September, 2003
IN THIS ISSUE:
Welcome to Connected. Our newsletter is designed to keep you informed about our expanding serial communication solutions for the Industrial and Embedded PC market, including CompactPCI, PC/104, PCI and ISA bus compatible boards, and external USB-to-serial devices. Your feedback is always welcome!
Universal PCI Reliability plus Low
Profile Convenience
Connect Tech introduces the Universal PCI BlueStorm/LP
As
the retail, hospitality and banking industries move towards systems that are more compact and cost efficient,
system integrators and designers are big on small.
The more sophisticated consumer technology becomes, the more features retailers need to include within their systems to offer customers the fastest, most efficient service. These systems need to be expandable and flexible, to allow for future additions.
The myriad peripherals include scales, barcode scanners,
magnetic or smart card readers, cash drawers, receipt printers, signature verifiers, and display screens, among
others. These peripherals usually connect to the system via serial ports. POS systems therefore rely on multiple
serial adapters, which themselves must be reliable in order to avoid interruption to service.
The benefits of a smaller form factor to POS systems, which include PC-based cash registers, ATMs, Kiosk machines,
vending machines, lottery and ticket terminals, are obvious. A low profile system frees up valuable space on counter
tops or in other situations where space is at a premium.
Adapters like Connect Tech’s BlueStorm/LP make designing efficient systems easy. The low profile Universal PCI
adapter may be small, but it’s rich in features. Low profile PCI standards include the same signal protocols,
electrical definitions and configuration definitions as standard PCI adapters,
but have a much smaller footprint. The low profile form factor was designed to accommodate the fact that
applications require higher density systems, but that designers still prefer to use a trusted and universally
supported technology.
Overall system height and size can be greatly reduced. It also gives them the flexibility to use it in systems designed for standard PCs, since the low profile MD1 cards will also fit in standard PCI slots with a simple switch of a bracket. Designers can use the boards with confidence, knowing the product is fully PCI 2.3 compatible, designed, built and tested to maintain the strict standards set out by the PCI specifications.
The BlueStorm/LP is also perfect for the new small form factor chassis computers currently on the market. Standard sized PCI cards do not fit into these space-saving, integrated systems.
Universal
PCI BlueStorm/LP
Connect Tech introduces a Universal PCI version of our popular low profile adapter.
BlueStorm/LP features:
Speed:
Supports data communication speeds up to
1.8432 Mbps
(RS-485) or 921.6 Kbps (RS-232).
Performance:
A dual or quad PCI UART
controls each port, providing 64 bytes of transmit and receive FIFO buffers, global interrupt source register,
automatic hardware and software flow control.
Flexibility:
The Low Profile PCI adapter allows for insertion in low profile systems or in
standard PCI systems. Ships with a Low Profile and Standard PCI bracket.
Easy
to install:
Plug and Play means no DIP switches or jumpers to set, so you'll be up and running in
no time.
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