It often doesn’t make economic sense to choose a larger microcontroller just to get extra pins so the answer is to use a port expander chip. [Raendra] posted a guide for using one of these chips ...

Description: The ProLinx Modbus Serial Port Expander module allows you to attach up to three separate Modbus master devices to a single Modbus slave. The module is designed to act as a multiplexer, ...

Also called a "port expander," another example is a USB hub, which allows multiple USB devices to work with one USB port on the computer. See SATA and USB. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY.

It also comes with built-in surge protection to guard TVs, computers, phones and other tech toys from power spikes.

Bus expanders are computer boards or cable systems that connect to other interface boards, using only one I/O slot while remaining compliant with the bus standard. Bus expanders allow increased bus ...

Each channel (SAS port) transfers data at 3 ... is employed for SATA drives. Expanders use the Serial Management Protocol (SMP). See SCSI and hard disk interfaces. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL ...

Though a bit pricey for pure storage purposes, the fast Gemini Thunderbolt 3 RAID enclosure also offers SD Card, USB, HDMI, and ethernet ports to function as a peripheral hub. Additionally, the ...

Getting that first PCIe port added to the Pi 4 is already fairly well understood, so [Colin] just had to follow the example set by hackers such as [Tomasz Mloduchowski]. Sure enough, when he ...

The Compute Express Link (CXL) interface protocol enables low-latency data communication between system-on-chip (SoC) and general-purpose accelerators, memory expanders, and smart I/O devices ...

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For the week, however, the local bourse was down 0.94%, pushed lower by losses in precious metals, resources and SA listed property ...