Card Access | Atheros Authorized Design Center

To borrow from a very recent and very large marketing campaign’s core message, the world is unwiring.

At Card Access, we realize this isn’t just happening on PCs. Wireless LAN (WLAN) integration clearly drives much of today’s wireless technology adoption. We know, because members of our team literally wrote much of the book on Mini PCI, the form factor used in today’s integrated WLAN designs for notebook and tablet PCs.

In fact, we’ve been heavily involved with Mini PCI WLAN designs for almost five years. Card Access produced many of the pioneering WiFi solutions including the very first production 802.11a WLAN adapters in the entire world.

But unwiring isn’t just about PCs, and it’s not just about WiFi…

Wireless technology in its many frequencies and forms is reshaping entire industries, and Card Access knows the way around the neighborhood—from 900 MHz technologies and designs to the 2.4 and 5 GHz frequency bands and beyond. Whether it’s a custom wireless requirement, an 802.11a/b/g WiFi implementation, or soon-to-arrive Ultra Wideband (UWB) chipsets, Card Access will be an anchor on your unwiring development relay team in the “product-to-market” footrace.

Markets We Serve
Companies in the wireless chipset development, defense contracting, medical technology and consumer electronic market segments already know what Card Access can do. They have used—and continue using—our knowledge and tools to unwire and make their wireless technology and derivative designs better. We support both the wireless technology developer and the wireless technology implementer in wireless product development efforts.

Whether your application is medical or military in nature or not, sometimes the protocols and standards don’t quite line up with your product requirements. Card Access helps companies stretch their designs for throughput, distance and security that go beyond today’s standards to meet your unique application or environmental requirements.

If you’re working to successfully integrate wireless technology into your current or future products, contact us at moreinfo@cardaccess-inc.com, and we’ll arrange to discuss your goals and needs with you. If there’s a fit between your requirements and our skills, Card Access will work as a trusted partner meeting your unwired requirements, and accelerating your speed-to-market.

Get On The Bus
Card Access can help you unwire your products with designs for custom or standard bus types and form factors including:

Mini PCI
PCI Express Mini Card
PCI
Compact PCI (cPCI)
PCMCIA PC Card
PCMCIA Cardbus
PCMCIA MiniCard
Compact Flash (CF)
Secure Digital (SD)

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