VPX4840 series 6U VPX carrier cards have 16-lane Gen 3 PCIe interface
VPX carrier cards from Acromag host dual XMC modules to support a variety of signal processing and computing options. The VPX4840 series of carrier cards route power and bus signals to the two plug-in XMC mezzanine modules which have a 16-lane Gen 3 PCIe interface, affording a range of FPGA, GPU, I/O and CPU combinations.
The VPX4840 and VPX4850 feature two XMC slots with support for front or rear panel I/O. They are available with VITA 42, VITA 61, or VITA 88 connectors to route power and interface bus signals to the plug-in mezzanine modules.
6U VPX carrier cards provide a simple and cost-effective way to interface an XMC module to a VPX computer system, said Acromag. They offer host processors low latency access to the XMC modules through high-speed interconnects on the carrier card.
The XMC sites enable rapid data throughput with the use of a 16-lane PCIe Gen 3 interface. These sites support front or rear panel I/O. Acromag offer two versions with a choice of direct PCIe connection to the VPX backplane via the data or expansion plane.
Inserting XMC modules providing advanced signal processing, communication, GPU/FPGA computing and other capabilities allows developers to leverage hundreds of available functions currently unavailable in a VPX platform, said Acromag. The carrier cards also support the use of a prXMC processor module.
The carriers are suitable for high-performance aerospace, defence, scientific research and industrial systems which require high-speed I/O expansion. Acromag offers the VPX4840 carrier cards in air-cooled and conduction-cooled versions.
The air-cooled version has a temperature range of 0 to 55 degrees C. Models with extended temperature ranges or conduction cooling support are also available.
Software support packages are for use with Microsoft Windows, Linux, and VxWorks operating systems.
Acromag has more than 60 years’ experience working with defence, aerospace, scientific and industrial applications, providing embedded computing and boards which are designed and manufactured with a two-year warranty and a life expectancy of at least seven years.
