Introduction

FWB400-PCI01 is a 3-port OHCI Compliant 1394b-2002 to PCI 64bit/33MHz Host Adapter featuring Texas Instruments Link-Layer Controller (LLC) TSB82AA2B and IEEE 1394b 3-port Cable Transceiver/Arbiter TSB41BA3B.

FWB400-PCI01 is designed to meet the demanding requirements for Home Networking with today's IEEE 1394b-2002 standard.

There are two available models (FWB400-PCI01A and FWB400-PCI01B)

FWB400-PCI01A: Port1,Port3 are Beta port and Port 2 is Bilingual port

Port Speed/Mode Selection

Mode No.
Port1
Port2
Port3
Self-ID
14
B4
S
Bil
T
B4
S
1394b

FWB400-PCI01B: Port 1~3 are Beta port

Port Speed/Mode Selection

Mode No.
Port1
Port2
Port3
Self-ID
6
B4
S
B4
S
B4
S
1394b
  • Bil= 1394b-2002 Bilingual(S400b only Beta operating speed and data strobe: S400,S200 and S100 operating speeds)
  • B4=1394b-2002 Beta-only, S400b, S200b, and S100b operating speeds
Technical Specifications
Host Bus:

PCI 2.X Compliant :

  • 3.3-V core logic with universal PCI interfaces compatible with 3.3-V and 5-V PCI signaling environments.
  • 33-MHz/64-bit and 33-MHz/32-bit selectable PCI interface.
  • Low Profile PCI Form Factor (64.0mm x 163.5mm)
IEEE 1394 Std Support:
  • Fully Supports Provisions of IEEE 1394b-2002 at S100, S100B, S200, S200B, S400, and S400B Signaling Rates (B Signifies 1394b Signaling)
  • Fully Supports Provisions of IEEE 1394a.2000 and 1394.1995 Standard for High Performance Serial Bus
  • Fully Interoperable With Firewire, SB1394, DishWire, and i.LINK Implementation of IEEE Std 1394
IEEE-1394 to PCI Chip:

Texas Instruments OHCI 1.1 Compliant Lynx TSB82AA2B

1394b PHY:

Texas Instruments TSB41BA3B

Number of Ports:

Provides three fully backward Compatible, (1394a.2000 Fully compliant) Bilingual P1394b Cable Ports at up to 400 Megabits per Second (Mbits/s). (S400/S400B/S200/S200B/S100)

Bus Power Connector:

with mini 4-pin DC + 12V Power Connector

Operating System Requirements
  • Windows XP SP2 / 7 / 8 / 8.1
  • Mac OS 10.3 or higher
  • Linux 2.6.12 or higher
Applications