• Direct Connect to SATA Drive
• Supports both HDD and ODD
• Supports HDD security feature
• DC Power Input: Big IDE 4-pin DC Power Connector

U2-SATA13 is an USB 2.0 to SATA bridge board. It has an USB high-speed device port and a SATA 1.5Gb/s host port. It receives standard Mass Storage Device Class (MSDC) SCSI commands from the USB host and translate them into ATA/ATAPI commands to the SATA device. The maximum throughput can goes up to 30MB/sec.

USB to SATA Bridge Board

• USB 2.0:
  • Compliant with USB 2.0 specifications and passes USB certification.
  • Supports USB high speed (480Mbps) and full speed (12Mbps) transfer rates.
  • Supports Mass Storage Device Class bulk only transfer.
  • Supports USB vendor commands (Control Endpoint) and SCSI vendor commands.
  • Supports USB host controller in UHCI, OHCI, EHCI modes.
• Serial ATA:
  • Compliant with Serial-ATA 1.0A specifications
  • Supports Serial-ATA generation 1 transfer rate of 1.5Gb/s
• Provides pin header for Power and SATA Activity Indicator LEDs
• Supports HDD security feature (with LockHDD Utility).
• DC Power Input:
  • Big IDE 4-pin DC Power Connector

• U2-SATA13: With Standard USB B type connector and plastic cover.
• U2-SATA13-C: With Standard USB B type connector.
• U2-SATA13-W: With JST Compatible 5pin wafer (pitch = 2.0 mm)

• 6.40cm x 3.65cm x 2.83cm
• Direct Connect Vertical type

• Desktop PC: with either a built-in USB (1.0 or 2.0) controller or an USB (1.0 or 2.0) to PCI Host Adapter equipped with an external USB port.
• Laptop PC: with either a built-in USB (1.0 or 2.0) controller or an USB (1.0 or 2.0) to CardBus PC Card equipped with an external USB port.

• Windows ME/2000/XP/2003; MacOS 10 or higher; Linux
• Driver Requirements
  • USB:
    • No driver installation for Windows ME, 2000, XP, 2003, Mac OS and Linux.

• U2-SATA13 Bridge Board
• User's Guide

• RoHS Test : Pass
• Reach Test: Pass