Application: Airplane Navigation
Quatech Product Used: PCI-based PCMCIA card reader

Downloading navigational charts to an airplanes navigational computer is an easy task using PCMCIA cards for data storage. A leading navigational information provides has implemented a system whereby a pilot can access current navigational chart data via the Internet, and then transfer it to the plane's onboard system using a SmartMedia card. The company provides a special Smart Media adapter that permits the card to be used in a laptop's PCMCIA slot. Quatech's PCD2-F/PCI-E provides a compatible PCMCIA socket for desktop computers that do not have PCMCIA card drivers.