Need help finding a PCI-e board

[Moorpheus]

Hi,

Looking to use Vision Assistant with a CCD camera but firstly I need to buy a PCI-e board.

The board must be x16, with a 1394a port and have an OHCI chipset.

Any help on this would be appreciated - I can find boards that are x1 but I'm seeing conflicting reports on whether x1 can be connected to a x16 etc.

Thanks

Tom

[natmojo]

Tom,

A x1 PCIe device can be plugged into a x16 slot.  This is referred to as "Up-plugging."  The PCIe specification states that all devices and ports must be able to negotiate a x1 lane connection at a minimum so this will work.

A x16 PCIe Gen1 target device with a theoretical bandwidth limit of 4 GB/s  is over-kill for a 1394 port so you will be hard pressed to find a 1394, x16 PCIe board because the cost would be too much.  Three 1394B ports all running at 800 Mbit/s would not be able to saturate a x1 connection with 250 MB/s of theoretical bandwidth.

Best Regards,

Jeff