OXPCIe958, PCI Express to Octal Serial Port

Outstanding Performance

The OXPCIe958 achieves ultra high performance by

combining the class leading 15Mbps asynchronous

data rates and deep FIFOs of PLX’s Oxford 950

UART, with advanced MSI interrupt handling and

bus master DMA for maximum throughput, minimum

CPU overhead and optimal system performance.

Configurable octal ports the OXPCIe958 includes a

host of advanced features such as, automated in-band

flow control, readable FIFO levels and RS485

turnaround delay, that provides further scope to fine

tune performance, while its flexible clock pre-scaler

provides for a wide range of baud rates.

With its high performance port expansion interface,

providing seamless expansion to 12 or 16 ports

without a PCIe switch, its comprehensive power

management and industrial temperature range the

OXPCIe958 is the perfect choice for high

performance systems.

To support these advanced features the OXPCIe958 is

backed by a dedicated PLX device driver that is

quality assured, exhaustively tested and WHQL

approved; saving development time and providing

peace of mind.

OXPCIe958

Development Support

Design and evaluation of the OXPCIe958 couldn’t be

easier with this comprehensive reference design kit

(RDK). The RDK includes everything you need for

PC installation and evaluation including Hardware,

Oxide Development Tools and software device

drivers. Simply plug the half length PCI Express

evaluation board into any PCI Express slot, install the

software and its ready to go.

Changing the dynamics of device customization,

Oxide development tools enable customization of the

OXPCIe958 in minutes. No more complex, time

consuming, error prone manual editing of

programming files and driver source code; Oxide’s

intuitive graphical user interface provides simple

‘point and click’ feature selection and text box entry

for fast, error free customization with minimal

software expertise as well as instant access to up to

date documentation, software and reference designs.

Check the PLX website for details.

Ordering Information

Part Number

Description

OXPCIe958-FBAG

Octal Serial Port to PCIe Bridge

EK-OXPCIe958

Reference Design Kit

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