Product category:
Networking Hardware
News Release from: Parvus Corp | Subject: Switch104
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 17 February 2005
Fast Ethernet switching hub embeds
ruggedness
The Switch104 is a rugged five-port PC/104 Fast Ethernet switching hub featuring very low power dissipation and highly reliable extended-temperature operation up to +85C.
New from Parvus Corp, the Switch104 is a rugged five-port PC/104 Fast Ethernet switching hub featuring very low power dissipation (1.5W typical) and highly reliable extended-temperature operation up to +85C Supporting auto-MDI-MDIX network installation, the Switch104 is designed for simple plug-and-play operation, enabling up to five embedded computing devices to be networked together using 10Base-T or 100Base-Tx local area network (LAN) connections
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 22 May 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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Fully IEEE802.3 and IEEE802.3u compliant, its five transceiver ports are flexibly designed so that any port can serve as an uplink.
The Switch104 can either be used as a stand-alone network switch (no processor board required) or in combination with embedded systems that support a PC/104 (ISA) bus.
The board integrates fully independent media access controllers (MACs), an embedded frame buffer memory, and a high-speed address look-up engine, along with support for autocrossover, autopolarity, autonegotiation, auto-speed sensing and bridge loop prevention.
This compact Ethernet switch is ideally suited to space-constrained, high reliability aviation, industrial, military, and transportation applications.
The unit is only 90 x 96mm in size, and it boasts a very high MTBF of 1.51Mh.
Network connections are made through either onboard RJ45 jacks or via right-angle 4-pin Molex connectors if panel mounting the RJ45 jacks into a faceplate, endplate or enclosure.
Power can be applied through either the PC/104 bus or through a 2-pin power connector if not installed in a PC/104 system.
Mounting holes are also included to facilitate simple installation.
The Switch104 is now in stock and is priced at less than $130 each in volume orders of 100-plus units.
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