USB allows peripheral devices to exchange data with a PC and also to receive power over the USB bus. Unfortunately, the bus supplied power is limit to 2.5 Watts (0.5A @ +5V) per port, sufficient to provide enough power to input devices, web cameras among other low power devices. Other devices like printer, displays, pin pads, external CD-ROM and hard drives still require an external power supply. Here comes PoweredUSB, it eliminates the need for additional power supplies. PoweredUSB provides the necessary power as well as the communication signals over a hot pluggable cable. In addition, the Powered USB solves the physical host side cable locking problem associated with the standard USB connector by providing a host cable locking mechanism.

The SUNIX PoweredUSB PCI Add-On card provides a convenient and affordable way to add up to 4 PoweredUSB 2.0 ports to a PC. Devices which require more power than provided by the regular USB interface can be easily installed and used with no need for an additional power supply.

The SUNIX PoweredUSB PCI Add-On card, carrying the latest power switching technology provides +5V, +12V and 24V, through the PC's power supply directly to its 4 PoweredUSB ports. The SUNIX PoweredUSB PCI Add-On card is backward compatible to regular USB 1.1 and USB 2.0 devices.

POS systems become more and more stylish now days, with limited space for the terminal and all peripherals inside. Safe your valuable space and get rid of the peripherals? power supplies using the SUNIX PoweredUSB PCI Add-On card. This Add-On card is the ideal solution for today's point of service systems.