EKF PC7-FESTIVAL, User Manual

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User Guide • PC7-FESTIVAL • CompactPCI® PlusIO CPU Board
CompactPCI® PlusIO
CompactPCI® PlusIO (PICMG® 2.30) is a standard for rear I/O across J2. High speed signal lines (PCI
Express®, SATA, Gigabit Ethernet and USB) are passed from the PC7-FESTIVAL through the special
UHM J2 connector to the backplane, for usage either with 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 PC7-FESTIVAL in the middle as controller
for both backplane segments.
The PC7-FESTIVAL can be used in any system with a CompactPCI® PlusIO backplane according to
the PICMG® 2.30 specification. Hybrid backplanes allow the configuration of systems with
CompactPCI® Serial slots in addition to classic CompactPCI® boards.
As an alternate to a hybrid backplane, the PC7-FESTIVAL can be combined with a CompactPCI
®
PlusIO rear I/O transition module.
Sample Small Systems Hybrid Backplane
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