NEW: PCI Express 3.0 to SuperSpeed+ USB 3.1 Type-C Host Adapter 1 Port USB2311C

PCI Express 3.0 to SuperSpeed+ USB 3.1 Type-C Host Adapter 1 Port USB2311C

SuperSpeed plus USB 3.1 Type-C is the next revolution in I/O interconnect standards that will deliver the bandwidth and features required by PCs, consumer electronics and portable devices. With better performance, small form factor, high power capacity feature, Super-Speed plus USB 3.1 Type-C interface will be the trendy of IT technology.

SUNIX USB2311C is a single-port SuperSpeed USB 3.1 PCI Express card, and it's compliant with the PCI Express Generation 3 specification for host PC system. Based on USB Type-C pure DFP (Downstream Facing Port) mode, it works up to 10 Gbps for data transfer when connecting to USB 3.1 compliant peripherals, while maintaining compatibility with existing USB peripheral devices. USB 3.1 performance is 2 times faster than USB 3.0 and 20 times faster than USB 2.0 connectivity.

With USB Type-C Receptacle, SUNIX USB2311C sports reversible plug orientation and cable direction, which means that users will no longer need to be concerned with plug orientation/cable direction, making it easier to plug in. The new connector is similar and thinner design, but drive higher power output capacity to USB device. SUNIX USB2311C supports 5VDC@3000mA power output to USB device with over current protection on each USB port. This card is an ideal choice for external storage devices, digital cameras, webcam, video devices, and all other USB electronic devices.

NEW: PCI Express 2.0 x2 to SuperSpeed+ USB 3.1 Host Adapter 2 Ports USB2312

PCI Express 2.0 x2 to SuperSpeed+ USB 3.1 Host Adapter 2 Ports USB2312

SUNIX USB2312 is a dual-port SuperSpeed USB 3.1 PCI Express Add-on card, and it's compliant with the PCI Express Generation 2 (Dual-lane x2) specification for host PC system. It works up to 10 Gbps for data transfer when connecting to USB 3.1 compliant peripherals, while maintaining compatibility with existing USB peripheral devices. USB 3.1 performance is 2 times faster than USB 3.0 and 20 times faster than USB 2.0 connectivity. With SUNIX unique technology, it can output efficient power to USB device without additional power adapter connection. SUNIX USB2312 is an ideal choice for external storage devices, MP3 players, external writer, digital cameras, webcam, networking and video devices, and all other USB devices.

NEW: FarSync T4Ee PCIe (PCI Express) Synchronous Communications Network Adapter 4 Port

FarSync T4Ee PCIe (PCI Express) Synchronous Communications Network Adapter 4 Port

The FarSync T4Ee card and software is designed to provide high performance hardware communications solutions for business, government and military requirements who require a PCI express high capability synchronous communications card to support a range of different line signaling interfaces and highly adaptable control of line clocks. The product includes a low level driver that allows access to the communications features available in the hardware. The comms processing is handled by a FarSite Communications Controller that can be customizable for special use. The card can use the host's standard TCP/IP protocol stack to allow access to IP based networks such as the Internet. The FarSync SDK provides a Developers Toolkit for the product. The T4Ee is a PCI express communications card with four independently configurable sync/async/bisync serial ports. Sync operation supports transparent bitstream and bitsync (HDLC) of up to 10 Mbits/s per line with a total card bandwidth of 64 Mbits/s. The highly flexible universal network connector supports RS232, X.21, RS530 (RS422 signaling), RS485 (2 and 4 wire), RS449 (RS422 signaling) and V.35 network interfaces. Line signaling modes: NRZ, NRZI, Manchester encoding, FM0, FM1 and Conditioned Diphase (Differential Manchester) up to 10Mbits/s are handled as well as soft selectable line termination resistance. One of the unique features of the T4Ee is the variety of clock source options, clocks can be: Internally generated using local clock synthesizers, independently on each line; External from the WAN communications line; Sourced on one port then routed to the others; Multiplied or divided per port to obtain the required rate. The transparent bitstream option available with the APIs is suitable for VoIP (as a subsystem), video and voice such as T-DMB (Digital Multimedia Broadcasting), DAB (Digital Audio Broadcasting) ETI (Ensemble Transport Interface - ETSI EN 300 799).

