B&B Electronics SPPXP-100 - Datasheet - Manual

KEY FEATURES
New generation of I/O expansion
for notebooks
Adds 1, 2 or 4 high-speed serial
ports; 1 true parallel port
Support PCI Express Base
Specification Revision 1.1a
Installs in any ExpressCard slot
Built-in 1024-byte FIFOs buffers
increase data transmit/receive
speed
Baud rates up to 921.6kbps
Hot plugging and hot swapping
features
High speed ExpressCard with
plug-n-play
Supports Windows XP/Vista/7
operating systems
34mm ExpressCards include
ADP-XP54 54mm adapter
Performance Line Technology
ExpressCard technology is emerging with
faster speeds and better efficiency than the
typical PCMCIA and PC Cards, connecting
high-bandwidth peripherals to notebooks
and other portables. The ExpressCard’s
credit-card like format gives way to a
smaller, faster and more desktop-friendly
format.
Gone are the days of laptops manufactured
with PC Card slots and are swapped out
with smaller, slimmer and thinner
ExpressCard portals. The Serial
ExpressCard line supersedes older
technology and are engineered for new
laptop models.
Our ExpressCards are designed in
the smallest form factor -34. ExpressCard
34 is compatible with all ExpressCard slots
- 34/54.
Our ExpressCard solutions
accommodate I/O expansion and
connectivity to serial and parallel devices in
mobile laptop applications.
Available in one, two and four port serial
configurations and one parallel port
configuration, the ExpressCards offer easy-
to-upgrade PC Card technologies, while
integrating popular external peripheral
functionality via ExpressCard module form-
factor.
The PXP series was designed with a PCI
Express (PCIe) interface rather than using
USB controller interfaces.
SSPXP, DSPXP, QSPXP & SPPXP Series
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 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. The PXP
series support data rates of up to
921.6Kbps, which provides steady flow of
data throughput.
The PXP series is a great solution to
connect with existing peripherals and
maintain compatibility and functionality with
their current application software.
34mm Expresscards can be used
in either 34 or 54mm Expresscard slots. As
an added feature, we include our
Model ADP-XP54 Expresscard 54mm
adapter for 34mm cards with every
shipment to improve fit and durability of the
34mm cards in the larger 54mm slots.
We also sell and support other
ExpressCard connectivity products,
including hard drive eSATA 2.0 and
Ethernet configurations.
Model Selection Guide
Model No. Description
SSPXP-100 1 port performance PCIe-based RS-232 serial ExpressCard
DSPXP-100 2 port performance PCIe-based RS-232 serial ExpressCard
Serial & Parallel ExpressCards
SPPXP-100 1 high performance PCIe-based EPP parallel port ExpressCard