Product comparison · 2 interface cards/adapters

StarTech.com EC1S232U interface cards/adapter Internal Serial vs StarTech.com Discontinued and replaced by PEX8S1050 - 4 Port Native PCI Express RS232 Serial Adapter Card with 16950 UART - PCIe RS232 Serial Card

20specifications compared
12differ
8identical
15known for one product only

Key differences

Host interface
- EC1S232U interface cards/adapter Internal Serial:ExpressCard
- Discontinued and replaced by PEX8S1050 - 4 Port Native PCI Express RS232 Serial Adapter Card with 16950 UART - PCIe RS232 Serial Card:PCIe
Serial ports quantity
- EC1S232U interface cards/adapter Internal Serial:1
- Discontinued and replaced by PEX8S1050 - 4 Port Native PCI Express RS232 Serial Adapter Card with 16950 UART - PCIe RS232 Serial Card:8
FIFO (First In, First Out)
- EC1S232U interface cards/adapter Internal Serial:512 B
- Discontinued and replaced by PEX8S1050 - 4 Port Native PCI Express RS232 Serial Adapter Card with 16950 UART - PCIe RS232 Serial Card:128 B
Width
- EC1S232U interface cards/adapter Internal Serial:35 mm
- Discontinued and replaced by PEX8S1050 - 4 Port Native PCI Express RS232 Serial Adapter Card with 16950 UART - PCIe RS232 Serial Card:65 mm
Depth
- EC1S232U interface cards/adapter Internal Serial:115 mm
- Discontinued and replaced by PEX8S1050 - 4 Port Native PCI Express RS232 Serial Adapter Card with 16950 UART - PCIe RS232 Serial Card:90 mm
Height
- EC1S232U interface cards/adapter Internal Serial:18 mm
- Discontinued and replaced by PEX8S1050 - 4 Port Native PCI Express RS232 Serial Adapter Card with 16950 UART - PCIe RS232 Serial Card:20 mm
Weight
- EC1S232U interface cards/adapter Internal Serial:33.6 g
- Discontinued and replaced by PEX8S1050 - 4 Port Native PCI Express RS232 Serial Adapter Card with 16950 UART - PCIe RS232 Serial Card:472 g
Package width
- EC1S232U interface cards/adapter Internal Serial:40 mm
- Discontinued and replaced by PEX8S1050 - 4 Port Native PCI Express RS232 Serial Adapter Card with 16950 UART - PCIe RS232 Serial Card:216 mm

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Comparison of EC1S232U, PEX8S952
35 specifications	A StarTech.com EC1S232U interface cards/adapter Internal Serial Model EC1S232U View product	B StarTech.com Discontinued and replaced by PEX8S1050 - 4 Port Native PCI Express RS232 Serial Adapter Card with 16950 UART - PCIe RS232 Serial Card Model PEX8S952 View product
Ports & interfaces2 differ
Host interfaceDiffers	ExpressCard	PCIe
Output interface	Serial	Serial
Serial ports quantityDiffers	1	8
Serial interface type	RS-232	RS-232
Designidentical
Internal	Yes	Yes
Mean time between failures (MTBF)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	87600 h
CertificationKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	CE, FCC, TAA, REACH
PurposeKnown for one	PC	Unknown — not stated by the source
Features1 differ
ChipsetKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	PLX/Oxford - OXPCIe958, PLX/Oxford - OXPCIe954
Baud rateKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	460.8 Kbit/s
FIFO (First In, First Out)Differs	512 B	128 B
Data transfer rate (max)Known for one	0.00044 Gbit/s	Unknown — not stated by the source
Operational conditionsidentical
Operating temperature (T-T)	-10 - 80 °C	-10 - 80 °C
Storage temperature (T-T)	-20 - 100 °C	-20 - 100 °C
Operating relative humidity (H-H)	5 - 85%	5 - 85%
System requirements1 differ
Windows operating systems supportedDiffers	Yes	Windows 10, Windows 10 Education, Windows 10 Education x64, Windows 10 Enterprise, Windows 10 Enterprise x64, Windows 10 Home, Windows 10 Home x64, Windows 10 IOT Core, Windows 10 Pro, Windows 10 Pro x64, Windows 10 x64, Windows 2000, Windows 2000 Professional, Windows 7, Windows 7 Enterprise, Windo
Linux operating systems supported	Yes	Yes
Server operating systems supportedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2019
Other operating systems supportedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Windows XP Embedded
Mac operating systems supportedKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Technical detailsidentical
Compliance certificates	RoHS	RoHS
Weight & dimensions4 differ
WidthDiffers	35 mm	65 mm
DepthDiffers	115 mm	90 mm
HeightDiffers	18 mm	20 mm
WeightDiffers	33.6 g	472 g
Packaging data4 differ
Drivers includedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
ManualKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Package widthDiffers	40 mm	216 mm
Package depthDiffers	180 mm	152 mm
Package heightDiffers	140 mm	53 mm
Package weightDiffers	100 g	585 g
Logistics dataidentical
Products per master (outer) caseKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	16 pc(s)
Master (outer) case widthKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	342 mm
Master (outer) case lengthKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	470 mm
Master (outer) case heightKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	248 mm

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