Quatech Announces Entry into Low Profile PCI Market

Quatech's new line of Low Profile PCI boards provides serial connectivity to embedded systems and thin clients. With this introduction Quatech extends the reach of their extensive PCI design expertise, and further enhances one of the most complete serial data connectivity lines in the industry.

Quatech Announces Entry into Low Profile PCI Market

New Product Line Provides Serial Connectivity to Embedded Systems and Thin Clients

Akron OH, October 19--Quatech Inc., a leading manufacturer of data communication and data acquisition products, today announced that it will soon be introducing a line of serial Low Profile PCI boards. With this introduction Quatech extends the reach of their extensive PCI design expertise, and further enhances one of the most complete serial data connectivity lines in the industry.

Low Profile PCI was designed to provide greater flexibility for embedded systems and thin client workstations such as IBM's NetVista Series N2800, Dell's Optiplex GX Series, and Gateway's E1600se. The boards are mechanically and electrically similar to standard PCI boards, but use a shorter board and a different mounting bracket. They are designed to fit into systems as low as 3.350" with out using riser cards. The boards are built on 32-bit addressing, and can be used in standard PCI backplanes or with specialized Low Profile PCI brackets.

Quatech's upcoming line of Low Profile boards leverages the company's extensive PCI expertise to provide the same rich features found in their standard PCI boards, such as four-layer board design, shared interrupts, 16-byte FIFOs, and enhanced board speeds of up to 921.6 kbps. As with all their PCI boards, Quatech's Low Profile boards strictly adhere to the PCI specification standards. For example, Quatech Low Profile boards, unlike those of some competitors, use a universal connector compatible with both the 3.3 volt connector key required by the specification and the 5V connection used by older PC and thin client systems. This means that Quatech Low Profile boards can be used with current equipment and will not need to be replaced as systems are upgraded.

The first products in the new line will be one, two and four port RS-232 asynchronous serial boards built to the MD1 Low Profile size specification. Also under development are eight port asynchronous serial RS-232 boards, and multiport asynchronous serial RS-422/485 boards. Pricing for the new products will be: SSCLP-100 (one-port RS-232): $109, DSCLP-100 (two-port RS-232): $159, QSCLP-100 (four-port RS-232): $229

Preliminary specifications on the first three boards are available on Quatech's website at www.quatech.com/lowprofilespecs.htm. For more information, call 1-800-553-1170, e-mail sales@quatech.com, or visit the company's website.

About Quatech: Quatech supplies the industry's most reliable data communication and data acquisition solutions. It achieves this high level of reliability by virtue of quality design and manufacturing, and service and support that exceed expectations. Its customer base includes Fortune 500 companies, government agencies and major universities, as well as many small companies and individual users. Its products for Windows, Linux, Solaris and OS/2 based systems are used in a wide variety of vertical markets including banking, retail, airports, medical, security and hospitality. Amongst the leading applications in these markets are Point of Sale terminals, Kiosks, automotive testing, industrial control and process monitoring. Founded in 1983, and headquartered in Akron, OH, the company has a worldwide presence, selling its products through a network of United States sales representatives and international distributors. Website: www.quatech.com.
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