the smartio cp-168u board has 8 rs-232 ports, embedded esd 16 kv surge protection, and uses a moxa or 16c550c compatible uart, and has the following important features:

    1 supports universal pci, plug and play (no switches or jumpers)

    2 fits both 3.3v and 5v connector key

    3 reliability—high speed moxa uart communication controllers with on-chip hardware flow control to guarantee no data loss

    4 compact half-size design

    5 embedded esd 16v surge protection

    6 easy installation—32-bit pci bus with plug and play capability

    7 powerful serial comm tool—pcomm

    8 broad os support—windows nt/2000/xp, windows 95/98, linux