Linux: The Char I/O API provides a programming language independent, high-level interface to the FarSync base driver it supports access to bit synchronous (HDLC) framed, transparent bitstream and asynchronous data. The cards can also use the TCP/IP stack to allow access to IP based networks such as the Internet. It also allows selection of the full range of clock modes. The link level protocol can be PPP, Cisco HDLC or Frame Relay with optional authentication by CHAP, MSCHAP or PAP (RFC 1334) providing a standard point-to-point network interface. The card installs seamlessly as a plug and play device. The driver supports Linux kernel version 2.6 onwards, including the leading distributions supplied by Redhat, SuSE, CentOS, Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, Slackware and more. Multi-processor systems are supported. The driver is dynamically loadable so a kernel rebuild is not required for the driver to be installed. FarSite is committed to supporting the cards on new versions of Linux and Linux kernels as they are released. The source code for the driver is supplied with the product allowing rebuilding by the end user for use with almost any of the current or future Linux variants. The driver supports both big-endian and little-endian memory storage formats. A configuration utility is provided to set the line speed, interface type and protocol, after which the ports may be configured with standard networking tools. Windows: The FarSync T4Ee supports a Windows based API, common to the entire range of FarSync cards/devices, it is referred to as the FarSync Windows API (FsWinAPI). This is an extension of the MS COMM API and enables, for example, applications developed to support COM ports, to be easily ported to use FarSync support in synchronous or asynchronous modes. This standardization enables the API to also be readily accessible from higher level environments such as .NET, C#, VB etc. The special clocking features are all accessible though the FsWinAPI. Async operation support is also provided by the Win32 COMM interface as well as FsWinAPI. The FsWinAPI provides applications with direct access to the card's communications port/s for bit sync (HDLC) and bisync framing and also transparent bitstream operation for video and voice type applications. The FarSync T4Ee can also be installed to appear as a NDIS (LAN) interface so it can simply use the TCP/IP stack over PPP to allow access to IP based networks. LabVIEW applications can access this card. The product is supplied with a comprehensive configuration utility, a typical screen is shown. The lines can be reconfigured and restarted without reloading the software. There is context sensitive help and an on-line manual should it be required. An advanced tab permits users to further specify the configuration of the line if necessary. The product is supplied with its own Line Monitor that allows the user to record, display and store line traffic with WAN protocol decoding for fast debugging.

FarSync T2Ee PCIe (PCI Express) X.25 Network Adapter 2 Port low profile with Software and Developers Toolkit

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PCI Express (PCIe) to SuperSpeed USB 3.0 Host Adapter 3+1 Ports U-750

Harnessing PCI Express 2.0's powerful capabilities on modern motherboards, the x1 PCI Express 2.0 to USB 3.0 Host Adapter provides full USB SuperSpeed capabilities for up to Up to 5Gbps maximum transfer rates for high performance USB 3.0 peripherals. The adapter provides three external and one internal SuperSpeed USB 3.0 ports. The PCIe card to USB 3.0 adapter is fully backward compatible with existing USB 2.0 and USB 1.1 devices, and connects with USB based printers, modems, speakers, scanners, and hundreds of other devices while enabling the use of high performance device that were once reserved only for high speed buses like eSATA and FireWire. Easy USB installation makes adding new hardware a breeze, with no complex configuration, confusing plug-ins, or IRQs. Connect up to 127 USB products to PCs. Ready for use with self-powered devices, or plug any available 4-pin Power Connector into a motherboard's onboard connecter for devices requiring bus power. The U-750 supports USB Battery Charging Specification Revision 1.2.

PCI Express to Serial ATA RAID (SATA/eSATA 6Gb/s) 2/2 Port Host Adapter

PCI Express to Serial ATA RAID (SATA/eSATA 6Gb/s) 2/2 Port Host Adapter

Utilizing a high performance x2 PCIe 2.0 connection, the A-331 host adapter is designed for demanding professional end users with throughput of 500MB/s per direction. Providing four 6Gb/s channels, the A-331’s versatility allows configuration as JBOD, RAID 0, RAID 1 or RAID 10. Moreover, the A-331 uses a Marvell 88SE92xx SATA 6G Controller with HyperDuo, allowing deployments of lightning fast SSDs in concert with high capacity HDDs in either Safe or Capacity Modes. Benchmarks of HyperDuo configurations show 80% of SSD performance (PCMark) at 1/3 the cost. The A-331 comes with its four internal SATA 6Gbps ports enabled by default; changing jumper settings allow exchange of up to two of the internal ports to the eSATA ports on the backplane of the card. The host adapter supports the older 1.5 and 3Gbps SATA standards. BIOS level settings are available for most RAID functions, while fine tuning and volume management tasks are handled with the supplied utility software for The Windows, or third party open source software under Linux.

