Four-port PCI communication cards

July 2002 Maintenance, Test & Measurement, Calibration

The PCI-1610/1612 from Advantech are four-port RS232/422/485 PCI communication cards that are compatible with PCI 2.1 bus specifications. They provide four optional surge protection RS232 (PCI-1610), RS232/422/485 ports (PCI-1612) to meet users' needs. The cards offer high transmission speeds of up to 921,6 Kb/s, four independent RS232/422/485 ports and optional surge protection.

PCI-1610/1612 cards feature high-performance 16PCI954 UARTs with 128 byte FIFO to reduce CPU load. These components give the cards more stability and reliability making them especially suitable for multitasking environments.

The PCI-1610B/1612B offer surge protection technology, protecting the system from abrupt high voltages of up to 2500 V d.c. ICOM tools provide a convenient utility program to help users test the PCI card performance by analysing the port status. ICOM tools act as a PC-based data scope that lets the user set a trigger condition, capture the communication data and monitor the signal status. In addition, these tools are applicable to all of Advantech's ICOM cards.

For more information, contact Elton Prytz, ProMicro, tel: 011 706 7913, e-mail: [email protected], website: www.promicro.co.za

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