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PCMCIA Serial Card (RS232)


  • Model: ANPCM232

$25.95

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Description

This item has been discontinued.

If you have already tried using a low-cost PCMCIA serial card you most likely have already experienced either a computer freeze, driver errors, being unable to communicate with your serial device or even a BSoD.
With this being said, unless you invest in a card with a quality processor and chipset, this is what you can expect from a low-cost PCMCIA serial card.
The reason is that most low-cost serial PCMCIA cards are designed with a low-cost processor which again has low-cost and poorly written drivers, which obviously results in headaches for the user.

The PCMCIA serial card we present here uses a quality processor (OXCB950) from Oxford Semiconductor which provides superior performance and reliability at unmatched data transfer rates.
The card adds one standard high-speed serial RS232 COM port to your laptop which will allow you to connect to most types of serial RS232 devices.

This ruggedized model has a standard male DB9 connector with stand-off nuts for securing a serial cable.
It inserts into a Type II PCMCIA socket (most older laptops come with this type of socket) which makes this PCMCIA serial card ideal for most office, commercial and industrial applications such as printers, modems, digital cameras, scanners, GPS devices, PLC's and other consumer and industrial serial devices.

Why is this PCMCIA serial card better than other cards?

This particular serial port card is very easy to configure since once installed it shows up under Windows Device Manager (unlike many others) as one additional COM port.

However, what makes this serial port card superior to other cards is that it is designed around the Oxford processor as mentioned earlier but it also has a SP3243 serial transceiver chip from Sipex/Exar which creates a synergy of compatibility between the two chips.
These processors has shown to be compatible with the majority of serial RS232 devices on the market with a minimal error rate, which means that there is a very good chance that this particular PCMCIA serial card will work flawless with your device. You simply avoid the troubles with computer freeze, lost data and bad connections which are some of the problems with so many of the low-cost serial cards.

Overall features
  • Compatible with most standard serial RS232 devices
  • High performance and reliable chipset
  • Dual-channel high performance UART
  • Enhanced bi-directional controller
  • Baud rates up to 1Mbps
  • IRQ sharing feature eliminates IRQ conflicts
  • Very low power consumption
  • Works with 3.3V/5V
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SPECIFICATIONS
Part number ANPCM232
Operating system Windows 7 (32/64-bit), Vista (32/64-bit), XP, 2000, ME, 98, 95, Linux
Processor OXCB950
Baud rates up to 460Kbps
Data bits 5, 6, 7, 8
Parity Even, odd, none
Stop bits 1, 2
Interface RS232, 9-pin D-sub male
Buffer 16-byte TX/RX FIFO for each UART channel
Width 54 mm
Compliance 16-bit pc compliant (PCMCIA Revision 7.1)
Warranty 1 year limited warranty

For alternative serial port cards please see our full selection of serial RS232 port cards



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Date Added: 09/02/2013 by Kate Sandridge
5 of 5 Stars!5 of 5 Stars!
I can't compare this card with other cards because this is the only card that I am using, I can just...

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Date Added: 05/15/2012 by Richard McArdle
5 of 5 Stars!5 of 5 Stars!
Works great for Windows 7 attaching to Cisco Networking equipment. I just stepped on the old one and...

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Date Added: 08/27/2011 by James Thompson
4 of 5 Stars!4 of 5 Stars!
works fine, but the housing where the db9 connector is is a little bulky, not that it matters much u...

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Date Added: 08/22/2011 by Kathleen Mabry
5 of 5 Stars!5 of 5 Stars!
We use this card in combination with the rs232 isolator and both have performed flawless with our wa...

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Date Added: 07/12/2011 by Jake Norman
4 of 5 Stars!4 of 5 Stars!
Im using this serial pcmcia card with my old windows xp laptop. connecting to a temp sensor over rs2...

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Date Added: 06/03/2011 by Shawn Johnson
5 of 5 Stars!5 of 5 Stars!
Easy to install and works fine with Windows 7. Also, I want to thank usconverters.co-m for providing...

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Date Added: 07/12/2010 by Mike Johnson
4 of 5 Stars!4 of 5 Stars!
Works fine with windows 7 and my mallagan gps. Pretty easy to install the drivers and get the card w...

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The PCMCIA Serial card (RS232) - Generally

This type of serial card is often used on older computers which does not have the new standard called ExpressCard. A PCMCIA serial card is an easy and convenient way to create a COM port in a computer which does not have any COM ports. When shopping for a serial RS232 PCMCIA card it is important that you choose a card which is suitable and compatible for your serial device and your computer.
Most importantly is the cards processor chip. There are many models and brands of processor chips serial card chips; we recommend a chip from either Oxford Semiconductors or Moschip, these PCMCIA serial card processor chips have proven effective in most applications. The typical serial port card contains one serial COM port however some cards also comes in multi-port versions.

For other serial adapters and alternative solutions please see our selection of serial port cards.




   

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