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ibaFOB-io-ExpressCard
In brief
■■ ExpressCard with 2 fiber optic connections for laptop
computers
■■ Fast data transfer between card and computer’s memory by DMA technology (CPU load relieving)
■■ Support for all ibaNet communication protocols
(2 Mbit/s, 3.3 Mbit/s, 5 Mbit/s and 32 Mbit/s)
■■ Up to 512 analog and 512 digital signals to be sent/
received over the fiber optic link
■■ Automatic detection of synchronous/asynchronous
mode
■■ Sampling time between 40 µs and 1 ms
■■ Replacement for ibaCom-PCMCIA-F with FO-adapter
ibaCom-FO-A
■■ Standard ExpressCard/54
■■ Plug and Play

Properties
The card is a member of the ibaFOB-D card family and
should be used with mobile computers for measurement
purposes. It can be used for connecting a notebook computer with iba field devices like ibaPADU analog-digital
converter units, ibaNet750 devices, ibaLink system couplings and iba bus monitors.
The ibaFOB-io-ExpressCard with its integrated fiber optic
adapter provides for higher data transmission rates (up to
32 Mbit/s) compared with the former ibaPCMCIA-F card
and shows a performance like the ibaFOB-io-D card.
Considered this, a measurement with mobile computers
can be of the same quality level like with stationary systems.
ibaPDA-V6, version 6.24 or higher is required for operation
of this card.
Communication protocols
All current and former ibaNet communication protocols
are supported. Thus, data from an old ibaPADU device (S/N
< 1000) as well as from an ibaPADU-S-IT of the new generation can be processed by this card.
Furthermore, the ibaNet protocol 5 Mbit/s for fast data acquisition (25 kHz) over devices ibaPADU-8-ICP, ibaPADU8-M or -16-M is supported.
The valid ibaNet protocol of the fiber optic input data
stream is detected automatically and set.

Fast data processing with reduced CPU load
Due to the DMA technology (DMA = Direct Memory
Access) measured data are written directly into the
computer’s memory which is used by the software application for reading the data. It is a significant relief for
the CPU load while data traffic is boosted.
Following, you‘ll find a listing of some iba field devices
which can be connected to the ibaFOB-io-ExpressCard:
■■ ibaPADU-8, -16, -32t
■■ ibaPADU-8-ICP, -8-M, -16-M
■■ ibaPADU-S-ITt
■■ ibaDIG-40t
■■ ibaBM-DPM-S, -64 (Profibus DP)
■■ ibaBM-CAN (CAN-Bus)
■■ ibaBM-DVN (DeviceNet)
■■ ibaBM-SLM (SIMOLINK)t
■■ ibaBM-DDCS (DDCS Drive Bus)
■■ ibaBM-COL-8i-o
■■ ibaBM-DIS-i-8o
■■ ibaBM-FOx-i-3o-Dt
■■ ibaNet750-BMt
■■ ibaPACO-4t
■■ ibaLink-SM-64-i-ot
■■ ibaLink-SM-64-SD16t
■■ ibaLink-SM-128V-i-2o

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