PCCtest PCMCIA Socket Testers

The PCCtest series of socket testers provides a quick and easy way of verifying the operation of a host socket. Housed in a type II PC Card, the PCCtest includes software to test a wide variety of socket controllers from Intel, Cirrus Logic, Vadem, Ricoh, TI, Omega Micro and VLSI Technology. The PCCtest socket tester verfies all signals on the PC Card interface including accurate Vcc and Vpp measurments.

Manufacturers, service centers and developers of PC Card products can benifit from the quick verification of their PC Card hosts. How many times have you wondered if the problem you were having were hardware, software or both? A 15 second test by the PCCtest can save hours of debug work by validating the hardware portion of the PC Card interface. Some of our customers of the PCCtest product were able to find design errors in products they already had in production.

Sycard provides several versions of the PCCtest product. For designs based on PCMCIA's Release 2.1 specification, the PCCtest 250 provides suficcient test coverage. If your host design includes Direct Memory Access (DMA), 3.3V and Voltage Sense pins (VS1 and VS2) defined in the PC Card '95 standard then the PCCtest model 270 should be used. Sycard provides the PCCtest 273 for special test requirements of the Vadem VG-469.

PCCtest 250 - $495.00
PCCtest 270/273 - $595.00

The PCCtest 3xx series extends the capabilities of the 2xx series by adding a serial interface for "backdoor" debugging of the PC Card interface. If the socket appears completely "dead", the user can debug by accessing the PCCtest's internal registers. Data, address and strobe signals may be monitored or asserted. The 3xx series is perfect for bringing up a PC Card host design. The RS-232 serial interface can connect to the host machine or a dumb terminal. The 3xx series includes the model 350 supporting 5 volt Release 2.1 designs and the model 370 for PC Card '95 based designs supporting 3.3V/5V, DMA and voltage sense pins. Sycard provides the PCCtest 373 for special test requirements of the Vadem VG-469.

PCCtest 350 - $795.00
PCCtest 370/373 - $895.00

In a production environment a PCCtest socket tester may see several thousand insertion/removal cycles a month. To prevent wear and tear on the PCCtest's connector, Sycard supplies a low cost "Socket Saver", the PCCextend 50. The PCCextend is inserted between the PC Card socket and the PCCtest unit.

PCCextend 50 - Socket Saver - $59.00