PLX Technology PCI 9050RDK Manual

F e a t u r e s
PCI Version 2.1 compliant
board based on the
powerful PLX 9050 Bus
Target Interface Chip.
PCI 9050RDK available for
both Generic and ISA Bus
Adapters.
PLXMon95 provides a
comprehensive tool for PCI
bus monitoring and debug.
Sample Windows95
device drivers.
Comprehensive program-
mers reference manuals for
both PLXMon and PCI
9050RDK Development Kit.
Extensive technical support
available from PLX to ensure
simple and painless integra-
tion design.
Large prototype area and
test header plus daughter
card connectors for circuitry
under development.
A piggyback ISA slot that
enables existing ISA boards
to interface with the PCI
9050 for software and hard-
ware purposes.
PCI 9050RDK
Reference Design Kit
O v e r v i e w
As PCI gains momentum as the preeminent backplane standard,
suppliers of add-in cards of all types are rushing to get PCI ver-
sions to market. Until now, design accelerators like software
development kits have been geared to high performance PCI
bus master adapters. For designers looking for a simple and
painless way to convert their ISA adpaters, PLX offers its PCI 9050
RDK. The RDK plays development host to literally thousands of 8-and 16-bit
ISA cards providing a complete development environment.
At the heart of the kit is the PCI 9050 Bus Target interface chip! This 160
pin chip has a PCI bus on one side and a flexible local bus on the other. It
includes a PCI board designed with the PCI 9050 chip, I/O daughter card con-
nector for standard or custom functions, a breadboard area, test headers, and a
piggyback ISA slot that enables existing ISA boards to be plugged into the PCI
9050 for software and hardware implementation. The PCI 9050RDK also includes
a set of development software tools, including PLXMon™ for PCI bus monitor-
ing and debug, and example serial/modem device drivers for Windows 95.
B e n e f i t s
With OEM PC suppliers and system integrators demanding PCI instead of ISA,
the RDK offers customers an excellent design tool kit for converting existing ISA
adapter designs toPCI. Designers now have a tool to overcome compatibility,
plug-and-play, and the performance downsides of legacy ISA adapters!