If you need to use ISA, PCI, or PCMCIA cards, outside of your notebook computer, which has ’ExpressCard’ slot, use our SSI2_HostEC card.

Dimensions: 6 X 1.80 X 0.5 in., 15.0 X 4.5 X 1.5 cm.

ROHS compliant - Yes, recommended for customers in the European Union, and all other customers.

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ARS Technologies’ SSI2_HostEC plugs in an ExpressCard slot of a notebook computer, and connects to one of our Peripheral Solution cards. It allows handling of any standard or custom ISA, PCI, or PCMCIA card outside of a desktop computer. Our SSI2_HostEC provides full access to memory and I/O space of the ISA, PCI, or PCMCIA cards, and handling of IRQ and DMA events.

Installation Software

The SSI2_HostEC product includes installation software. The SSI2_HostEC functions on these Operating Systems:

• Windows 98, ME, 2000, XP, Server 2003, Vista

• Linux - 2.4.xx and 2.6.xx kernels

• Mac OS X (for developers)

SSI2_HostEC - Connection Map

- Host solution

Notebook

SSI2 HostEC

- Cables

USB-C1 USB-C2

- Peripheral solutions

Powering Enclosures

ISA card

SSI2 ISA ISA-PWR ISA-PWR-X1/X2/EC/XR ISA-PCI-B1 ISA-B2

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PCI card

SSI2 PCI ISA-PWR ISA-PWR-X1/X2/EC/XR ISA-PCI-B1

PCMCIA card

SSI2 PCMCIA PWR-3V

Pre-order Considerations

1. Peripheral selection. Use of the SSI2_HostEC product requires a Peripheral card - SSI2_ISA for use of ISA cards, or SSI2_PCI for use of PCI cards, or SSI2_PCMCIA for use of PCMCIA cards. Please view the SSI2_HostEC connection map and select the suitable one.

2. Cables. The SSI2_ISA product and the selected Host card connect with a cable. You can use one of the choices of cables we offer – 3 feet or 15 feet.

3. Software. The installation software should provide all the software you would need to get our SSI2_HostEC card to work with the Peripheral card. We offer our SDKBUS product for developers. If you have access to the ISA software source code, you may be interested in our SDKBUS.