The Memory
Card Explorer
is a graphical Windows software package which provides direct access to the data stored in flash, SRAM and ATA PCMCIA memory PC Cards. It allows the binary "image" of the card data to be saved to or loaded from the hard disk drive in simple and fast operations. Data between any two address blocks can be copied and edited.  The format of the data on the card is unimportant - it could be a TFFS style format, or it could be a proprietary format written by a logger or portable instrument, or it could contain a mixture of formats. In all cases MCE can access the data.  Also included is a card viewer that allows direct hex display of the data on the card.

The MCE/NT is the enhanced version including a surrogate Card & Socket Services which will also run on Windows NT based platforms - NT4, 2000 and XP (as well as the 9x platform).

DLL Licensing
For Windows code developers, the DLL "engine" of MCE can be separately licensed for embedding into bespoke applications.  This route allows the difficult aspects of Card & Socket Services and device driver writing to be avoided, because they are all handled by the DLL. Considerable time can be saved in this way when adding PCMCIA capabilities to the users application.

MCE and Desktop Machines
For customers wishing to use MCE in a desktop environment Elan's range of PCI Bus Reader/Writers makes this possible

MCE/NT - Specifications

System Requirements
• X86 based laptop or desktop
• PC Built in internal card slot (laptop)
• PCI based Card read-writer (desktop)

PC Card Storage Technologies
• SRAM Flash Series I (Intel or equivalent)
• Flash Series II/2+ (Intel or equivalent)
• Flash Multi-Level Cell (MLC)
• ATA Flash or Rotating
• AMD Series C, D and E (AMD or equivalent)

Memory Card Functions
• Read whole or part of a PC Card's to disk file
• Write data from a disk file to part or all of PC Card
• Erase all or part of a PC Card's data
• Check card holds blank data (FFH) over the set address
• Compare card data to disk file data over the set address
• Checksum card data over set address (16 bit additive)
• Automatically detect card type and size Card
• Explore feature to view card data in 'real time' File
• Explore (allows Hex view and edit)

Package Includes
• Memory Card Explorer Software CD
• User Manual

MCE/NT turns a standard PC into a PC card duplicating station.

MCE allows the binary image of the data on a pc card to be saved to the hard disc of a PC regardless of the format in which the data is stored.  It can also be used to write to a PC card using a file from the hard-disc, so can easily be used to copy data from one PC card to another.  

To use Memory Card Explorer with a desktop PC you will also need a PCMCIA card slot;  our P423 is ideal for this purpose and gives PC card slot in a front drive bay much like a floppy drive.

By combining MCE software with our desktop PC card slot hardware any PC can have a card duplicating facility added for a very reasonable cost.