StarTech - EC2CBU - CardBus to ExpressCard Laptop Adapter Card â?" USB Based

This PCMCIA to Expresscard Adapter quickly and easily adapts USB based ExpressCard/34 devices to work through your laptop CardBus slot.

With support for hot-plug installation, you can connect and remove the PCMCIA to ExpressCard adapter without even having to shut down the computer, making it the ideal solution for connecting commonly used devices such as broadband wireless modems, flash card adapters and other legacy IO devices. (Note: Only works with USB-based Expresscard/34 devices)

StarTech.com Advantage

• Use this adapter to connect all of your existing USB-based ExpressCards through your laptop's CardBus slot without the hassle of having to replace them
• Drivers are not required
• Hot-plug support allows you to connect/remove this adapter without turning off your system

Features

• Compliant with USB specification 2.0
• Easily connect your CardBus card into the adapter slot and convert to ExpressCard
• USB 2.0 transfer rate up to 480 Mbps

Applications

• Allows older systems with only CardBus slot to use the latest USB-based ExpressCard/34 adapter cards
• Supports USB-based broadband wireless modems (such as CDMA, EV-DO, GPRS), flash memory, flash card adapters, security, legacy I/O (PS2, serial, parallel), optical disk drives, and GPS receivers