PCI Express for laptop?

[sid]

My computer is an IBM Thinkpad laptop (Windows XP, Pentium M) and I
have a project where I need to plug a board into a PCI Express slot.
I have USB, parallel and PCMCIA ports.

Is there a [reasonably-priced] adapter out there?

Thanks for any replies.

Sid

 

[linnix]

My computer is an IBM Thinkpad laptop (Windows XP, Pentium M) and I
have a project where I need to plug a board into a PCI Express slot.

What kind of board?

I have USB, parallel and PCMCIA ports.

I don't think they'll have the bandwidth for it.

Is there a [reasonably-priced] adapter out there?
Depends.


Thanks for any replies.

Sid

 

[krw]

My computer is an IBM Thinkpad laptop (Windows XP, Pentium M)

What model? The newer models (T60, Z60, etc.) use the Advanced Dock
which has a half-height PCI-E slot (intended for a video card).

and I
have a project where I need to plug a board into a PCI Express slot.
I have USB, parallel and PCMCIA ports.

Is there a [reasonably-priced] adapter out there?

I doubt there is an adapter. How about CardBus?

 

[sid]

I bought a Xilinx FPGA Development Kit and it is in the form of a PCI
circuit board and can apparently only be written to using the PCI edge
connection. Unfortunately I have a T40 Thinkpad laptop. I
misunderstood the literature, seeing that it had a DB9 serial jack and
thought that I could download that way.

Sid

 

[Donald]

My computer is an IBM Thinkpad laptop (Windows XP, Pentium M) and I
have a project where I need to plug a board into a PCI Express slot.
I have USB, parallel and PCMCIA ports.

Is there a [reasonably-priced] adapter out there?

Thanks for any replies.

Sid

Let see if I understand what you want.

You want to plug your laptop into a PCI-E slot, it that right??

So an adapter that can plug into "USB, parallel and PCMCIA port" on one
side to a PCI-E buss on the other side. Right ??

Just to clear things up a little.

I have never heard of such a thing.

But, I could see that a 10/100 network card can be found for each end.

Will that do what you want ??
Or is the PCI-E slot something special ??


donald

 

[Donald]

I bought a Xilinx FPGA Development Kit and it is in the form of a PCI
circuit board and can apparently only be written to using the PCI edge
connection. Unfortunately I have a T40 Thinkpad laptop. I
misunderstood the literature, seeing that it had a DB9 serial jack and
thought that I could download that way.

Sid

First PCI and PCI-E are not the same.

Second, you SOL.

donald

 

[Lionel]

My computer is an IBM Thinkpad laptop (Windows XP, Pentium M) and I
have a project where I need to plug a board into a PCI Express slot.
I have USB, parallel and PCMCIA ports.

Is there a [reasonably-priced] adapter out there?

Not a chance. PCI Express is much higher bandwidth than any standard
(eg; CardBus) port available on current laptops.

 

[sid]

Sound like I'll just have to get a cheap desktop with PCI Express on
Ebay or something. Oh well; live and learn.

Sid

 

[Jamie]

Sound like I'll just have to get a cheap desktop with PCI Express on
Ebay or something. Oh well; live and learn.

Sid

Panasonic Touch Books, has a Laptop that can accept
1 PCI and 1 PCIe.