Requirements/Features
PCI Express Cable Extender, Hardware Manual, Revision 1.2
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Requirements/Features
3.1
Power/Interface Signals
Indication of UUT 3.3V, +12V (green LED)
Indication of in12V power from external power supply or from host computer
(Yellow LED)
Indication overload condition (red LED), PCI express reset signal status (yellow LED)
Indication of present UUP (blue LED)
Overloading Protection (OLP) on the UUT +3.3V and +12V supplies
Support powering UUT from external power supply as well as from host computer (defined
by Jumpers block inside plastic box)
JTAG connector for easy access to the PCI expresses JTAG signals. Enable plug-in JTAG
emulators or AMFELTEC
Easy Loader™
for programming/ loading CPLD/FPGA on the
UUT during testing/production cycle.
Two pin ground jumper for easy using testing equipment that needs ground connection (like
voltmeter, oscilloscope, logic analyzer etc)
Meet PCI express 2.1 specification (Gen2)
Hot-swap support
3.2
Debugging Support
Allow access to the UUT PCI Express bus JTAG signals
Ground jumper for plug in test equipment probes
Support tabs for mechanical stabilization UUT, allow rotate the Cable Extender with UUT
during operation for easy access to the any part/signal of UUT (Figure 4)
Double set of LEDs on top and bottom of the Cable Extender to provide status during
debugging of the top or bottom side of the UUT
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