System requirements
| Mac operating systems supported |
Y |
Ports & interfaces
| Host interface |
PCIe |
| Internal |
Y |
| Firewire (IEEE 1394) ports |
4 |
PCI Express interface card
FireBoard800-e™ Pro Dual is Unibrain’s next generation of 1394b PCI Express x1 add-in interface card, which features two (2) 1394b (Firewire-800) busses with two (2) 1394b 9 pin ports allocated for each bus.
Fireboard800-e Pro DualTM is ideal for multi-camera acquisition systems that require fast and reliable data transfers to the host system.
The card allows simultaneous image acquisition from up to 16 cameras at total data throughput of 160 MB/sec using a single x1 PCIe slot, and utilizes deep isochronous FIFO’s that guarantee an uninterrupted data flow.
<b>IIDC Firewire Digital Cameras</b>
Each bus of Fireboard800-e™ Pro Dual 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 126 firewire cameras and simultaneously control and stream simultaneously up to sixteen (16) of them, thus providing an advanced interface solution for machine vision, security, GPS mapping and other professional applications.
<b>External Firewire Hard Drives</b>
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 Fireboard800-e™ Pro Dual adapter and immediately add storage to your PC. Unibrain’s Fireboard800-e™ Pro Dual 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.
<b>Digital Video</b>
Simply connect any DV or HD-DV camcorder to your PC or Mac via Unibrain Fireboard800-e™ Pro Dual Host Adapter. Capture, produce and share your digital video, with any digital video application fast and seamlessly, connecting and operating two camcorders simultaneously.
Fireboard800-ePro Dual™ Host Adapter provides two separate Firewire buses and the benefit of using one single PCIe slot for actually two Firewire adapters. It brings high-performance IEEE-1394b technology to PCI Express systems. Based on the LSI FW643E PCI Express® 1394b Host Controller with integrated Link and PHY, provides high performance serial connectivity. The FW643E is capable of transferring data between the PCI Express x1 bus and the 1394 bus at 100Mbits/sec, 200Mbits/sec, 400Mbits/sec and 800Mbits/sec. Fireboard800-e™ provides 4 IEEE 1394b Fully Compliant Cable Ports (2 for each bus).
