is
fixcd,
sfler
on the disk. lmmedistely
Whenthc READysignalis ON.readandwrile operslionscanbe perlorrned
READY
rhe
thal
is
inscned,
check
the MOTORON signalis rurncdON.poweris supplied.Afier rhc disk
write and teadopsrations.
signalis ONbeforeper{orming

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DISKCHANGE
sisnal
This signal lina is sct to low levcl by power on or whcn 6 disk is elected.and set to high lcvel by
STEPsignalinpurwhena diskis loadrd.

POWER ON
O'SK IN

DiSK CHANG

J L

THL_

WEF

lnpur SignalLinc Tcrminator

FZ-506is opetablewith eitherdaisychaino? star chsinsyst?ms.h is possiblelo usc 4 prcs.Drivesby
chain. When more than onc drivcs 8re conn.ctcd, trrminalion rssislors of all drives lxcrDl lhc driv? rt

end of inter{acecablemust bc disconneclcd.ffhe terminarionresistorscan be disconnecr?d

by tlking
lhe shon-plugat the connecrorJ1-1)Eachof the inpursignallineshasa I50f2terminalresisror.
interfacCiruR
owing drivers
ecetvers

CONTROLLER SiOE

OR'VE S,OE

reclvers
D,ves
When ecommend the fo

CMOS
CONTROL
LOGiC
5 V
:50n

Wire material
Flat cablesor twisted Dairwires

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(31 Wirc lcngrh

1l Daisychain lyslrm {4 dtivcs mrx.)

2l Starchainsystem

10_

interface with the contro

er and host system

CONTROLLER SIDE
MODE

,N

DRiVE SiDE

Stt=CT

USE HAD

oRlVE

StLECT

oRlVE

SttiCF

DRi VE

SELECr

DR,VE SELECT

Mo OR

ON

01'ECT10N SELEC

STE'

WR TE

W lTE CaTE

128

WR,TE PRO

130

Rt 0 0

134

P aOY

ECT

Ta

SELECT

tDiSK CHAN6E

' go.riblc ro ch!.rg. wilh Jl

SiCNAL CRO No

OC 6ROUPro
12 V

RETURN

REtt RN

o O t F

100Kn

FttAME

OuN0

5-6. Sign'alTimlng
( 1 1 l n h i a l i r cs a q u e n c c

DC power ON
5V. 12V
t

DRiVE SELECT

VALID
Siatus Signal

:Pdec

MOTOR ON
9oorns rnrt

VAL:D
iNDEX

READY

READ/WRlTE

The drive requires a powo

On sequenCe dei3v O

600 ms.

_12-

is ignoredduringthisdelavrime'
DRIVESELECT

Accesstiming

DRlVE SELECT

01RECT10N
SELECT

TRACK 00

l: 1.tlsman.

Readtiming

DRIVE SELECT

STEP

WRiTE CATE
50O'r rn|nl.l

SlDE SELECT

VALID
READ DATA

81 1 6MB mode

rbh lMB 300r,rn mode

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14,READ DATA

min0

DATA
2 r n m t ,
4 " n O n t ,

S00n 2,

READ DATA
IFM recoding

c
lr.

nd|r lbl

C
2" ont,,
4"nont ,

3!t no,n l.l

61' non lbl

REAO DATA
tMFM recording,
D

C:C,ock

0; Dan

181: 1.6MB mode

lb):'Ma,300

rpm

tS, Wite tin,in9

MOTOR ON
DR!VE SELECT

STEP

100m: `
,
1 2htbl

WRlTE GATE

100 h tB,
1`n
,

SiDE SELECT

WRITE DATA

13): 1.6MB mode

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tb
:lM8.g00,pm mode

mooe

DAT{timing

=10r,t,,
=20n lb

?OOni rn|n

DATA

recording)
0

4 =20n, ,
SF t 40ngts,

200n msn

3 =15n3` '
6r i 30n 1
l

C
2 ` 1 0 n
,
4,.2
l b ,

DATA

recordingl

D;orra

13): 16M8mode

:NDEX ttming

DRiVE SELECT
READY

03

3m

,NDEX

200mt i 3n`
11 'hl.25"

_ i

,oC"n,
1360 rDn,

i b:
l M B . 3 0 0 , p m

n o d e

sEouENcE
e. powEn-oN
powcr-on s'quance ol the FDo'
Rocllibration of tha head position is performcdduring lhe
Fig.6-l shows lhe pow?r'on sequenct'

Power on

Resel8ll
circuit

Setro lhe
modr
oDerating

^^\

of
Erecutedregardless
signal.
lhe ORIVESELECT
*

ves I

Seck to
zero Irack

Serto thc
srandbYmode

End

F i g ,6 - 1 P o w a r - O nS c q u c n c c

+l trsck
step in

P O W E RS U P P L YI N T E R F A C E
| , P o w a r S u p P l yS P e c i f i c a t i o n s
{ 2 ) o l S e c t i o n3 ' 2 is rcquircd by the powcr supgly. Thcrc
O C p o w e r{ + t 2 V , + 5 V ) s h o w n i n S p c c i f i c a t i o n
l o u r o o w e rl i n e s( + 1 2 V ,+ 5 V , a n d l h e t w o r e t u r nl i n e s ) '
F r g m eG r o u n d
and a resistor' Tha valuesarc as folframe ground and signal ground are connectedlhrough a capacitor
100

C=0 01

the trame ground where the AC ground and DC ground are one

point connecredin the host systrm.

