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After an introduction outlining the highlights of optical storage up to DVD and beyond, this class goes into depth exploring the myriad of CD formats, types, and operations. Participants will leave with a solid understanding of how this exciting technology functions – from how the dash is stored on the disk, how the CD-ROM drive recovers that data, through the various standard formats used in organizing the data, to the computer interfaces, and commands, used to access the data and control the drive. The class also covers the recordable versions of the CD technology: CD-R, and CD-RW.

CD Basics History and Specifications Optical Storage Basics Pits and Lands Manufacturing CDs System Block Diagram Encoding Data on CDs EFM Modulation Code SubCodes, Frames & Blocks The Q Channel ECC and CIRC CD-Audio Encoding (Red Book) CD-ROM (Yellow Book, CD-ROM XA) Optical Basics Laser Fundamentals Lenses & Diffraction Gratings Spot Intensity Profile Read Head Assembly Optical Path Photo-Diode Detection Focus System Hardware Construction Servo System Optical 3-Spot Tracking 2-Stage Actuator (Sled) Servo Control Loop Seeking

Data Detection Read Channel Clock Recovery CD-ROM Data Path Silicon Implementation Examples CD-ROM Data Formats File Systems ISO 9660 and HFS Hybrid File Systems UDF CD-i Video CD Photo CD Multisession Packet Recording CD-ROM Interface SCSI Overview IDE/ATAPI Overview Command Set Host Software Support Technology Enhancements CD-R (Recordable) CD-RW (Rewritable) DVD Overview Format Changes Hardware Changes Compatibility Future Trends

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