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Mini PCI is a Standard for a Computer Bus for attaching Peripheral devices to a Computer Motherboard and is an adaptation of the Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) bus. It was designed for Laptop s and other small-footprint computer systems. There are three card . The additional 24 pins provide the extra signals required to route I/O back through the system connector (Audio, AC-Link , LAN , Phone-Line interface). Type II cards have RJ11 and RJ45 mounted connectors. These cards must be located at the edge of the computer or docking station so that the RJ11 and RJ45 ports can be mounted for external access. card]] As Mini PCI is functionally equivalent to PCI version 2.2, it uses a 32-bit, 33 MHz bus with powered connections (3.3 V only) and support for Bus Mastering and DMA . Mini PCI cards support the CLKRUN# PCI signal used to start and stop the PCI clock for power management purposes. The standard size for Mini PCI cards is approximately 1/4 of their full-sized counterparts. Given that there is no external access to the card in the same manner that there is for desktop PCI cards, Mini PCI cards are generally limited in the functions they may perform. Mini PCI cards have a 2W maximum power consumption, which also limits the functionality that can be implemented in this form factor. Many Mini PCI devices are available today: WiFi , Fast Ethernet , Bluetooth , Modems (often Winmodems ), Sound Cards , Cryptographic Accelerators , SCSI , IDE / ATA , SATA controllers and combos. Besides WLAN AP/Routers and notebooks, wireless Mini PCI Modules can also be embedded in IP Camera, STB , NAS , and IPC . A Mini PCI WiFi card provides wireless functionality for the Linksys WRT54G v1 router. Because Mini PCI and PCI are cousins, you can use regular PCI cards with your Mini PCI-equipped hardware and vice-versa, using Mini PCI-to-PCI and PCI-to-Mini PCI ''converters''. SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINKS |
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