USB Host Adapter
U3-PCIE1XG210
USB 3.0 to PCI Express 2.0 Card

- Supports PCI Express Specification Revision 2.1 at 5GT/s
- Single (x1) PCI Express Lane
- Compliant with USB 3.0 Specification 1.0
- Compliant with Extensible Host Controller Interface (xHCI) Specification revision 1.0
- Two downstream USB ports support SS/HS/FS/LS data rates (5Gbps/480Mbps/12Mbps/1.5 Mbps)
- GoXtream™ Architecture
- Switching fabric to sustain full bandwidth simultaneously for each USB3.0 port
- No firmware necessary
- WHQL certified driver supports Window 7, Vista and XP, as well as Linux
- Supports USB 3.0 A Plug w/Jackscrew lock Cable
- Low Profile PCI Form Factor
The U3-PCIE1XG210 is PCI Express to USB 3.0 host adapter. It fully integrates an Extensible host Controller Interface (xHCI) engine, a dual-port 5Gbps USB 3.0 transceiver, a PCI Express endpoint controller and a 5Gbps PCI Express transceiver. U3-PCIE1XG210 implements the Universal Serial Bus 3.0 Specification Revision 1.0 and the Extensible Host Controller Interface (xHCI) Specification Revision 1.0, and complies with the PCI Express Rev 2.1 Specification at 5Gbps data rate, and the PCI Local Bus Specification Revision 2.2. U3-PCIE1XG210 is backward compatible for operation with USB 2.0 and USB 1.1 devices.
The U3-PCIE1XG210 features GoXtream™ xHCI Accelerator Engine, which maps the xHCI standard directly into a set of parallel functional units, providing acceleration of all xHCI operations while maintaining compatibility with existing software driver models.
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| Advanced Power Saving |
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| USB3 cable lock mechanism |
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USB Bus Power Input |
U3-PCIE1XG210-03: Either Big IDE 4-pin Connector or SATA 15pin Connector U3-PCIE1XG210-10: From PCIe 12V |
U3-PCIE1XG210-03 |
U3-PCIE1XG210-10 |
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- Computer with PCI Express slot (x1, x4, x8, x16)
Note:
For the best performance (5.0 Gbps), U3-PCIE1XG201 should be installed in a PCIe 2.0 compliant slot in the host computer. Most computers have PCIe 2.0 (5.0 Gbps) throughput on x8 or x16 slots.
A PCIe 1.0 compliant slot reaches up to 2.5 Gbps throughput.
- Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7
- USB 3.0 Host Drivers
x86 (32-bit) and x64 (64-bit) - Windows XP
- Windows Vista
- Windows 7
Port 1
TX
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RX

Port 2
TX
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