Abstract: A computer system with a PC Card external connector sends signals to PCI devices as if respective PC Card functions. A cooperating docking station connects to the PC Card connector and so processes the PC Card signals that a set of signals for supporting PCI bus standard are made available at a PCI bus of the docking station. The docking station is hence able to connect to a bus commonly available on computers, particularly laptop computers, for direct plug-in connection and yet supports connection of PCI adapters that otherwise tend to be supported only within a main computer at an internal PCI bus.

Abstract: A probe housing includes a cover and an aluminum base that comprises a plate and a threaded collar for screwing the base onto a pipe-T. A threaded bore permits liquid from the pipe-T to pass through the plate. A pressure transducer, comprises a transducer housing and a threaded coupling. The transducer, a circuit board, and a washer-shaped circuit board support are mounted in the probe housing with the threaded coupling passing through a hole in the circuit board and the circuit board support and screwing into the bore in the base plate so that the circuit board is firmly held between the transducer housing and the support. A temperature sensor is held in a cavity in the plate by thermally conductive adhesive and is separated from the liquid in the pipe-T by only a relatively thin portion of the base to sense the temperature of the liquid.