P o w c r S u p p l yS e q u e n c !
in which 16s 3uppliedpower vollag? tlsts up
I The power oN sequenceis not specified-However,lhe lime
to 90% ot the specifiedvalue,should be set to I OOms or less'
th? disk snd the
lf the drive is in a Staius other than wrile operation,and the OC power is disconnected,
it
WRITE GATE is
thc
will
be
deslroy?d
data stored on the disk are not destroyed. However,its contenls
not sel to highlevel.

lNTERFACE CONNECTOR AND PiN ASSiGNMENT

1. lnlrrlacc Conncctor
I DC power connector

Connectot/housing

Drive side

Hosl sida

AMP 172349-l
or equivalent

AMP l -480424-0
or rquivalent
A M P 6 0 5 19 - 1
or cquivalent

Pin

Inter{acesignal connector
Drive side
Connector

C a r dE d g eC o n n e c t o r
{ F i g .8 - 2 )

2. Pin Assignmcnt

ive,

1. This di39ran ShoWS the back orthe d

ossignment ot each pin is shown Fi9 8

P J I ll/O Conn.clor)

PJ2 (Powrr Coin"ctorl

F i g .8 - ' l P i n A s s i g n m c n l

PCB

254

0.08

40. 4=ol
45,34 0.13

1
k n e r l .06.2
T

Fig.8
2 Card Edge Connecto,

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Signal

P i nn u m b e r I
1

12V DC
12V RETURN

45V R

URN

45V DC

lnterlace si-onalconncctor
P i nn u m b e r

Sionel

Pinnumber I

Signal

MODE SELECT

6ND

IN uStHEAD LOAD

GND

DR,VE SELECT 3

GND

lNDEX

GND

10

DRlVE SELECT 0

GND

12

DRiVE SELECT l

11

GND

14

ORIVE SELECT 2

13

GND

16

MOTOR ON

15

GND

18

DiRECT'ON SELECT

17

6ND

20

STEP

19

GND

22

WRITE DATA

21

GND

24

WRITE GATE

23

GND

26

TRACK 00

25

GND

28

WRITE PROTECT

27

GND

30

READ DATA

29

GND

32

SiDE SELECT

31

GND

34

READY DiSK CHANGE

33

GND

GNDi SlGNAL GROUND

1:HEAD LOAD"is optiong

2:As forswithing over between R ADY and DiSK CHANG

see parag
aph ei SHoRT PLUG.

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9.SHORT PLUG AND FRONT LED

9,1.Shoft P,ug
The ass'9nment ofe ch pin ts shown Fi
91.

CONTRo

,RoPr s,o

,C8

,s t21,,lo 2 1

Fig.0l Short Ptug

This dio9
Bnshows the side oFthe drive.
CHlNON FZ 506 high density l.6 MB to l MB switchable floppy disk d
modes of op
ation usin9SHORT PLUGS"Bcco,din

ive can be contigured in several

to the table betow.

'J1Conn?cror

Modc drscriplions

0 -

0 -

o o -

L6 MB 360 |!m non-swhchebh

l0isrrg!.ds gin r2 sign.ll

9 l l 0 r r r t z1 3

0 - 0 -

1.6 MBlo l MB 3WitChBbl 1360,prn,!BM PC AT mp3

tibi
overinput
Pin 23 han
Pin=2:H,9h
1 6 MB1360 mLoW l MBr360 rpm)

7!8

1.6 MB ro I MB vrrilbl. sDcld switchsblr using

Pin :2 rs chrnge-ovcr signal ingut
Pin r 2: High- 1.5 MB 1360 rDml/Lowa I MB (3OOrDml
'1 Pin r 2: High=I MB (3O0rDml/Low= 1.6 MB 1360rpml

- 0

0 -

12:READY

'1: Theshon-plugis facroryset al rhisposirion.

13:DiSK CHANGE
"O
= Position ciosed

= Pos,t,On open

"
Nora: Position1 through5 of the "J l eredesignatad
ss follows.
POS.I : Connectthe terminationresistorswhen closed
POS.2: Configurethe drivas'DRIVE0" whenclosed
POS.3: Configure
the driveas'DRIVE1" \^,henclosed
POS.4: Conligurethe driveas "ORIVE2" when closed
POS.5: Configurelhe driveas "DRIVE3" whenclosed
Nore: Onlyone of the positions2 through5 of -J l" can be closed.Aboveerampledemonsrrales
in the case
'DRIVE
of
0" and the terminationresislorsconnected.
(PJ1)-2
PIN*2: Card-Edge
Conneetor

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LED i
Ohtr when the DR,VE SELECT signal selected by the short prug is set to low i
vt i

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