Serial I/O Boards

   General Standards Corporation is a leading supplier of a wide range of high speed Serial I/O boards for embedded
   applications on several form factors/buses, and for many operating systems. See our selection tables below.

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  • Serial Mode Protocols include Asynchronous, Bisync, SDLC, HDLC, IEEE 802.3, Synchronous Telemetry, Simple Clock/Data ("-SYNC" product line), Di-phase and SPI Interface.
  • Transceiver support RS485, RS422 (V.10), RS232 (V.28), RS423, RS530, as well as other software selectable mixed protocol modes
  • Up to Eight Independent Serial Channels per Board
  • Synchronous Serial Data Rates up to 10 Mbits/sec
  • Asynchronous Serial Data Rates up to 1 Mbits/sec
  • Deep Transmit and Receive FIFOs up to 128K
  • PMC and cPCI rear I/O support
  • Custom Protocols Available

Form Factors:

  • CCVPX
  • PCI-Express
  • PXI
  • PMC
  • PC/104-Plus
  • PCI
  • cPCI
  • CCPMC
  • PC/104-Express
  • PCI-X
  • cPCI-X
  • XMC
  • Ask About Other Form Factors

  • Software Drivers:

  • Windows
  • VxWorks
  • QNX
  • Linux
  • MathWorks
  • Solaris
  • Labview
  • xPC Target
  • Ask About Other Drivers





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    Serial I/O Selection Tables:


    Available Form Factor Model Series & Transceiver Type Applications Channels Max Synchronous
    Data Speed
    Max Asynchronous
    Data Speed
    Key Features
    PCIe4* SIO8BX2V High Speed Data Acquisition and Control, High-speed Video and Data Capture, Development and Research, Raw Serial Data Capture 8 10 Mbits/sec sync 1 M bits/sec async 8 channel, high-speed I/O
    Serial mode protocols includes Asynch, Bisync, SDLC, HDLC, and Nine-Bit.
    Multi-protocol transceivers support RS422, RS423, RS232, RS530.
    Up to 32K Deep FIFO Buffer
    PCIe4* SIO8BX2V-SYNC High Speed Data Acquisition and Control
    High-speed Video and Data Capture
    Development and Research
    8 10 Mbits/sec sync N/A Eight Independent Synchronous Serial Channels , Fast RS422/RS485 Differential Cable Transceivers Provide Data Rate up to 10Mbps, Software Selectable 120 ohm Termination Resistors for RS485
    PMC66*
    PCI66
    cPCI66
    PC104+
    PCIe
    SIO4BXR LAN/WAN Networking
    Telecommunications
    Serial Interface
    4 10 M bits/sec sync 1 M bits/sec async; 4 channel, high-speed I/O
    Rear I/O
    Serial mode protocols includes Asynch, Bisync, SDLC, HDLC, and Nine-Bit.
    Multi-protocol transceivers support RS422, RS423, RS232, RS530.
    Up to 32K Deep FIFO Buffer
    PMC66*
    PCI66
    cPCI66
    PC104+
    PCIe
    SIO4BXR-SYNC LAN/WAN Networking
    Telecommunications
    Serial Interface
    4 10 M bits/sec sync N/A 4 channel, high-speed I/O
    Rear I/O
    Simple clock/data synchronous
    Multi-protocol transceivers support RS422, RS423, RS232, RS530.
    Up to 32K Deep FIFO Buffer
    PMC66*
    PCI66
    cPCI66
    PC104+
    PCIe
    SIO4BXR-SPI Serial Peripheral Interface devices 4 3M bits/sec sync N/A 4 channel, high-speed I/O supports Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) protocol
    Up to 32K Deep FIFO Buffer
    PCIe* SIO4BX2 LAN/WAN Networking
    Telecommunications
    Serial Interface
    4 10 M bits/sec sync 1 M bits/sec async; 4 channel, high-speed I/O
    Serial mode protocols includes Asynch, Bisync, SDLC, HDLC, and Nine-Bit.
    Multi-protocol transceivers support RS422, RS485, RS232
    Up to 32K Deep FIFO Buffer
    PCIe* SIO4BX2-SYNC LAN/WAN Networking
    Telecommunications
    Serial Interface
    4 10 M bits/sec sync N/A 4 channel, high-speed I/O
    Simple clock/data synchronous
    Multi-protocol transceivers support RS422, RS485, RS232
    Up to 32K Deep FIFO Buffer
    XMC
    SIO4BX LAN/WAN Networking
    Telecommunications
    Serial Interface
    4 10 M bits/sec sync 1 M bits/sec async; 4 channel, high-speed I/O
    Serial mode protocols includes Asynch, Bisync, SDLC, HDLC, and Nine-Bit.
    Multi-protocol transceivers support RS422, RS423, RS232, RS530.
    Up to 32K Deep FIFO Buffer
    XMC
    SIO4BX-SYNC LAN/WAN Networking
    Telecommunications
    Serial Interface
    4 10 M bits/sec sync --------- 4 channel, high-speed I/O
    Simple clock/data synchronous
    Multi-protocol transceivers support RS422, RS423, RS232, RS530.
    Up to 32K Deep FIFO Buffer
    PCI66 SIO4B LAN/WAN Networking
    Telecommunications
    Serial Interface
    4 10 M bits/sec sync --------- 4 channel, high-speed I/O
    Serial mode protocols includes Asynch, Bisync, SDLC, HDLC, and Nine-Bit.
    Up to 32K Deep FIFO Buffer
    PCI66 SIO4B-SYNC LAN/WAN Networking
    Telecommunications
    Serial Interface
    4 10 M bits/sec sync --------- 4 channel, high-speed I/O
    Simple clock/data synchronous
    Up to 32K Deep FIFO Buffer


