Vecow PE-3004 Intel i350 4-Port Gigabit PoE+ PCIe Card with Wide-Temperature Operation

A mobile NVR or a traffic system with four IP cameras needs each camera powered and connected, and the host needs one controller that handles all four links. The PE-3004 is the PoE+ build in the Vecow PE-3000 series, a four-port Gigabit card that supplies camera power from the host. We specify it for systems we build where four PoE+ cameras report to one computer.

The card carries four independent Gigabit ports on 8-pin RJ45 connectors, all running from one Intel Ethernet Controller I350 at 10/100/1000 Mbps. The host interface is PCI Express x4. The controller supports jumbo frames up to 9728 bytes, link aggregation, 802.3az Energy Efficient Ethernet and DMA coalescing.

All four ports comply with IEEE 802.3at and supply up to 25.5 W at 48 V DC per port. Time synchronization covers IEEE 1588 PTP and 802.1AS, and our IEEE 1588 PTP white paper explains how that keeps multi-camera capture aligned. Vecow does not state a total PoE budget, so we size the 12 V feed against the camera loads. Vecow lists A-coded M12 connectors as an option. The PE-3014 is the LAN bypass build of the same card, and the PE-2004 gives every PoE+ port its own I210 controller.

PoE power comes from one 4-pin 12 V connector. Vecow rates the PE-3004 from -25 to 70 °C operating and -40 to 85 °C storage, at 5 to 95% humidity, non-condensing, and lists CE and FCC. The board measures 168 x 121 mm with a full-height bracket. Vecow lists Windows 11, 10, 8.1 and 7 and Linux support, and names intelligent surveillance, industrial Ethernet, intelligent transport systems, mobile DVR/NVR and industrial automation for the series.