Expresscard: memory, communication and other modules for your computer

Verbatim has launched a range of SSD Secure ExpressCards with premium AES 256-bit hardware encryption. These are the first of their kind, and are available in 16Gb and 32Gb. From the photo that Verbatim released, we're assuming a 64Gb version is coming soon.

The ExpressCards have a mandatory password input. If you enter 10 incorrect passwords, the drive contents are deleted. It also supports 'guest passwords', that enable all or part of the storage to be accessible to others.

Israel's Altair Semiconductor announced the immediate availability of its FourGee LTE USB ExpressCard. The card supports download speeds of 100Mbps (Upload of 50Mbps). This is more of a trial and testing tool for LTE networks, at least in this stage, and also a reference design for companies.

Altair LTE ExpressCard

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Lexar announced a new ExpressCard/34 module - a professional CompactFlash reader. It supports both Mac and Windows, and also supports UDMA Mode 6.

Via RobGalBraith.com

Fresco Logic has announced a new ExpressCard module that provides a USB 3.0 slot. The USB 3.0 bus has a 5Gb/s speed...

Via RegisterHardware

Engadget reports that the first USB-3 device (a NEC host controller) is now available. Hopefully this means that consumer devices are coming soon. One of the first products we can expect is an ExpressCard-to-USB 3 adapter.

NorPix is introducing a new ExpressCard adapter for GigE or FireWire cameras, at 100 MB/s speeds. It's compatible with NorPix's StreamPix3, StreamPix4 and TroublePix.

GreenHouse releases new ExpressCard SSDs. There are two series:

•  GH-SSD*GEX-34S, SLC with a 120Mb/s reading and 70Mb/s writing available in 16 or 32Gb.
• GH-SSD*GEX-34M, MLC with a 120MB/s reading and 30MB/s writing. Available in 16, 32 or 64GB.

Signatec released the EC14150, a wideband signal acquistion ExpressCard/54 - offering 150Mhz sampling rate on 2 channels, 14-bit resolution and 512MB onboard RAM. It consumes only 4.5W. 

The EC14150 was designed to maximize the quality of the captured signal in terms of signal-to-noise ratio and spurious-free dynamic range over a very wide frequency range. A 24 dB amplifier/attenuator circuit is at the input of both analog channels, where 20 dB of amplification and 4 dB of attenuation are available for selection in steps of 1 dB giving the EC14150 voltage ranges from 100 mVp-p to 3 Vp-p.