Sonnet Echo Express SE I (Thunderbolt 2 Edition)

  • Category: Adapter/Expansion
Sonnet Technologies, Inc.
Operating System: 
MacOS
Operating System: 
Windows
Self or Bus Powered: 
Self Powered
Number of Thunderbolt Ports: 
2
Thunderbolt Version: 
Thunderbolt 2

Key Features
• Use a High-performance PCIe Card With Any Mac or Windows PC With a Thunderbolt Port—Connects a pro audio or video, storage or network interface PCIe card to computers without expansion slots
• Compact and Light—Takes up little space on the desktop, but large enough to accommodate most Thunderbolt-compatible cards
• Thunderbolt 2 Interface—Maximum performance with computers with Thunderbolt 2 technology, backward compatible with host computers and other devices equipped with 10Gbps Thunderbolt technology
• One x8 PCIe 2.0 Slot—Supports one half-length+ (up to 7.75 inches long), full-height, single-width PCIe card (plus one daughter card)
• Remarkably Quiet—Temperature-controlled, variable-speed fan automatically and quietly cools the card
• Rugged Aluminum Housing—Provides robust and secure protection for any environment
• Thunderbolt Cable & ThunderLok Included—Includes Thunderbolt cable and Thunderbolt connector retainer clip to secure cable from accidental disconnections
• Upgradeable to Thunderbolt 3—Upgrade interface card available, sold separately
• Free Lifetime Technical Support

—Connect a Full-Height, Half-Length+ PCIe Card to Computers Without Expansion Slots—
Sonnet’s Echo Express SE I enables you to connect one high-performance PCIe card to any Mac or PC with a Thunderbolt™ port. This compact Thunderbolt™ 2 to PCIe card expansion chassis features a PCIe 2.0 x8 slot, and includes two Thunderbolt 2 ports to support daisy chaining of up to six devices to a single port on your computer.

—20Gbps Thunderbolt 2—
The SE I features Thunderbolt 2 technology, which provides ample bandwidth for many of the most demanding, highest performance PCIe cards, and supports the DisplayPort 1.2 protocol to enable streaming to a 4K monitor. It is also backward compatible with 10Gbps Thunderbolt hosts and devices.

—Cool Design Outside and In—
The rugged, lightweight aluminum shell of the SE I chassis securely protects the card inside and helps radiate heat away from it. The airflow path within was specially designed to enable the temperature-controlled fan to quietly and efficiently cool the installed card, which automatically speeds up and slows down smoothly as needed.

—ThunderLok™ Included—
Sonnet includes a ThunderLok Thunderbolt connector retainer clip, which slides onto the included Thunderbolt cable, and screws into the Echo chassis to prevent accidental cable disconnections.

—More Room to Expand—
At 5.6 inches wide x 3.5 inches high x 8.6 inches deep, the Echo Express SE I is compact, but supports one half-length+ (up to 7.75 inches long), full-height card such as such as the AJA KONA 3G, BlackMagic Decklink, Avid Pro Tools|HD Native, and any of the Universal Audio UAD-2 line of DSP accelerators. The added space within enables the SE I to support nearly every Thunderbolt-compatible card available, even many double-width cards!

Specialty cards such as RME’s HDSPe MADI FX card, Blackmagic Design’s DeckLink Studio 4K Extreme, and the Lynx AES16e-50, include a daughter card (a.k.a. extension board or I/O bracket) that mates with and provides additional external connections to the main card, but doesn’t require a PCIe slot’s electrical connections. The daughter card occupies the space adjacent to the PCIe card, without filling a slot.