Synchronous and Asynchronous Boards
You can browse from the above categories or use the product slection guide below to choose a specific product.
These boards offer both synchronous and asynchronous support, as well as embedded communication protocols. The intelligent communication boards come with Windows 9x/Me/NT/2000/XP, UNIX SCO, Linux & RTLinux peripheral drivers.
(1) : chose upon order
(2) : PCI & COMPACT PCI models only
| Number of channels | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 or 4 | 4 | 4 or 8 | 4 x 32 Mux | 8 to 64 |
| Bus type | ISA | ISA | ISA/PCI | ISA/PCI & Compact PCI | PCI & Compact PCI | ISA/PCI | ISA/PCI & Compact PCI | ISA/PCI |
| RS232 |  | | | | | (1) | - | |
| RS422 | | | | | | (1) | | |
| RS485 | | | - | | | Optional | - | Optional |
| BdC | - | Adapt | Adapt | Adapt | Optional | - | Adapt | |
| Other | - | - | - | | | - | - | - |
| Fiber optic | Adapt | Adapt | Adapt | Adapt | Adapt | Adapt | - | Adapt |
| Asynchronous (according to interface) | 115,2 Kb/s | 115,2 Kb/s | 250 Kb/s | 521 Kb/s | 521 Kb/s | 115,2 Kb/s | - | 250 Kb/s |
| WAN synchronous (according to interface) | - | - | 1 Mb/s | 4 Mb/s | 4 Mb/s | - | - | 1Mb/s (3 lines max.) |
| E1/T1 synchronous HDLC multiplexed | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 Mb/s | - |
| Serial controller | 16C550 | 16C550 | SCC85230, ESCC85230 | HD64570 | HD64570 | 16C950 | PEB20324 | SCC85230, ESCC85230 |
| Events dating (100 µS resolution) (2) | - | - | | | | | | |
| Sync/async full stack of protocols | - | - | | | | - | - | |
| Programmable (MCXNET) | | | | | - | | | |
| ISA bus boards | MCX Lite/104 | MCX Lite/485 | MCX Lite/S | MCX Lite/570 | MCX Lite/U | MCX Lite/M128 | MCX-xx | |
| PCI bus boards | MCXPCI/S | MCXPCI/570 | WAN-HDLC/4 | MCXPCI/U | MCXPCI/M128 | MCXPCI BP-xx | ||
| Compact PCI bus boards | MCX-CPCI/570 | WAN-HDLC/4C | MCX-CPCI/M128 | MCX-CPCI/BP-xx & BPMR |