PCCard

[PCCard]

PC/104-Plus PCMCIA PC Card Adapters

The PCCARD is a PC/104-Plus interface adapter that provides the 8/16 bit PC Card™ and 32 bit CardBus™ functionality to your system.

PCCARD offers two independent PC Card™ standard slots that are backwards compatible with the PCMCIA standard. So PCCARD gives you access to the wide spread CardBus™, PC Card™ or PCMCIA Cards. Through the huge functionality these cards offer your system gain in a maximum flexibility. PCCARD is available as PC/104-Plus module or in a special MPL form factor used for the MPL industrial PIP-PC line.

 

PCCard Features

  • Two PC Card Standard slots for dual type I/II or single type III card
  • 3.3V and 5V cards supported
  • 32 bit CardBus™ interface
  • 8/16 bit PC Card™ interface
  • PCMCIA PC Card™ compatible
  • Hot plug capable
  • PC/104 -Plus stackthrough module
  • Runs with 5V input power only
  • Fits in all PIP s

Those features make

PCCARD to the ideal, industrial solution if you need to expand your system with a compact, reliable interface that gives you maximum flexibility. PCCARD connects your system to any available CardBus™, PC Card™ or PCMCIA-Card. This allows you for example to expand your system by removable memory and/or I/O cards (Flash Disks, Ethernet, FireWire, Modem, and more).

Technical Features

PC/104-Plus Interface
Bus Interface 33MHz clock, 32Bit wide PC/104-Plus compliant
PCI specification revision 2.2 compliant
Interface Voltage 3.3V and 5V interface Version with internal 3.3V power supply available
Interrupts Parallel PCI and ISA interrupts supported  
PC Card Interface
Card Types supported 3.3V and 5V, 8 bit or 16 bit PC-Cards
32bit CardBus Cards
 
Card Slots 2 independent, short circuit protected slots  
Controller TI PCI1520 CardBus Controller Optional ZV-Port support
Physical/Power
Power +5VDC and/or 3.3VDC +/-5% input over PCI connector
5V only version available
Programming voltage 12V Programming voltage supply over PC/104-Plus connector If required by the PC-Card
Maximum Power consumption max. 1 Amp supply voltage
max. 100 mAmp programming voltage
 
Temperature Range 0°C up to 70°C  
Humidity 10% - 90% non condensing  
Operating Sytems
  • Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 (Using CardWizard from SystemSoft Inc. or CardWare from APSoft)
  • Microsoft Windows 98, ME, 2000 (Generic driver support)
  • Microsoft Windows XP (Native driver)
  • Microsoft Windows CE
  • Linux (Yenta socket driver)
PCCard Versions
PCCard-M Special form factor for use with a MPL PIP, without ZV and 3.3V switcher
PCCard-P PC/104-Plus form factor for all PC/104-Plus compatible PCs, without ZV
For further customer specific versions please contact MPL.

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