faq_pcmcia

-PCMCIA-

General Questions

Q13: If I use notebook at office with Fixed IP and use DHCP client to get IP automatically at home.
How to make it easier and automatically? (2005/07/29)
Q12: What is Zoomed Video (ZV)? (2001/5/20)
Q11: What is Power Management? (2001/5/20)
Q10: What is Plug and Play? (2001/5/20)
Q09: What is Multiple Function PC Cards? (2001/5/20)
Q08: What is Low Voltage Operation? (2001/5/20)
Q07: What is PC Card XIP? (2001/5/20)
Q06: What is PC Card DMA? (2001/5/20)
Q05: What is CardBus? (2001/5/20)
Q04: What is PCMCIA Card CIS? (2001/5/20)
Q03: What is the specification release of PCMCIA Card? (2001/5/20)
Q02: What is PCMCIA Card Types (Type I, Type II, Type III)? (2001/5/20)
Q01: What is PCMCIA? (2001/5/20)

Q13: If I use notebook at office with Fixed IP and use DHCP client to get IP automatically at
home. How to make it easier and automatically?

From Windows XP, go to network setting and locate TCP/IP setting. In general setting, you may setup “Automatically get IP address.” And in other settings, you may setup Fixed IP for alternative use.

Q12: What is Zoomed Video (ZV)?

Zoomed Video (ZV) is a connection between a PC Card and host system that allows the card to write video data directly to the VGA controller. The data is transferred with no buffering requirements because it is transferred over the ZV bus and not the system bus.

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Q11 : What is Power Management?

Power Management is the Standard provides a means to interface to APM (Advanced Power Management) through the Card Services Specification.

Q10 : What is Plug and Play?

Plug and Play is the PC Cards can be inserted or removed while the system is on because power and ground contact pins are the longest contacts, ensuring that disconnect signals disengage first, preserving data integrity.

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Q09: What is Multiple Function PC Cards?

Multiple Function PC Cards is the Standard enables truly standardized multiple function PC-Cards.

Q08 : What is Low Voltage Operation?

Low Voltage Operation is the Standard enables 3.3 and 5 volts operation. A physical keying mechanism for 3.3 volts cards protects them from being damaged in a 5 volts slot.

Q07: What is PC Card XIP?

XIP stands for execute In Place (XIP). Allows operating system and application software to run directly from the PC Card, eliminating the need for large amounts of system RAM.

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Q06 : What is PC Card DMA?

DMA is Direct Memory Access. The Standard allows cards to utilize DMA technology directly in the hardware when matched with a corresponding host system. DMA directly transfer memory data to input/output device without CPU interoperation.

Q05 : What is CardBus?

CardBus allows PC Cards and hosts to use 32-bit bus mastering and to operate at speeds up to 33MHz.

Q04 : What is PCMCIA Card CIS?

MCard Information Structure is a technology of PCMCIA Card. The CIS describes the characteristics and capabilities of the card so the host system can automatically configure it. CIS is defined in the Metaformat Specification.

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Q03 : What is the specification release of PCMCIA Card?

The release number refers to the version of the PC Card Standard that a particular card or system was based on. Basically, release 1.0 supported memory only, and 2.X releases supported memory and I/O applications.

PCMCIA Standard Release 1.0/JEIDA 4.0 - June 1990

PCMCIA Standard, Releases 2.0, 2.01 and 2.1 - 1991-1994

PC Card Standard-February 1995

The latest release of the PC Card Standard improved overall PCMCIA compatibility and added support for features such as 3.3 volt operation for power-saving notebook computers, Direct Memory Access (DMA) support for faster throughput, and 32-bit CardBus bus mastering for 32-bit applications.

Q02 : What is PCMCIA Card Types (Type I, Type II, Type III)?

The PC Card Standard provides physical specifications for three types of PC Cards, with provisions for extended cards. Each card type has features that fit the needs of different applications.

Type I PC Cards are typically used for memory devices such as RAM, Flash, OTP, and SRAM cards.

Type II PC Cards are typically used for I/O devices such as data/fax modems, LANs, and mass storage devices.

Type III PC Cards are used for devices whose components are thicker, such as rotating mass storage devices.

These Extended cards allow the addition of components that must remain outside the system for proper operation, such as antennas for wireless applications. All three card types measure the same in length and width, and use the same 68-pin connector along the edge for connecting to a computer. The only difference between the card types is thickness, which vary as 3.3, 5.0, and 10.5 millimeters for Type I, Type II, and Type III cards respectively. Because they differ only in thickness, a thinner card can be used in a thicker slot, but a thicker card can not be used in a thinner slot.

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Q01 : What is PCMCIA?

In June of 1989, a non-profit trade association and standards body known as the Personal Computer Memory Card Industry Association, or simply PCMCIA, was formed in Sunnyvale, CA with the intention of establishing, marketing, and maintaining a new expansion technology designed specifically for on-the-road computing. A credit card-sized casing would be developed to house a new generation of micro expansion cards that notebook & laptop users could use to add memory, storage, or communication capabilities to their machines on the fly. Hence the PCMCIA card, which has become more commonly known as the PC Card, was born.

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