PCI Express to Parallel (IEEE 1284) I/O 2 Port Host Adapter

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Expanded and Revised: ExpressCard FAQ for ExpressCard/34 and ExpressCard/54

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— Synchrotech, Inc. (@synchrotech_inc) May 16, 2013

Table of Contents

• What is ExpressCard?
• Differences between ExpressCard and PC Card
• Is ExpressCard backward compatible with PCMCIA PC Cards?
• Is PCMCIA PC Card forward compatible with ExpressCard?
• ExpressCard Dimensions
• ExpressCard Slotting
• Is there a way to stabilize ExpressCard/34 inside ExpressCard/54 slots?
• How does ExpressCard 2.0 differ from ExpressCard?
• ExpressCard versus PC Card Overview
• Is it possible to add ExpressCard slots to computers with PCIe?
• Are any hot-swap capable external solutions for SxS ExpressCards?
• Are any Thunderbolt solutions for ExpressCards?

Video: FarSync BERT Line Tester USB/PCIe operation, installation and features

Both the PCIe and USB based BERT devices are available on our site at FarSite FarSync Bit Error Rate Test (BERT) line quality tester devices, software and cables

Demonstration in the use, installation and features of the FarSync BERT Tester. It provides a comprehensive, simple to use, all in one, line testing utility for testing asynchronous and synchronous lines from your Laptop or PC. All the popular standard BERT test patterns can be selected; the test period can be controlled; real time error counters and full line test statistics are provided as well as support for user controlled error injection.

Lines with network interfaces RS232 (V.24), V.35, RS530 (EIA530), RS422, X.21 (V.11), and RS449 can be tested with line speeds ranging from 15 baud up to 2 Mbits/s or to over 10 Mbit/s for the PCIe dual port card version.

The FarSync Flex adapter is simply plugged into any of your Laptop's USB ports or a PCIe slot; select one of the cables provided to connect to the line to be tested; the BERT application can then be started and the line quality results are displayed in real time.

API access for LabVIEW or Windows applications enables the tests to be run, and the results obtained, programmatically.

New: FarSync BERT Tester-PCIe with Bit Error Rate Test (BERT) line quality tester software + cables

The FarSync BERT provides a comprehensive, simple to use, all in one, line testing utility for testing synchronous lines from your PC. There are no extra expensive modules to buy to test different line types. All the popular standard BERT test patterns can be selected; the test period can be controlled; real time error counters and full line test statistics are provided as well as support for user controlled error injection.

Lines with network interfaces RS232 (V.24), V.35, RS530 (EIA530), RS422, X.21 (V.11), RS449 and RS485 (4 wire) can be tested with line speeds ranging from 100 baud up to 10 Mbits/s. The FarSync T2Ee adapter is fitted in one your PC's PCIe slots; select one of the cables provided to connect to the line to be tested; the BERT application can then be started and the line quality results are displayed in real time. There is API access for LabVIEW or Windows applications, this allows programmatic control of when tests are run, the tests to be run, and the results obtained.

FarSync BERT Tester-PCIe with Bit Error Rate Test (BERT) line quality tester software + cables

Product updates: FarSite's FarSync Bit Error Rate Test (BERT) Testers

FarSite has been working to expand its Bit Error Rate Test (BERT) product line, and in accordance, there's been some changes. First, their stand-alone software package to upgrade existing FarSite Flex devices has been discontinued. Second, there's now a 2 port, 10 Mbits/s PCIe PCIe based BERT called the FarSync BERT Tester-PCIe. Lastly, the USB device that used to be called the FarSync BERT Tester, is now known as the FarSync BERT Tester-USB. In addition to adding compatibility with The Windows 8, the FarSync BERT Tester-USB adds the following new functionality.

• API for LabVIEW and Windows Applications
• Tests Manchester Encoding, Conditioned Di-phase
• Correction for balanced pair signals being connected the wrong way round
• Audible Alerts on Errors
• RS485 4 wire support
• Uses the FarSync Flex v2

FarSync BERT Tester-USB Flex with Bit Error Rate Test (BERT) line quality tester software + cables

FarSync BERT Tester-PCIe with Bit Error Rate Test (BERT) line quality tester software + cables

The Qio Professional Universal Media Reader/Writer Wins 2010 NAB Best of Show Black Diamond Award

