The AirCard® 575 PC Card offers wireless broadband access from laptop computers to enterprise applications, streaming audio and video, and the Internet. The AirCard® 575 PC Card was the first CDMA 1xEV-DO terminal used to test the EV-DO capabilities of the networks of some major carriers like Lucent Technologies and Nortel. The card was never released to the consumer market but it was followed by the modernized version – AirCard® 580 PC Card – that introduced a new form factor, a new antenna design and the compatibility with the faster CardBus host interface.
Key features:
- A powerful, cost effective 1xev-do engine that integrates easily into devices
- CDMA 1xEV-DO next generation high-speed wireless data
- Dual-band operation: 800 MHz and 1900 MHz
- Supports receiver diversity at 1900 MHz
- High-speed wireless data access up to 2.4 Mbps
- Backwards compatible to CDMA 1xRTT
- Standard 32-bit CardBus electrical interface for efficient power management
- Rugged, unique form factor, built with lightweight materials
- Simple installation and a user-friendly experience
Contributions to the product:
| Written Specifications and Procedures | Embedded Software Design |
| Hardware requirements and system I/O mapping Functional specification | Firmware design documents Host interface design motes |
| Code Development | Testing & Debugging |
| Board start-up and boot-loader Flash programming support Host interface protocol (data link layer) for PCMCIA Card information structure (CIS) library for multifunction PC cards AT command interpreter extensions Firmware upgrade tools | Firmware debug support Exception/error handler Host interface test and debugging utilities Test application for evaluating the multiplexing capabilities of the host interface |