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Communications ICs (Wired)
News Release from: Arrow Electronics (UK) | Subject: Intel PD6710 and PD6722
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 03 July 2001
Single-chip control of PC Card
interfaces
Arrow Electronics has a family of compact, highly integrated and power-efficient PC Card controllers that will help designers to lower component count, save space and reduce power consumption.
Arrow Electronics is now offering a family of compact, highly integrated and power-efficient PC Card controllers that will help designers to lower component count, save space and reduce power consumption in applications ranging from communication hardware to portable handheld devices The new Intel family of PC Card (PCMCIA) controllers significantly simplifies design by integrating all of the key functionality needed to support single-slot and dual-slot PC Card interfaces into a single chip
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 29 May 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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As a result the controllers are ideal for routers, bridges, network switches, customer premises equipment, portable and wireless systems, navigation systems, printers and any other application where PC cards are used for the upgrade and distribution of software.
The controllers will also suit a wide variety of other designs where PC Cards are the preferred method for the addition of connectivity, memory storage and multimedia functionality.
The controllers are available in three versions for a variety of ISAbus and PCIbus configurations.
The Intel PD6710 and PD6722 are ISAbus compatible, and support single and dual PC Card socket control, respectively.
The PD6729 is capable of controlling two PC Card sockets in PCIbus systems.
The new controllers are fully compliant with all relevant industry standards including PCMCIA 2.1 and JEIDA 4.1.
Each IC also offers ExCA compatibility and ATA disk interface support, while the dual-slot variants feature ZV (Zoom Video) support for video and multimedia applications.
All of the Intel PC Card controllers offer a number of programmable features including suspend mode, card access cycle timing and memory and I/O windows.
Sophisticated power saving features such as support for mixed voltage operation and an automatic low-power dynamic mode help to reduce power consumption by up to 50% when compared with conventional designs.
The new single-slot PC Card controllers are supplied in 144-pin LQFP packages, while the dual-slot devices are available in 208-pin MQFP and LQFP versions.
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