MSC-208A1
8-Port RS-232 PCI Express Card with Oxford Single Chip, Standard & Low Profile Brackets (Supports Power Over Pin-9)

Antaira Technologies introduces the MSC-208A1 multiport RS-232 serial card that connects to the MCI Express I/O adapter. The 8 port serial RS232 card utilizes a 16C950-type UART, 1-chip solution to increase throughput and reduce CPU loading. The MSC-208A1 multi port serial card is designed for client or server applications to provided instant COM port expansion along the PCI Express bus (PCIE). 

By using the PCI Express bus, the user is able to maintain backwards compatibility with PCI applications/drivers while providing a scalable, high-performance serial I/O interface. The architecture defines a high-performance, point-to-point, scalable, serial bus at speed of 250Mbytes/sec to 4GBytes/sec.

The MSC-208A1 RS232 serial card is fully PCI Express Plug-and-Play compatible and no IRQ and I/O address conflict problems. The MSC-208A1 provides the scalability to quickly adapt to new PCI Express technologies with legacy equipment.

• 1-Chip Solution for Increased Throughput & REduced CPU Loading, as Opposed to Current 2-Chip Solutions
• Full x1 PCI Express Throughput, 250Mbytes/sec
• Fully Compliant with PCI Express Base Specifications, Revision 1.1
• 8 Fully 16C950 High performance UART channels
• Low Profile Version with Short Bracket
• UARTs Fully Compatible with 16C550-type Devices
• Supports 8 x DB9 RS232 Connectors over Octopus Cable
• Baud Rate up to 921.6Kbps
• 128-byte deep FIFO per transmitter and receiver
• Detection of Bad Data in the Receiver FIFO
• 9-bit Data Framing, as well as 5,6,7, and 8 bits
• Provides 5V or 12V Power over Serial Connectors