What is Mini PCI?
Mini PCI is a standard for integrated peripherals, with emphasis on communications, that targets smaller products such as notebook PCs, docking stations, printers, sealed-case PCs (NetPCs or NCs), and set-top boxes. Mini PCI defines a small card (as small as 2.75″ by 1.81″ by .22″) that is functionally equivalent to a standard PCI expansion card. Mini PCI was developed specifically for integrated communications peripherals such as modems and NICs. The Mini PCI card maintains the essential electricals, protocols, PC signals and software drivers as standard PCI v2.2 expansion cards.
