FireBoardBlue-e™ 1394a OHCI PCI-Express adapter

FireBoardBlue-e™ is a fast and reliable PCI Express x1 add-in interface card for all external FireWire-enabled devices. Now, Digital Cameras, Hard Drives, CD/DVD drives and Digital Camcorders can be connected to FireboardBlue-e™ in a snap.

FireboardBlue-e™ is a 2-port, single chip, OHCI-compliant 1394/FireWire® host PCI Express adapter for PC systems that provides plug 'n' play connectivity for FireWire® devices and peripherals.

OS Supported: Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista and 64 bit XP/2003/Vista Mac 10.4.x Linux Part numbers: FireboardBlue-e bulk: 1213 Retail Kit with 2m 1394a 6pin to 6pin cable: 1214 FireboardBlue-e with hardware Fire-i / Fire-i API™ SDK license: 1134 FireboardBlue-e with hardware FireAPI™ SDK license: 1711 Main features: Texas Instruments XIO2200A PCI Express to PCI Bus Bridge. OHCI Compliant/Compatible with any FireWire device or peripheral. 400Mbps - up to 50MB/sec data rates. Internal power connector. Enables data transfer of real time copying for large files using Unibrain’s  FireNet™ networking driver. Due to its 4 isochronous transmit/receive contexts the FireboardBlue-e™ host adapter has the exceptional feature to simultaneously control and display up to 4 FireWire digital cameras.

IIDC Digital Cameras

FireboardBlue-e™ can connect up to 63 IIDC firewire digital cameras in a peer-to-peer topology. Using Unibrain’s Fire-i™ Software you can connect up to 63 firewire cameras and simultaneously control and display up to four (4) of them, thus providing the perfect monitoring home/office solution.

External Firewire Hard Drives

You can connect a multiple array of external FireWire devices such as CD-R/W or DVD drives easily. Just plug-in any SBP2 FireWire External Hard Drive to the installed FireboardBlue-e™ adapter and immediately add storage to your PC. Unibrain’s FireboardBlue-e™ has been thoroughly tested to operate seamlessly with Unibrain’s entire range of External FireWire Hard Drives as well as any third party external storage devices.

Firewire Networking

FireboardBlue-e™ is suitable for network applications (gaming or other). Using Unibrain’s FireNet™ Software you can connect two or more computers in a peer-to-peer Network at 400Mbps.

Digital Video

Simply connect any DV Camcorder to your PC via Unibrain FireboardBlue-e™ Host Adapter. Capture, produce and share your digital video, with any digital video application from your PC.