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IEEE-1394 Firewire card

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hardware components IEEE-1394 (Firewire) card Figure 5-5 IEEE-1394 (Firewire) card This new IEEE standard allows you to connect your workstation to digital peripheral devices, such as set-top boxes, camcorders, DVCRs, DTV, DVDs/CD-ROMs, printers, scanners, hard disk drives and cameras. You no longer have to deal with the conversion of digital signals to analog signals and then back again, thus losing the quality of your signal. Using the high speed IEEE-1394 card your signal can remain digital and be used directly by the devices previously mentioned. Figure 5-5 shows an example of an IEEE-1394 card. IEEE-1394 (Firewire) Card The Firewire card is capable of standard speeds of 100, 200 and 400 Megabits per second. These transfer speeds are much faster than the USB interface provides, and this makes the Firewire card ideal for high-bandwidth multimedia applications, such as digital A/V equipment. The USB interface provides low-bandwidth connectivity for devices, such as keyboards and mice. 120 Chapter 5

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hardware components
IEEE-1394 (Firewire) card
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IEEE-1394 (Firewire) card
This new IEEE standard allows you to connect your workstation to
digital peripheral devices, such as set-top boxes, camcorders, DVCRs,
DTV, DVDs/CD-ROMs, printers, scanners, hard disk drives and cameras.
You no longer have to deal with the conversion of digital signals to analog
signals and then back again, thus losing the quality of your signal. Using
the high speed IEEE-1394 card your signal can remain digital and be
used directly by the devices previously mentioned. Figure 5-5 shows an
example of an IEEE-1394 card.
Figure 5-5
IEEE-1394 (Firewire) Card
The Firewire card is capable of standard speeds of 100, 200 and 400
Megabits per second. These transfer speeds are much faster than the
USB interface provides, and this makes the Firewire card ideal for
high-bandwidth multimedia applications, such as digital A/V equipment.
The USB interface provides low-bandwidth connectivity for devices, such
as keyboards and mice.