Highlights
  • FW-ATA2501D support two IDE (ATA/ATAPI) devices.
Introduction

FW-ATA2501D is a FireWire (IEEE 1394a) to ATA bridge board featuring Oxford OXFW911plus FireWire (IEEE 1394a) to ATA Bridge Controller.

FW-ATA2501D is ideally suited for tailgate interface applications for 2.5" Flash Disk and Hard Disk Drive.

FW-ATA2501D supports "Striping" and "Spanning" RAID function.

It allows two ATA drives (master and slave) to be connected to FireWire (IEEE 1394a) serial bus in a plug-and-play fashion.

Users can easily hot-swap FireWire (IEEE 1394a) drive without interrupting the current operation.

Technical Specifications

FireWire (IEEE 1394a) to ATA Bridge Board for 2.5" HDD:

  • FireWire (IEEE 1394a) to ATA Native Bridge Controller: Oxford OXFW911 plus
  • 1394a PHY: Ti TSBAB2 1394a-2000 400Mbps PHY
  • Firewire (IEEE 1394a) Bus Transfer Rate: S100/ S200/ S400 Mbps
  • Number of ports: Two FireWire 6pin Ports
  • ATA Interface: One female mini 2X22 pin Connector and one male 2x22 pin Connector
  • FireWire (IEEE 1394a) Bus Power: Bus-Powered Mode Operation
  • It can take power from the FireWire (IEEE 1394a) bus and will provide DC power to the FireWire (IEEE 1394a) bus.
  • 1394 Repeater Function: Yes!
    The PHY (TSB41AB2) can be powered by IEEE 1394 bus power to act as a repeater.
  • DC Power Input: DC +8V ~ 30V
    Walkman-type 2.0 mm DC Power Jack
  • Provides power indicator LED and HDD access LED
  • Complies with T13's ATA/ATAPI- 7 Draft Specification:
    • PIO Mode 0-4
    • Multiword DMA Mode 0 ~ 2
    • Ultra DMA Mode 0 ~ 6
    • Supports 48-bit addressing for large hard drives (>128GB).
  • Provides "Striping" and "Spanning" RAID function.
Physical Dimensions
  • 71.93m (W) x 10.25mm (H) x 90.04mm(D)
Operating System Requirements
  • Windows 98SE or higher; MacOS 9.1 or higher; Linux
  • Driver Requirements
    • FireWire:
      • No driver installation for Windows 98SE, ME, 2000, XP, 2003, Vista, 7, Mac OS and Linux
Kit includes
  • Kit 1:
    • FW-ATA2501D Bridge Board
  • Kit 2:
    • FW-ATA2501D Bridge Board
    • CB-00054 (CB-A00008)--- FireWire Plug -to- FireWire Plug 1394 cable in length of 1.0