    Serial I/O Legacy Products:


    Available Form Factor Model Series & Transceiver Type Applications Channels Max Synchronous
    Data Speed
    Max Asynchronous
    Data Speed
    Key Features
    PCI*

    SIO8BXS High Speed Data Acquisition and Control
    High-speed Video and Data Capture
    Development and Research
    8 10 M bits/sec sync 1 M bits/sec async 8 channel, high-speed I/O
    Serial mode protocols includes Asynch, Bisync, SDLC, HDLC, and Nine-Bit.
    Multi-protocol transceivers support RS422, RS423, RS232, RS530.
    Up to 32K Deep FIFO Buffer
    PCI*
    SIO8BXS-SYNC High Speed Data Acquisition and Control
    High-speed Video and Data Capture
    Development and Research
    Raw Serial Data Capture
    8 10 M bits/sec sync N/A Eight Channel Synchronous Serial To Parallel Controller with Software Configurable Cable Tranceivers.
    Multi-protocol transceivers support RS422, RS423, RS232, RS530.
    Up to 32K Deep FIFO Buffer
    PCIe4* SIO8BX2 --------- 8 10 Mbits/sec sync 1 M bits/sec async 8 channel, high-speed I/O
    Serial mode protocols includes Asynch, Bisync, SDLC, HDLC, and Nine-Bit.
    Multi-protocol transceivers support RS422, RS423, RS232, RS530.
    Up to 32K Deep FIFO Buffer
    PCIe4* SIO8BX2-SYNC --------- 8 10 Mbits/sec sync N/A Eight Independent Synchronous Serial Channels , Fast RS422/RS485 Differential Cable Transceivers Provide Data Rate up to 10Mbps, Software Selectable 120O Termination Resistors for RS485
    cPCI* SIO4ARHM LAN/WAN Networking
    Telecommunications
    Serial Interface
    4 10 M bits/sec sync 1 M bits/sec async cPCI with Rear I/O PMC Expnasion Slot
    PC104+ SIO4BX LAN/WAN Networking
    Telecommunications
    Serial Interface
    4 10 M bits/sec sync 1 M bits/sec async; 4 channel, high-speed I/O
    Serial mode protocols includes Asynch, Bisync, SDLC, HDLC, and Nine-Bit.
    Multi-protocol transceivers support RS422, RS423, RS232, RS530.
    Up to 32K Deep FIFO Buffer
    PC104+ SIO4BX-SYNC LAN/WAN Networking
    Telecommunications
    Serial Interface
    4 10 M bits/sec sync --------- 4 channel, high-speed I/O
    Simple clock/data synchronous
    Multi-protocol transceivers support RS422, RS423, RS232, RS530.
    Up to 32K Deep FIFO Buffer
    PC104+
    SIO4B LAN/WAN Networking
    Telecommunications
    Serial Interface
    4 10 M bits/sec sync --------- 4 channel, high-speed I/O
