Lindy 51500 User Manual

2 Port FireWire 400 ExpressCard

User Manual English

LINDY No. 51500

www.lindy.com

© LINDY ELECTRONICS LIMITED & LINDY-ELEKTRONIK GMBH - FIRST EDITION (May 2006)

1. Introduction

Thank you for purchasing the LINDY 2 Port FireWire 400 ExpressCard. With this
card you can easily add two IEEE1394a FireWire 400 ports to your Notebook
computer.

The card features a 1 x 2.5Gbps ExpressCard/34 interface and supports FireWire transfer
rates of 400, 200 & 100 Mbps.

1.1. Features

 Compliant with PCI Express Specification, revision 1.0a
 1-lane 2.5Gbps ExpressCard/34 host interface
 1.3mm DC power jack for optional 12V DC Power Adapter

1.1.1. 1394a Interface (FireWire 400)

 Compliant with IEEE 1394 Open Host Controller Interface specification release 1.1 and

IEEE Std 1394a-2000

 Provides two 1394 6 Pin FireWire ports supporting speeds of 100/200/400Mbps
 Built-in FIFOs for isochronous transmit (2048 bytes), asynchronous transmit (2048

bytes), and receive (3072 bytes)

 32 bit CRC generation and checking for receive/transmit packets
 Plug and Play support
 Chipset : Texas Instruments

1.1.2. DC Power Input

 Power Input: 12V / 1A
 Polarity: Center --- Positive Power (V+), Outer --- Power Return (V-)
 Power Plug: 3.5 x 1.3 x 9mm

1.2. Package Contents

 2 Port FireWire 400 ExpressCard
 This manual

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