Express card adapter for NI Express Card 8360

[.aCe.]

Hi All,

I am trying to find a USB or Firewire or eSATA or PCMICIA to express card adapter for my laptop (DELL Latitude E6400) to connect an NI Express card 8360.

I have searched for adapters but they are all based on USB2.0 technology but the link below seems to suggest that USB based adapters wont work.

http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/allkb/B5E9398279914984862574F700049847 

I was wondering if any of you had the same issue and got it to work one way or the other?  

The idea is to use the express card to communicate to a NI PXI-1033 PXI rack.

thanks and regards,

ace

[Jas.W]

Hi ace,

There isn't really anything I can add to this issue except to echo what it said in that link. NI don't manufacture such adapters so I can't recommend any, hopefully someone else has had some experience with this and can offer some advice on the issue. 

Kind Regards,

Jas.W 

[abk_1973]

Hi

I am having the same problem as ace.  I have a DELL Latitude as well and having hard time finding an adaptor to connect NI express card 8360 to PCMCIA.

abk 

[Robert__R]

I don't think you'll find anything.  The problem is that PCMCIA is basically PCI, and the NI ExpressCard-8360 is PCI Express.  It's easier to make adapters from PCIe to [USB, PCI, SATA, CardBus] than the other way around. 

You can find adapters from PCIe slots (in desktops) to ExpressCard because the PCIe interface is available in that situation.  

You could consider the NI CardBus-8310, or look for a different laptop.