    Serial mode protocols includes Asynch, Bisync, SDLC, HDLC, and Nine-Bit.
    Up to 32K Deep FIFO Buffer
    PC104+
    SIO4B-SYNC LAN/WAN Networking
    Telecommunications
    Serial Interface
    4 10 M bits/sec sync --------- 4 channel, high-speed I/O
    Simple clock/data synchronous
    Up to 32K Deep FIFO Buffer
    PMC*
    PCI*
    cPCI
    PC104+
    PCIe
    HPDI32A-ASYNC (RS-485/422) High Speed Data Acquisition and Control
    High-speed Video and Data Capture
    Development and Research
    1 N/A 5 M bits/sec async High-speed async, deep FIFO buffering
    PCI*
    PMC*
    SIO4 High Speed Data Acquisition and Control
    High-speed Video and Data Capture
    Development and Research
    4 10 M bits/sec sync 1 M bits/sec async 4 channel, high-speed I/O
    Serial mode protocols includes Asynch, Bisync, SDLC, HDLC, and Nine-Bit.
    Available RS422 or RS232
    Up to 32K Deep FIFO Buffer
    PMC
    PCI
    cPCI
    SIO4BX LAN/WAN Networking
    Telecommunications
    Serial Interface
    4 10 M bits/sec sync 1 M bits/sec async; 4 channel, high-speed I/O.
    PMC
    PCI
    cPCI
    SIO4BX-SYNC LAN/WAN Networking
    Telecommunications
    Serial Interface
    4 10 M bits/sec sync 1 M bits/sec async; 4 channel, high-speed I/O.
    PCI*
    SIO4B LAN/WAN Networking
    Telecommunications
    Serial Interface
    4 10 M bits/sec sync 1 M bits/sec async; 4 channel, high-speed I/O. Also rear panel I/O
    PCI* SIO4B-SYNC LAN/WAN Networking
    Telecommunications
    Serial Interface
    4 10 M bits/sec sync --------- 4 QUAD channel synchronous serial to parallel controller with optional deep transmit and receive FIFOs.
    PMC* SIO4AR-SYNC LAN/WAN Networking
    Telecommunications
    Serial Interface
    4 8 M bits/sec sync N/A PMC Rear I/O
    VME* SIO4A (RS-485/422) LAN/WAN Networking
    Telecommunications
    Serial Interface
    4 10 M bits/sec sync 1 M bits/sec async 4 channel, high-speed I/O

    PMC*
    SIO4AR LAN/WAN Networking
    Telecommunications
    Serial Interface
    4 10 M bits/sec sync 1 M bits/sec async; PMC Rear I/O. Also rear panel I/O
    PMC
    PCI*
    cPCI
    PC104+
    PCIe
    HPDI32A-DIPHASE Telemetry
    Telecommunications
    Serial Interface
    1 10 M bits/sec --------- High-speed di-phase I/O, deep FIFO buffering
    *True Form Factor.
    Legacy Products are not recommended for new designs.

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