Introduction

FWB400-PCIE1X11 is a 3-port OHCI Compliant 1394b-2002 to PCI Express x1 Host Adapter featuring Texas Instruments
Controller XI02213B and IEEE 1394b 3-port Cable Transceiver/Arbiter TSB41BA3B.

FWB400-PCIE1X11 is designed to meet the demanding requirements for Home Networking with today's IEEE 1394b-2002 standard.

There are two available models (FWB400-PCIE1X11A and FWB400-PCIE1X11B)

FWB400-PCIE1X11A: Port1,Port3 are Beta port and Port 2 is Bilingual port

Port Speed/Mode Selection

Mode No.
Port1
Port2
Port3
Self-ID
14
B4
S
Bil
T
B4
S
1394b

FWB400-PCIE1X11B: Port 1~3 are Beta port

Port Speed/Mode Selection

Mode No.
Port1
Port2
Port3
Self-ID
6
B4
S
B4
S
B4
S
1394b
  • Bil= 1394b-2002 Bilingual(S400b only Beta operating speed and data strobe: S400,S200 and S100 operating speeds)
  • B4=1394b-2002 Beta-only, S400b, S200b, and S100b operating speeds
Technical Specifications
Host Bus:
  • Full x1 PCI Express Throughput
  • Fully Compliant with PCI Express Base Specification, Revision 1.1
  • Utilizes 100-MHz Differential PCI Express Common Reference Clock
IEEE 1394 Std Support:
  • Fully Supports Provisions of IEEE 1394b-2002 at S100, S100B, S200, S200B, S400, and S400B Signaling Rates (B Signifies 1394b Signaling)
  • Fully Supports Provisions of IEEE 1394a.2000 and 1394.1995 Standard for High Performance Serial Bus
  • Fully Interoperable With Firewire, SB1394, DishWire, and i.LINK Implementation of IEEE Std 1394
IEEE-1394 to PCIe Chip:

Texas Instruments XI02213B
1394b PHY:

Texas Instruments TSB41BA3B

Number of Ports:

Provides three fully backward Compatible, (1394a.2000 Fully compliant) Bilingual P1394b Cable Ports at up to 400 Megabits per Second (Mbits/s). (S400/S400B/S200/S200B/S100)

Bus Power Connector:

Big IDE 4-pin DC Power Connector
Operating System Requirements
  • Windows XP SP2 / 7 / 8 / 8.1
  • Mac OS 10.4 or higher
  • Linux 2.6.12 or higher