Sonnet's Qio Universal Media Reader/Writer was recently awarded 2010 Nation Association of Broadcasters Best of Show Black Diamond Award by DV Magazine. This recognition of a revolutionary device is much deserved, as the Qio has provided unparalleled capabilities for both in-studio or on-location applications of video ingestion. Qio is a boon for video professionals using Panasonic P2 and/or Sony/Sandisk SxS memory cards. Qio doesn't just provide slots for one or the other, or even one of each, it provides two slots for each! What's more is the Qio also includes two UDMA capable CompactFlash slots make it indispensable for professional still photographers. Qio also reads memory cards including SDHC using the included 21-in-1 Multimedia Memory Card. Qio reads SxS, P2, and UMDA CompactFlash at their maximum throughput, even when reading two cards at the same time! As if this functionality isn't enough, Qio (pronounced Cue-Eye-Oh) has a built in SATA RAID controller with four eSATA ports for use with a range of eSATA storage devices like Sonnet's Fusion F2 portable raids for on the go transfers between media.

Because the Qio attaches to computers via PCIe, directly on desktop computers, and via ExpressCard/34 on notebook computers, it doubles as a full fledged ExpressCard and PC Card/PC CardBus reader. As long as the drivers for a specific PC Card or ExpressCard are available for your operating system, Qio will let you deploy it with modern systems! You can enable swapping the Qio between desktop and notebook configurations by buying a Qio setup for either desktop or notebook and then purchase a spare Qio interface card for the other machine. Qio even includes a XLR 4-pin adapter cable can route battery power (from third party external batteries, sold separately) to the Qio plus attached Fusion F2's.

Qio Universal Media Read/Writer for P2 PC Card, SxS ExpressCard, and CompactFlash/SDHC + SATA

New and Improved PCI Express to Serial I/O (RS-232) DB9 1 Port Host Adapter

Synchrotech announced their PCIE-RS232-01 PCIe to RS-232 Serial host adapter is now new and improved with a new chipset. This PCI Express based RS-232 host adapter (AKA COM Port) now with 128-byte deep transmit/receive FIFOs and up to 225 Kbps transfer baud rates. Operating system support has been expanded as well, working with Windows 2000, XP/2003 32/64 bit, and The Vista 32/64 bit. Harnessing the powerful PCI Express capabilities on modern motherboards, the x1 PCI Express to Serial I/O adds a fast serial COM port to computers for attaching fax/modems, bar code scanners, court reporters, data acquisition equipment, mag stripe readers, GPS receivers, digital cameras or other RS-232 serial devices. The PCIe card is a true host adapter with a built in 16C550 compatible UART.

Correct A-331/A-341 PCIe to SATA Jumper Settings

Surprisingly, the instruction booklet that accompanies the A-331/A-341 PCIe to SATA devices causes some confusion among a very small segment of end users in terms of jumper settings for SATA port selection.

Here is the text and images from the booklet:

Note: There are four SATA ports in PCIe SATA II 300 2-Channel RAID Card. We named these ports A to D. Ports A & B are external SATA ports and C & D are internal SATA ports. By changing the jumper setting on Encore SATA2 RAID PCIe Card that allows you to select between external and internal ports to use. By default, Port C and D are working.

Reading the instructions, a few things stand out. First off, the instructions state that Ports C and D are the default settings, and hence the internal SATA ports are the out of the box configuration. To change a port, the entire bank grouping must be relocated (this is where most people are confused), in other words all jumpers from either bank (groups of four J1-J4, or J5-J8) need be in the same position (ie. all 1-2 OR all 2-3).

To simplify this by providing the most obvious example. To switch from the default settings of both internal ports to both the external ports, one would move all the jumpers to position 1-2 closed. In other words, move every jumper to the opposite position they are already set at!

Remember, A and C are mutually exclusive, as are B and D. Hence, a mixed one internal port and one external port configuration can only consist of A and D, OR B and C.

PCI Express to Serial ATA (eSATA II/300) 2/2 Port Host Adapters

Best in Class for Court Reporters and Stenographers

Court reporters and stenographers often deploy steno machines featuring RS-232 Serial ports (often called COM ports in Windows-speak). Some transcription software packages for court reporters and stenographers require hardware keys that are RS-232 Serial port based as well. In many cases, USB to Serial devices don't work with steno machines or transcription software package hardware keys. In the past, a PC Card based RS-232 adapter was the optimal solution for notebook computers to interface with these devices.

