StarTech.com Mini PCI Express FireWire Card Adaptor MPEX1394B3

The MPEX1394B3 3-Port Mini PCI Express FireWire Card is a PCI Express to FireWire-800/FireWire-400 adapter that enables you to add external FireWire connectivity on very small form factor or embedded systems. The PCIe FireWire card provides two FireWire-800 ports and one FireWire-400 port, this adapter card supports the latest external FireWire storage devices at data transfer speeds of up to 800 Mbps.

Using the Mini PCI Express (Mini Card) form factor, this adapter card is designed for use in the latest very small form factor computer systems, such as Mini-ITX or custom embedded solutions where a full-sized PCI Express card would not fit.

Backed by a StarTech.com 2-year warranty and free lifetime technical support.

The StarTech.com Advantage
- A Mini PCI Express form factor designed for use in some small form factor and embedded systems
- Backed by a StarTech.com 2-year warranty and free lifetime technical support

Features


2 external 9-pin FireWire-800 ports with support for data transfer rates up to 800 Mbps


Compliant with PCI Express Mini Card specification 1.2


1 external 6-pin FireWire-400 port with supported transfer rates up to 400 Mbps


Optional external power support for high-powered FireWire devices


Compliant with IEEE 1394b and backward compatible with IEEE 1394a - 2000 as well as 1394-1995 standards


Plug-and-Play and Hot-Swap compatible



Design


Internal

Yes


Product colour

Black, Stainless steel


Hot-swap

Yes



Weight & dimensions


Height

4 mm


Width

30 mm


Depth

50 mm


Weight

91 g



Logistics data


Master (outer) case width

280 mm


Master (outer) case height
2 mm


Products per master (outer) case

25 pc(s)


Harmonized System (HS) code

84733020


Master (outer) case length

663 mm



Technical details


Sustainability compliance

Yes


Sustainability certificates

CE, RoHS



Features


Chipset

Texas Instruments - XIO2213B


Data transfer rate (max)

0.8 Gbit/s


Plug and Play

Yes



Operational conditions


Operating temperature (T-T)

0 - 70 °C


Storage temperature (T-T)

-54 - 150 °C



Ports & interfaces


Host interface

PCIe


Expansion card form factor

Full-height / Low-profile


Firewire (IEEE 1394) ports

3


Output interface

IEEE 1394/Firewire


Expansion card standard

PCIe 1.1



System requirements


Server operating systems supported

Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2019


Mac operating systems supported

Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite, Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan, Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, Mac OS X 10.7 Lion, Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion, Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks, Mac OS X 11.0 Big Sur, Mac OS X 12.0 Monterey, Mac OS X 13.0 Ventura


Linux operating systems supported

Yes



Packaging data


Mounting brackets included

Yes


Package height

32 mm


Package depth
5 mm


Package width
5 mm


Package weight
8 g


Manual

Yes