PCI Bus to PC CardBus Read-Writer 1 Slot Internal Mezzanine PMC

Description

Synchrotech provides Elan's PCI Bus to PC CardBus Read-Writer 1 Slot Internal Mezzanine PMC for OEMs and system integrators. This revolutionary card provides most PCI Mezzanine systems with all the functionality of laptop based PC Card slots. Created for compact PCI Mezzanine Card site rack-based system designs, the read-writer's form factor (PMC) conforms to the PMC IEEE P1386.1/Draft 2.4 specification.

The unit's patented hardware and software driver design supports IRQs without needing an ISA slot. When used with operating systems providing full Card and Socket Services support, the read-writer interfaces with both 32 bit CardBus and 16 bit legacy PC Cards in either 3.3V or 5V modes. The single slot design accommodates up to a Type II card, including extended types with antennae. Suitable for wireless LAN cards, high performance CardBus cards, memory cards including ATA Flash, CompactFlash and Microdrives (with PC Card adapters), SRAM, and more. The device drivers work with nearly every Microsoft Windows and Linux operating systems running on the 586 or later platform.

Features

Easy Installation, Microsoft Plug and Play
Automatic detection between 16-bit and 32-bit CardBus PC Cards
5V cards at 1Amp typical with fault protection and solid state fuse
3.3V cards at 1Amp typical with fault protection and solid state fuse
Accepts up to a Type II PC Card, Slot has ejector lever with latching 2-step action
Unit standoffs are 10mm tall to suit most SBC PMC sites, unit fitted with metal bezel and EMC gasket
Uses industry standard 1410 or 1211 controller chip, proven on all classes of systems
Allows PC Cards and CardBus Cards to be shared by both portable and desktop PCs
Hot insertion and removal (except Windows NT)
Supports multiple partition PCMCIA Cards
PCI Bus Power Management Revision 1.1
Intel 82365 compatible register set

CE Mark

Specifications

System Requirements

586 or better based PC (ie. Athlon, Duron, Pentium, Celeron)
One free PMC slot, PMC IEEE P1386.1/Draft 2.4

Operating Systems

The Windows Vista
Windows 95, 98, 98SE, Millennium Edition and Windows 2000/XP
Windows NT 4.0+SP6 (SystemSoft CardWizard 5.2+ recommended)
Unsupported, but known to work with many Linux and BSD distributions

Package Includes

PCI Bus to PC CardBus Read-Writer 1 Slot Internal Mezzanine PMC Host Adapter
Drivers on CD-ROM
User guide documentation

Standards Compliance

Yenta
PC 99
PCI Local Bus 2.2
PC Card Standard 97
ACPI (PCI Power Management 1.0)
Supports sleep and suspend modes

Physical Characteristics

152.5mm x 70mm approximate including bezel
10mm standoff

Electrical Characteristics

Operational Voltage: 3.3 or 5v up to 1A
Operational Voltage: 12V up to 250mA
Fault protected and fused (solid state)
Keyed to work with 5V or 3.3V host signaling environment

Operating Environment

Operating temperature: 0° C to 60° C
Storage temperature: -20° C to 80° C
Relative Humidity: 0% to 90% non-condensing

Warranty

1 Year Limited Warranty

Support

What happened to Elan Digital Systems Ltd's website?: What happened to Elan, their website, and what we're trying to do to archive and publish their information
Drivers (pseries50708cd.zip): PSeries Driver 5.07.08 release, see both sets of release notes below, subject to Elan's license conditions; Synchrotech Elan Series Readers * Date 2005.10.05 * 5.1MB
PSeries Driver CD release notes: This information is a must read for all Elan installations!
PCMCIA IRQ Routing on Windows XP: Microsoft support document explaining interrupt issues and work around methods.
PCI to PC Card (16) Card Readers Installation Addendum
PCI to PC Card (16) Card Readers Installation troubleshooting
PCI to PC Card(Bus) Bridge Chips in Select Card Readers