Brain and Google are failing me on this adapters name

Back in the old days of ProfiBUS, I used to use this little adapter card that plugged into my laptop, it was like a compact flash card but taller on the computer end, and 9 pin ProfiBUS sub d on the other end.



Anyone have one of these or can point me in the right direction for one? I swear it had a cf card look on one end and female ProfiBUS on the other. It was pretty small.

I took a WAG your laptop end was PCMCIA and google came up with this. It looks like it has a 15 pin D connector:

https://www.amazon.com/Schneider-467NHP81100-Profibus-DP-Card-PCMCIA/dp/B00RZXNT76

There was a Siemens version with 9-pin:

https://www.amazon.com/Siemens-6Gk1551-2Aa00-Profibus-Certified-Refurbished/dp/B001ZR64X4

I know zilch about ProfiBUS

PCMCIA was a laptop spec expansion card that had a single card capability but single or double deck to have the ports inside the laptop space if the designer so desired.

Express card never really took off due to USB.

But I haven't seen a PCMCIA slot on a laptop for a decade or more...

The modern version uses USB to Profibus.
A member sells a generic version that I have used without issue.

https://www.plccable.com/siemens-6gk1571-0ba00-0aa0-plc-s7-usb-to-mpi-profibus-dp-ppi-32-64-bit/

jraef said:

But I haven't seen a PCMCIA slot on a laptop for a decade or more...

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sounds like what he's referring too, but should OP need there is probably an express card version if there isn't a straight up USB version. Would just need a Expresscard USB Dock.

Maybe it was a Siemens CP5511 or CP5512 card. Both are PCMCIA cards.
I used to have a CP5511, but when we changed from XP to Win7 I stopped using it. I think it is a problem with both hardware and Windows support - no 64 bit as far as I remember. And not possible to connect to a VM either.

What are you wanting to do exactly ?
Programming via Profibus. If so, which PLC ?
Connecting a PC to IO via Profibus ? If so, what is the software interface that you intend to use, OPC DA ? OPC UA ? Proprietary driver ? Or .. ?
Or .. ?