Application: Vehicle Diagnostics Quatech Product Used: SSP-100 one port RS-232 Serial PCMCIA Card Parish Concrete, A Ready Mix Concrete company with about 20 trucks was sold a software diagnostics program that would help isolate problems the truck might encounter. They purchased the software and the recommended laptop only to find that the software required an RS-232 serial port to connect to the truck's onboard computer and that the recommended laptop did not come with a serial port. They first attempted to implement the system with another company's USB to serial adapter, and found it to be incompatible with the system. Their next course was to search for a PCMCIA serial card, which is how they found Quatech. From there the purchasing decision was easy, and the application ran flawlessly. Customer comment: "I found your company by searching on Google for a Serial PCMCIA card. I think you and one other company came up. But I called your customer service line to ask a couple of questions and was happy with the information I received and the info available online, so I placed the order. We received the order on the 7th of June and installed it with absolutely no problems and voila it all works great…. your company has helped us a great deal. I would have never thought it would have been so hard to find that card. No local stores carried it and no computer shops could get it so I am pleased that we found your website. " Michele McDaniel Parish Concrete, Inc. More Serial PCMCIA product applications.

Features

• 1, 2, or 4 independent RS-232 and RS-422/485
• Each port configurable as either RS-422 or RS-485
• Speeds up to 921.6 kbps
• Auto enable/disable of RS-422/485 transmitter
• Full duplex and half duplex modes supported
• Attached and detachable cable options
• Low power requirements
• Windows 95-XP, Windows CE, Windows Vista, Linux (OS/2 for Rev H and prior) support
• RoHS Compliant
• 5 year warranty
• Parallel PCMCIA Cards also available

Detailed Specifications: Serial PCMCIA Cards

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Bus Interface: 16-bit PCMCIA, Release 8 & backward compliant

OS Support: Windows CE/9x/Me/NT/2000/XP/Vista, Linux, OS/2

Data Rate: SSP/DSP/QSP: 921.6 kbps (max*)     learn more about max data rates

Serial Ports: SSP:1    DSP:2     QSP:4 
(configurable as either RS-422 or RS-485 for full or half-duplex communication. Auto enable/disable of RS-422/485 transmitter on SSP/DSP)

Serial Port Connectors:
	SSP-100/200/300	Removable Cable with 1 DB-9 male (see connector pinout)
	SSPR-100:	Attached Cable with 1 DB-9 male (see connector pinout)
	DSP-100/200/300	Removable Cable with 2 DB-9 male (see connector pinout)
	DSPR-100	Attached Cable with 2 DB-9 male (see connector pinout)
	QSP-100/200/300	Removable Cable with 4 DB-9 male (see connector pinout)

UARTs: SSP/DSP/QSP: 16750 UARTs with 64-byte FIFOs (1 per port)

RS-232 Transceivers:
       SSP/DSP/QSP: 1CL 3245 or compatible

RS-422/485 Transceivers:
       SSP/DSP/QSP: MAX 3076E or compatible

RS-232 Drivers:
       High Level Output: +5V (min), +5.4V (typ)
       Low Level Output: -5V (min), -5.4V (typ)
       Transition Time (THL-TLH): 25 ns (typ)

RS-422/485 Drivers:
       Differential Voltage: ±3.3V
       Transition Time (TLH): 52 ns (typ)
       Transition Time (THL): 60 Ns (typ)

RS-232 Receive Buffers:
       Voltage Range: +25V (max), -25V (min)
      Transition Time (THL-TLH): 25 Ns (typ)

RS-422/485 Receive Buffers:
      Differential Input Threshold: ±0.2V
      Voltage Range: -7V to +12V Common Mode Input
      Transition Time (THL-TLH): 65 Ns (typ)

Environment:
       Operating: 0°C to 70°C
       Storage: -50°C to 80°C
       Humidity: 10% to 90%

Power Requirements: SSP/DSP/QSP compatible with 3.3V & 5V systems. Note: Some newer laptops no longer support the 5V power requied by the QSP-100. See our FAQ for a list of models we know to be incompatible with this card. See our FAQ for a list of models we know to be incompatible.

       SSP: 20mA @ 5V (typ), 35mA (max)
       DSP: 30mA @ 5V (typ), 45mA (max)
       QSP: 45mA @ 5V (typ), 50mA (max)

Size: Type II PCMCIA Card package

Certifications: CE, FCC Class B, RoHS

Description

Quatech RS-232 and RS-422/485 asynchronous serial PCMCIA cards are an ideal solution for adding additional ports to a wide variety of portable systems. Because they share electronic fundamentals with native bus architectures such as PCI and ISA, they function exactly like standard COM ports and can be addressed as such by most application software.

Quatech serial PCMCIA cards provide industry leading speeds of up to 921.6 kbps by employing a clock multiplying feature in conjunction with 16750 UARTs. To further increase performance, we have created an auto toggle feature for the RS-422/485 transmitter that 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.

Sales Information:

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DIRECT FROM QUATECH
SSP-100		1 port RS-232 serial PCMCIA card with detachable cable			$129.00
SSPR-100		1 port RS-232 serial PCMCIA card with attached cable			$149.00
DSP-100		2 port RS-232 serial PCMCIA card with detachable cable			$199.00
DSPR-100		2 port RS-232 serial PCMCIA card with attached cable			$219.00
QSP-100		4 port RS-232 serial PCMCIA Card			$349.00
SSP-200/300		1 port RS-422/485 serial PCMCIA card			$159.00
DSP-200/300		2 port RS-422/485 serial PCMCIA card			$229.00
QSP-200/300		4 port RS-422/485 serial PCMCIA Card			$379.00