User Guide • PC3-ALLEGRO • CompactPCI
®
PlusIO CPU Board • Intel® i7-3xxx Processor
Overview
The PC3-ALLEGRO is a rich featured high
performance 4HP/3U CompactPCI
®
PlusIO CPU
board, equipped with a 3
rd
Generation Intel
®
Core™ i7 Ivy ECC (dual- or quad-core)
mobile processor based on 22nm technology.
The PC3-ALLEGRO front panel is provided with
two Gigabit Ethernet jacks, two USB 3.0
receptacles, and two Mini-DisplayPort
connectors for attachment of high resolution
digital displays, configured e.g. as extended
desktop (option VGA).
The PC3-ALLEGRO is equipped with up to 16GB
RAM with ECC support. 8GB memory-down are
provided for rugged applications, and another
8GB are available via the DDR3 ECC SO-DIMM
socket. The PC3-ALLEGRO backplane connectors
comply with the PICMG
®
CompactPCI
®
PlusIO
system slot specification, suitable for a rear I/O
module or hybrid CompactPCI
®
Serial Systems.
Several low profile mezzanine modules are
available as mass storage solution.
CompactPCI® PlusIO (PICMG 2.30) is a new
standard for rear I/O across J2, specified by the
PICMG®. High speed signal lines (PCI Express®,
SATA, Gigabit Ethernet and USB) are passed
from the PC3-ALLEGRO through the special
UHM connector to the backplane, for usage
either on a PlusIO rear I/O transition module, or
CompactPCI® Serial card slots.
CompactPCI® Serial (PICMG CPCIS.0) defines a
completely new card slot, based on PCI
Express®, SATA, Gigabit Ethernet and USB
serial data lines. On a hybrid backplane, both
card styles can reside, CompactPCI® and
CompactPCI® Serial, with the PC3-ALLEGRO in
the middle as system slot controller for both
backplane segments.
The PC3-ALLEGRO is equipped with a set of
local expansion interface connectors, which can
be optionally used to attach a mezzanine side
board. A variety of expansion cards is available,
e.g. providing legacy I/O and additional PCI
Express® based I/O controllers such as SATA,
USB 3.0 and Gigabit Ethernet, or a third video
output. Most mezzanine side cards can
accommodate in addition a 2.5-inch drive.
Typically, the PC3-ALLEGRO and the related side
card would come as a readily assembled 8HP
unit. As an alternate, low profile Flash based
mezzanine storage modules are available that
fit on the PC3-ALLEGRO while maintaining the
4HP profile. The C48-M2 module e.g. is
equipped with two M.2 SATA Solid State Drives
(SSD), suitable for installation of any popular
operating system.
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