Wave Issue 0207 3/4/02 Article 5-01

***parvus Unveils Wireless CDMA Modem Carrier Board in PC/104
Form Factor
(February 28)

parvus Corp. Thursday announced the release of its CDMA Carrier
Board, a cellular modem carrier module for wide-spectrum
communications applications.

Manufactured to PC/104 board specifications, the carrier board
enables original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to deploy CDMA
(Code Division Multiple Access)-based, fixed, mobile or wireless
devices. It supports standard cell phone features, including
microphone, speakers and line-in/out.

The board includes two serial ports and a CDMA modem jack for
integration of a wireless modem (such as offered by Sierra
Wireless and others).

Features/Specifications

-- Dual serial control and data interfaces (COM1, COM2)
-- Xilinx programming logic
-- LED status indicator
-- PC/104 form factor
-- National Semiconductor PC16552DV DUART
-- Zero degrees C to +70 degrees C operating range
-- Low power consumption
-- Rugged performance and environmental specs
-- Onboard power supply requires only 5 Vdc
-- CDMA jack
-- COM1 configurable as pass-through to CDMA

Applications

The CDMA Carrier Board is suited for embedded microcomputers in
devices commonly found in the avionics/aerospace, defense,
factory automation, light industrial, medical, telecom and
transportation fields, such as distributed communications
systems, point-of-sale devices, mobile terminals, industrial
meters, vehicle or fleet management applications, and remote data
logging nodes, etc.

Systems development projects not using the PC/104 bus can
configure the CDMA board to communicate directly with the CDMA
modem, by changing jumper settings and bypassing the PC/104 bus
with a standard serial port.

www.parvus.com