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ISL37400M-EVAL

Network miniPCI

The Intersil ISL37400M WLAN miniPCI

(Note 1) is a complete wireless high

speed network interface card (NIC)

utilizing the Intersil PRISM 2.5 Direct

Sequence Spread Spectrum (DSSS) Wireless Transceiver

chip set. It provides a complete PRISM 2.5 reference design

evaluation platform of hardware and software to system

providers or integrators requiring wireless data

communications capability and is ideal for integration into

computer platforms.

Evaluation kits include a WLAN miniPCI and a WLAN

PCMCIA designed to Intersil’s PRISM reference design,

Microsoft® Windows® driver, LAN evaluation software,

PRISM Transmitter Test Utilities (PTTU) software (Note 3)

and documentation to get your evaluation started quickly. It

supports the IEEE802.11 network specification for DSSS

signaling, providing data rates of 1, 2, 5.5 and 11Mbps.

Access points are available from a number of suppliers,

enabling a total wireless network solution. Typical operating

ranges are shown in Table 1.

A complete PRISM chipset WLAN reference design package

(ISL37400M-CD) is also available. The reference design

package contains all the documentation needed for the

manufacture of the PRISM 2.5 miniPCI WLAN card including

Cadence/Allegro Layout, Gerber files, Concept Schematic,

Bill of Materials, Assembly and Mechanical Drawings, Test

Plan, and a copy of the application for FCC equipment

authorization. Customers who license the reference design

also receive password access to Intersil’s Premier Web Site

for up-to-the-minute updates on hardware and software.

Features

• FCC-certified under Part 15 to operate in 2.4GHz ISM

band

• Support for 11, 5.5, 2 and 1 Mbps data rates

• Supports the lEEE 802.11 direct sequence specification

•Driver supports Microsoft Windows 95, 98, 98SE, 2000,

CE, ME and Microsoft Windows NT®4

• Supports dual diversity antennas

• Advanced RAKE receiver design with Decision Feedback

Equalizer

• Provides wireless data communications at full ethernet

speed

• Designed to fully support miniPCI Type 3A-defined

mechanical and environmental stress conditions

• Intelligent power control, including IEEE802.11 power

save mode

• Complete reference design; the ISL37400M-CD is

available to ensure minimum time-to-market

PRISM® is a registered trademark of Intersil Americas Inc.

PRISM and design is a trademark of Intersil Americas Inc.

Microsoft® Windows® and Microsoft® Windows NT® are

registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.

Packaging

Ordering Information

PART NUMBER

DESCRIPTION

CARDS/SET

ISL37400M-EVAL

WLAN Evaluation Kit

1 miniPCI

1 PCMCIA

ISL37400M-CD

Reference Design

n/a

Data Sheet

December 2001