C218Turbo/PCI

8-port Intelligent RS-232 Universal PCI Board

The MOXA C218Turbo/PCI is a multiport serial board that is specifically designed for small but performance demanding applications. With its state-of-the-art ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit), on-board RISC processor (TI TMS320), and large I/O buffer (512 KB), the C218Turbo is a world class I/O serial board. It can maintain a sustained 230.4 Kbps throughput on all eight ports simultaneously while only occupying 5% of the host's processor time*, freeing up more host resources for other tasks. This feature is particularly applicable to fast response demanding industrial control applications, and high speed telecommunication applications.

* The benchmark was set using the Equinox ComTach program on a Pentium-233 platform running Windows NT 4.0.

Benefits
•    Highest performance to meet all speed-demanding and data intensive
      communication applications
•    Intelligent on-board processor takes a significant load off the host CPU
•    Large on-board buffer for high-performance communication
•    Compact design size—ideal for high performance, server-based systems

Applications
•    Critical industrial control
•    Response demanding monitoring systems
•    Embedded industrial machines
•    Small Internet/Intranet communication server
•    High speed modem/ISDN connectivity
•    PC-based routers

Features    
•    8-port RS-232 intelligent communication board
•    Effectively reduces CPU loading
•    Versatile OS driver support
•    Various connection options
•    Data transmission speed up to 921.6 Kbps
•    Embedded memory up to 512 KB
•    High throughput for great performance
•    Compact ISA board size