PLX SDK 7.25

PLX SDK, developed by PLX Technology, Inc., is a comprehensive software development kit designed to help engineers build, integrate, and validate solutions based on PLX PCI and PCI Express switches, bridges, and endpoint devices. It streamlines driver and application development by providing a consistent set of tools and APIs across multiple device families.

Key capabilities:

• Cross-platform libraries and headers that abstract common hardware tasks, including device discovery, configuration space and BAR access, DMA setup and control, interrupt handling, messaging, and error reporting.
• Reference drivers and user-space interfaces for popular operating systems, typically including Windows and Linux in both 32-bit and 64-bit environments.
• Sample source code and projects that demonstrate board bring-up, register access, DMA transfers, peer-to-peer communication, and performance tuning.
• Diagnostic and configuration utilities for enumeration, link and topology inspection, and throughput/latency measurement.
• Comprehensive documentation, programming guides, and release notes to accelerate development and troubleshooting.

Who it’s for:

• OEMs, device-driver developers, firmware engineers, and validation/manufacturing teams who need reliable, low-level control and rapid bring-up of PLX-based hardware designs.

Benefits:

• Shortens time to market by offering proven drivers, examples, and tools.
• Reduces integration risk with uniform APIs and practices across PLX product lines.
• Supports both development and production test workflows.

Note: Supported operating systems, tools, and device families can vary by SDK release. Consult the specific release documentation to confirm compatibility with your hardware and platform.

PLX SDK is developed by PLX Technology, Inc. and is used by 1 user of Software Informer. The most popular versions of this product among our users are: 6.0 and 7.2. The names of program executable files are DriverWizard.exe, PlxCm.exe, PlxExerciser.exe, PlxGenMon.exe and PlxMon.exe.