
General Description
2 General Description
2.1 Introduction
Flexible MiniPCI to MiniPCI Express Bus Adapter (Adapter) (Figure 1) is designed to support
expansion of modern motherboards that has no or limited numbers of MiniPCI Express
connectors. Adapter converts the standard MiniPCI motherboard slot into MiniPCI Express slot.
Figure 1: Flexible MiniPCI to MiniPCIe Adapter
It includes one MiniPCI Host Card (Figure 2) and MiniPCI Express Adapter board (Figure 3).
The MiniPCI Host Card has to be plugged into an upstream 126-pin MiniPCI motherboard
connector. MiniPCI Express Adapter board connects to the MiniPCI Host Card via 12” PCI
Express Flex cable. The expansion MiniPCI express add-in board has to be plugged into the
standard MiniPCI express connector on the MiniPCI Express Adapter board.
Because of the flexible nature of the connection (unlike traditional rigid risers), expansion
MiniPCI Express add-in board can be positioned away from the MiniPCI connector on the
motherboard inside a computer chassis.
MiniPCI Express Adapter board has two mounting holes allowing them to be securely fixed
inside a computer chassis.
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