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2 Port Native PCI Express RS232 Serial Adapter Card with 16550 UART

StarTech ID: PEX2S553

The PEX2S553 PCI Express serial card lets you turn a PCI Express slot into 2 RS232 (DB9) serial ports. Based on a native

single chip design (no bridge chip), this 2-port serial adapter card allows you to harness the full capability offered by PCI

Express (PCIe), and reducing the load applied to the CPU by as much as 48% over conventional serial cards.

The RS232 Serial Adapter Card (PEX2S553) is compatible with a broad range of operating systems including Windows®

2000/XP/2003/Vista™/Windows 7/Server 2008 R2 (32 and 64 bit), Linux Kernel 2.6.11 and up, and MAC OS 10.4 and

above.

Plus, the serial card includes an optional half-height/low profile bracket that allows the card to be installed in any PCI

Express slot, regardless of the size of the computer case.

This product is a replacement for our PEX2S552 card.

Backed by a StarTech.com Lifetime warranty and free lifetime technical support.

Applications and Solutions

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2 Port Native PCI Express RS232 Serial Adapter Card with 16550 UART StarTech ID: PEX2S553 The PEX2S553 PCI Express serial card lets you turn a PCI Express slot into 2 RS232 (DB9) serial ports. Based on a native single chip design (no bridge chip), this 2-port serial adapter card allows you to harness the full capability offered by PCI Express (PCIe), and reducing the load applied to the CPU by as much as 48% over conventional serial cards.
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• Self-service automated machines and kiosks to control serial devices such as scales, touchscreens, magnetic card readers, bar code scanners, receipt printers, label printers • POS retail applications in grocery stores, and any other retail store to control keyboards, cash drawers, receipt printers, card readers / card swipes, scales, and elevated displays on poles • Bank teller workstations in either full profile or low profile versions to control their serial devices such as cash drawers, card readers /
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Features • Two high speed RS232 serial ports with support for data transfer rates up to 460.8 Kbps • Compliant with PCI Express base specifications revision 1.
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