With the transition to ExpressCard slots on notebook computers, there a number of ExpressCard to RS-232 serial adapters that don't work because they utilize the USB portion of the ExpressCard standard. As mentioned above, USB to Serial devices typically don't work with steno machines or transcription software package hardware keys. Fortunately there is a solution to this situation. Synchrotech offers the Quatech Performance PCIe based RS-232 Serial ExpressCards. Being PCIe based, these ExpressCards are true RS-232 host adapters and don't exhibit the compatibility issues that USB based devices suffer from. For court reporters and stenographers with ExpressCard equipped notebook computers needing to interface with RS-232 Serial ports on steno machines or transcription software package hardware keys, PCIe based RS-232 ExpressCards are the perfect solution.

Can I 'rescan' the PCI expansion slots?

This is in response to a question we saw on an archived Apple Discussion board": "Can I 'rescan' the PCI expansion slots?" Many of the answers you've been provided with here are incorrect. By specification, PCIe (PCI Express) is supposed to feature hot swap capability. This is why the ExpressCard standard features it for the higher end of the specification without modification. The has nothing to do with drivers or any of the other erroneous information put forth in this thread.

The inability of Mac OS X and Windows (Windows requires user intervention via their bizarre "device manager" interface) to hot swap PCIe based devices may stem from the fact that vendors didn't expect devices on the market which took advantage of PCIe's hot swap capability. Since Apple has implemented hot swap on the MacBook Pro's ExpressCard slot [1], there is no reason why they shouldn't be able to do the same with Macs featuring PCIe slots. At my day job, Synchrotech, we have to answer to people wanting to use Sony/Sandisk SxS cards on PowerMac G5 (PCIe) and Mac Pro systems almost every day. When we explain that a PCIe to ExpressCard reader currently requires a reboot between card swaps.

To put this in perspective MS argues that PCIe hot swap isn't possible, and that manually refreshing to rescan is the fault of BIOS/Firmware. Putting this theory to the test, we sent a PCIe to ExpressCard reader with several PCIe based ExpressCards to the OpenBSD team. Within three days the OpenBSD developers had implemented full hot swap PCIe in the kernel and we were able to hot swap PCIe based ExpressCards on a desktop PC with no issues.

The ability to add an inexpensive PCIe to ExpressCard reader to and PCIe based Macs and have them hot swap is crucial with the emergence of the Sony/Sandisk SxS cards and the professional cameras using them. Apple could easily become the premier platform for ingesting and processing these cards. We doubt it will be any more trouble for Apple to implement PCIe hot swap in the kernel than it was for the OpenBSD team.

[1] Important to remind people that ExpressCard is a dual bus standard. For slow and simple minded devices, ExpressCard employs USB 2.0. For high performance and complex applications ExpressCard utilizes PCIe. The ExpressCard standard effectively defines no new busses, it merely provides a different form factor and set of connectors for the existing PCIe and USB 2.0 standards.

PCIe (PCI Express) based FarSync X.25 Adapters for Linux and Windows

FarSite's FarSync X.25 adapter line now includes PCIe based products for modern motherboards. The T4Ue and T2Ue provide the same high performance and high reliability X.25 connectivity for 32 and 64 bit Linux, Windows XP, Server 2003, and The Vista on a PCI Express host adapter as FarSite's other T-Series adapters. The PCIe to X.25 host adapters come with FarSite's extensive APIs and SDK. The four port T4Ue is available now, and the two port T2Ue will be available soon.

Performance PCIe based RS-422/RS-485 Serial ExpressCards

Synchrotech is now offering Quatech's 1, 2, and 4 port PCIe based ExpressCard to RS-422 and RS-485 Serial host adapters. Advantages of a PCIe-based ExpressCard design are in the interface to the laptop's motherboard. The PCIe bus interface is the successor to the PCI bus, which in turn was the successor to the ISA bus to which built-in serial ports were originally attached. As such, the ExpressCard adapter design utilizes a PCIe-based design and can still directly use I/O space addresses and interrupts, thus more closely emulating built-in ports than can be done via USB-based design. Moreover, because there's no USB stack for the drivers to contend with, throughput can be higher and latency will be lower (considerably so in many cases). Due to improved data transfer rate, the ExpressCard is considerably more efficient for multi-tasking operations.

SxS PRO Device Drivers

We have not tested any of our PCIe to ExpressCard readers with Sony/Sandisk's SxS Pro ExpressCards, but we understand that drivers are required on both The Windows and Mac OS X platforms in order to use the SxS Pro ExpressCards.

Sony Support Site Download: SxS PRO Device Driver

Price Reductions on Entire PCIe to ExpressCard Drive Line