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Altair releases the first LTE ExpressCard module

express — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:51:22 +0000

Israel's Altair Semiconductor announced the immediate availability of its FourGee LTE USB ExpressCard. The card supports download speeds of 100Mbps (Upload of 50Mbps). This is more of a trial and testing tool for LTE networks, at least in this stage, and also a reference design for companies.

Altair LTE ExpressCard

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Lexar announces new ExpressCard module - Professional CompactFlash reader

express — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 07:25:03 +0000

Lexar announced a new ExpressCard/34 module - a professional CompactFlash reader. It supports both Mac and Windows, and also supports UDMA Mode 6.

Via RobGalBraith.com

Fresco Logic announces first USB 3.0 ExpressCard module

express — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 04:11:46 +0000

Fresco Logic has announced a new ExpressCard module that provides a USB 3.0 slot. The USB 3.0 bus has a 5Gb/s speed...

Via RegisterHardware

USB 3.0 coming soon

express — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 17:48:18 +0000

Engadget reports that the first USB-3 device (a NEC host controller) is now available. Hopefully this means that consumer devices are coming soon. One of the first products we can expect is an ExpressCard-to-USB 3 adapter.

Norpix introduces GigE or FireWire camera expresscard connectors

express — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 08:29:46 +0000

NorPix is introducing a new ExpressCard adapter for GigE or FireWire cameras, at 100 MB/s speeds. It's compatible with NorPix's StreamPix3, StreamPix4 and TroublePix.

Via Vision-Systems.com

GreenHouse releases new ExpressCard SSDs

express — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 06:03:56 +0000

GreenHouse releases new ExpressCard SSDs. There are two series:

GH-SSD*GEX-34S, SLC with a 120Mb/s reading and 70Mb/s writing available in 16 or 32Gb.
GH-SSD*GEX-34M, MLC with a 120MB/s reading and 30MB/s writing. Available in 16, 32 or 64GB.

Via AkihabaraNews

Signatec released a high-speed ExpressCard digitizer

express — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 08:27:51 +0000

Signatec released the EC14150, a wideband signal acquistion ExpressCard/54 - offering 150Mhz sampling rate on 2 channels, 14-bit resolution and 512MB onboard RAM. It consumes only 4.5W.

The EC14150 was designed to maximize the quality of the captured signal in terms of signal-to-noise ratio and spurious-free dynamic range over a very wide frequency range. A 24 dB amplifier/attenuator circuit is at the input of both analog channels, where 20 dB of amplification and 4 dB of attenuation are available for selection in steps of 1 dB giving the EC14150 voltage ranges from 100 mVp-p to 3 Vp-p.

New Bluetooth Headset to stow and charge in an Expresscard module

express — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 04:35:32 +0000

Newton Peripherals introduced a new Bluetooth headset today, the MoGo Talk, the can be stowed and charged in an Expresscard slot. The headset uses a flexible, thin rubber eartip. They say it is more comfortable than an earbud or earloop.

The MoGo Talk is available now via their online store, and they hope to sell it via laptop makers such as Dell, HP or Lenovo.

Back in 2007, Newton has released the MoGo mouse - a mouse that fit inside an ExpressCard slot...

New ExpressCard modem with quad-band 3G connections and retractable antenna

express — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 09:19:18 +0000

Nova media has released a new ExpressCard modem, the GlobeTrotter Express 441. The card offers quad-band 3G internet access for MacBook Pro computer with an ExpressCard slot.

ExpressCard standard 2.0 is now available

express — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 11:17:49 +0000

The PCMCIA organization announced that the ExpressCard Standard 2.0 is now available.

The new standard supports faster exchange rates, up to 10 times faster than the current standard (ver 1.2). It will support the latest PCI Express and USB 3.0, offering up to 5Gbps rates. It's backward compatible.

Via Digitimes