The StarTech 4-Port RS-232 PCIe Serial Card with Breakout Cable lets you add 4 RS-232 serial ports using a single PCIe , low profile expansion slot, with an included 1-to-4 cable. The serial card features a native single-chip design that provides optimum reliability and speed, reducing the CPU load by up to 48% over conventional bridge-chip serial cards. This card is a cost-effective solution for connecting legacy serial devices to PCIe-enabled computers.
The 4-port serial adapter includes both full-profile and low-profile/half-height brackets for compatibility with standard and small form factor computers. It is compatible with a broad range of operating systems, including Windows, Linux, and Mac OS.
Key Features:
- Native single-chip, single lane PCIe design ensures optimal system performance (up to 48% less CPU load)
- Includes both standard and low-profile/half-height brackets, which makes this card suitable for any application, including small form factor embedded applications
- Breakout cable design; only one expansion slot is needed to add 4 additional serial ports to any system
- On-chip 256-byte depth FIFO in transmit/receive path of each port
- Single-lane (x1) PCIe with throughput up to 2.5 Gb/s
- Supports hardware and software flow control
- Supports re-map function for legacy ports
- Supports data transfer rates up to 250 Kb/s on each port
- Compliant with PCIe base specification revision 1.0a
- Automated out-of-band flow control using CTS/RTS and DSR/DTR
Applications:
Point-of-Sale (POS credit/debit card readers, receipt printers, bar code scanners, cash registers, scales) Manufacturing (CNC machinery, process control equipment, bar code scanners, serial printers)
Connect specialised parallel and serial devices like printers, scanners, ISDN terminal adapters, CD-R/RWs, Zip drives, and memory card readers
Environmental Control (lighting, temperature, clocks)
Entertainment (video lottery terminals, slot machines, gaming systems)
Healthcare (patient monitoring equipment, nurses' stations, modems) Security (UPS control, access key panels, video cameras, card readers, modems)
Hospitality/restaurant (serial printers, bar code scanners, keyboard, mouse, receipt printer, credit/debit card reader)
Consumer (modems, PDAs, digital cameras, printers)
ISDN networking
