Introduction

The SATA2-EC01 is a single port Serial ATA II to ExpressCard Host Adapter. The SATA2-EC01 is designed to provide single port serial ATA II connectivity (Serial ATA Generation 2 transfer rate of 3.0 Gb/s). The SATA2-EC01 supports both AHCI and Legacy IDE controller to increase system feasibility, including Native Command Queuing (NCQ), hot plugging, ATAPI device supporting, programmable output swing control to fit SATA II Gen2i and Gen2m (External SATA Connection, eSATA)..

Technical Specifications

Compliance

  • Compliant with Serial ATA AHCI (Advanced Host Controller Interface) Spec. Revision 1.0
  • Compliant with Bus Master Programming interface for IDE ATA Controllers Revision 1.0
  • Compliant with PCI Express Bus Spec. Revision 1.0a
  • Compliant with Serial ATA High Speed Serialized AT Attachment Spec. Revision 1.0a
  • Compliant with Serial ATA II: Extensions to Serial ATA 1.0a Revision 1.1
  • Compliant with Gen2i and Gen2m Serial ATA II: Electrical Spec. Revision 1.0

PCI Express Features

  • Supports 1-lane 2.5 Gb/s PCI Express
  • Internal native interface to 1-port
  • All registers accessible in unified memory space
  • Supports a slave SMBus interface (follow System Management Bus Specification Revision 1.1)

Serial ATA Features

  • Supports Serial ATA Generation 2 transfer rate of 3.0 Gb/s
  • Supports SATA II Gen2i and Gen2m (External SATA Connection, eSATA)
  • Supports Native Command Queuing (NCQ)
  • Supports Hot Plugging
Computer Platfrom
  • NoteBook equipped with ExpressCard/34 or Universal slot
Operating System Requirements
  • Windows 2000/XP and Windows Server 2003
  • Drivers:
    • Drivers for Windows 2000/XP and Windows Server 2003
  • Mac OS 10.4.8 or later (No driver need)
Kit includes
  • SATA2-EC01 ExpressCard
  • CD-tilte (Driver)