Parvus Now Offers Low-Cost PC Card Controller Module for Embedded Computers: The Xpand104 Single-Slot PCMCIA Adapter.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SALT LAKE CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 19, 2004 PC/104 Form Factor PCMCIA (Personal Computer Memory Card International Association, San Jose, CA, www.pcmcia.org) An international standards body and trade association that was founded in 1989 to establish a standard for connecting peripherals to portable computers. PCMCIA created the PC Card. See PC Card. (PC Card) Adapter Optimized for Embedded Applications Requiring Reduced Size, Modularity, Field Upgradability and Low-Power Consumption Parvus(R) Corp. today announced the addition of a low-cost, single-slot PCMCIA (PC Card(TM)) adapter to its Xpand104(TM) line of modular PC/104 PCMCIA controller boards. A simple-to-use expansion card for adding Type I, II or III PC Card functionality (I/O (Input/Output) The transfer of data between the CPU and a peripheral device. Every transfer is an output from one device and an input to another. See PC input/output. I/O - Input/Output or Memory) to an embedded computer, this new board integrates an XT/AT PC Card slot A socket for inserting a printed circuit board or a PC Card (CardBus card). See PC Card. together with an Intel(R) PCMCIA to ISA bus ISA bus - Industry Standard Architecture controller fully compatible with PCMCIA V2.1 and JEIDA (Japanese Electronic Industry Development Association) A Japanese trade and standards organization. JEIDA joined with PCMCIA to standardize the PC card in 1991. The PC card specifications JEIDA 4.1 and PCMCIA 2.0 are the same. V4.1 standards. Optimized for embedded applications where reduced form factor, modularity, field upgradability and low-power consumption are important design considerations, the Xpand104 single-slot PCMCIA adapter requires only a single +5V power supply for operation and is available in both standard (0(degree)C to +70(degree)C) and extended temperature (-40(degree)C to +85(degree)C) versions. A variety of PC Card functionality can be utilized with this product, including wireless communication, Flash/SRAM memory, global positioning (GPS), Ethernet, cellular/landline modem, parallel port, serial port, a/d conversion, video capture and a host of other commercially available solutions. The Xpand104 incorporates fully buffered PCMCIA signals for hot insertion/removal and features low power consumption, suspend mode, programmable memory and I/O windows, as well as jumperless IRQ steering from PC Card to system. Compatible with the Intel(R) 82365SL-register set, this product has driver support built into most operating systems with PCMCIA device drivers (i.e., Windows(R), Linux(R)). Pricing & Availability This product is currently in stock and priced at $94/each in volume orders of 100+ units. Xpand104 Product Family For users that require more than one PC Card slot with sockets oriented in either a right-loading, left-loading or top-loading format, Parvus also offers its Xpand104 dual-slot PC/104 PCMCIA adapters, as well as True-IDE ATA (1) (AT Attachment) The specification for IDE drives. See IDE. (2) See analog telephone adapter. ATA - Advanced Technology Attachment hard drive adapters. About Parvus Parvus Corp. is a leading North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. manufacturer and systems integrator of modular computer boards, enclosures, displays and embedded systems based on the PC/104 circuit board standard. Parvus offers rugged, commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) computing solutions ideal for avionics, military, medical, industrial and transportation OEMs. For more information, visit www.parvus.com or call 801-483-1533. Note for Editors See http://www.news.parvus.com for high-resolution, downloadable artwork and an MS Word copy of this announcement. PC Card and Intel are trademarks of PCMCIA (Personal Computer Memory Card International Association (body, hardware, standard) Personal Computer Memory Card International Association - (PCMCIA, or "PC Card") An international trade association and the standards they have developed for devicies, such as modems and external hard disk drives, that can be plugged into notebook ) and Intel, respectively. |
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