Quatech Releases The Industry's First Low Profile PCI 2.2 Compliant Serial Boards; New Line Enables Expanding Thin Client Serial Connectivity With Plug-in Boards.Business Editors AKRON, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 28, 2002 Quatech Inc., a leading manufacturer of data communication products, today announced the release of six multiport mul·ti·port adj. Having, relating to, or being a system of multiple ports for injecting fuel separately into each cylinder of an engine. serial Low Profile PCI (1) (Payment Card Industry) See PCI DSS. (2) (Peripheral Component Interconnect) The most widely used I/O bus (peripheral bus). boards. These boards are the first to utilize the Low Profile footprint and fully comply with all other aspects of the PCI 2.2 specification. Low Profile PCI cards A circuit board that plugs into the computer's PCI bus and contains the control electronics for a peripheral device. Starting in the latter half of the 1990s, PCI became very popular. See PCI. have the same signal protocols, electrical interface, and configuration as standard-height PCI boards. This allows designers to create lower profile stand-alone "thin-client" and high-density rack-mount PC chasses as low as 3.350" while maintaining the ability to use add-in boards. Manufacturers of low profile systems include IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , Neoware, Wyse, and several white-box companies. Quatech's Low Profile PCI boards are built on 32-bit addressing, and can be used in either standard or low profile PCI backplanes. Quatech products adhere to adhere to verb 1. follow, keep, maintain, respect, observe, be true, fulfil, obey, heed, keep to, abide by, be loyal, mind, be constant, be faithful 2. the MD1 board length specification--the smallest form of Low Profile PCI. They are also narrow enough to fit all 2U rack mount systems without using riser cards (1) A printed circuit board for low-profile motherboards. The peripheral controller cards plug into the riser card and sit parallel with the motherboard. See low-profile motherboard. . Quatech's serial Low Profile PCI line leverages the company's extensive PCI expertise to provide the same rich features found in their standard PCI boards, such as four-layer board design for improved signal integrity, shared interrupts interrupts - interrupt , 16-byte FIFOs, and enhanced speeds of up to 921.6 kbps. Quatech Low Profile PCI boards have many unique features. For example, their automatic RS-422/485 transmitter A device that generates signals. Contrast with receiver. enable/disable function permits the hardware itself to regulate data flow by only driving lines while actively transmitting -- providing increased speed and convenience over the older software controlled method. Quatech boards also use a universal PCI connector compatible with both the 3.3V connector key required by the specification and the 5V connection used by older PC and thin client systems. This means that they can be used with current equipment and will not need to be replaced as systems are upgraded. Quatech Low Profile PCI boards are available for RS-232 and RS-422/485 protocols with 1-4 ports. Configuration and pricing are: SSCLP-100--one port RS-232, $109; DSCLP-100--two port RS-232, $159; QSCLP-100--four port RS-232, $229; SSCLP-200/300--one port RS-422/485, $149; DSCLP-200/300--two port RS-422/485, $199; QSCLP-200/300--four port RS-422/485, $269. Complete specifications are available on Quatech's website at www.quatech.com/lowprofile.htm. For more information, call 1-800-553-1170, e-mail sales@quatech.com, or visit the website. About Quatech: Quatech supplies the industry's most reliable data communication solutions. It achieves this high level of reliability by virtue of quality design and manufacturing, and service and support that exceed expectations. Its customers include Fortune 500 companies, government agencies, and small and mid-size system integrators See systems integrator. and VARs in a variety of markets including banking, retail, industrial process control, security, and hospitality. Founded in 1983, and headquartered in Akron, OH, the company sells and supports its solutions through a network of distributors in over 30 countries. Website: www.quatech.com. |
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