The MSC-401A provides a reliable solution for Notebook PC to connect serial peripherals such as GPS receivers, serial printers/plotters, barcode scanners, digital cameras, PDAs, Cell Phones and fax/modems over its new Express Card Slots.
The ExpressCard provides a scalable, high-speed, serial I/O bus that maintains backward compatibility with CardBus applications and drivers. Its architecture defines a high-performance, point-to-point, scalable, serial bus at speed of 250Mbytes/sec.
The MSC-401A is compact in size and low power requirements to support the major serial portable devices. The UART is the newest generation of the 16C950. It equipped a 128-byte deep data FIFO and auto-flow control features to speed up the data transfer to 921.6Kbps without the under-run and over-run problems.
The MSC-401A is ideal for a wide variety of applications including field data collection, industrial control and monitoring. With its complete hardware and complete driver support, the MSC-401A is an ideal upgrade to support all UART-serial-compatible devices for the rapidly changing Notebook computer to preserve user¦s investment in serial interface.

• Full ExpressCard/34mm Compliant, up to 250MB/sec
• ExpressCard Advanced Error Reporting Capability Including ECRC Support
• 1 Full 16C950 High performance UART channel
• UARTs Fully Compatible with 16C550-type Devices
• Baud Rate up to 921.6Kbps
• 128-byte deep FIFO per transmitter and receiver
• Detection of Bad Data in the Receiver FIFO
• 9-bit Data Framing, as well as 5,6,7 and 8 bits
• Automated in-band flow control using programmable Xon/Xoff in both directions
• Automated out-of-band flow control using CTS#RTS# and/or DSR#DTR#
• Supports +5VDC on DB9 Male Serial Connector