Technical Information • PCZ-NVM • CPU Expansion Side Card
Features
Feature Summary
General
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Mixed function mezzanine side card
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Based on mezzanine connectors HSE1/HSE2 (8 x PCIe® Gen3, DP, USB3)
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Suitable e.g. for use with CompactPCI® PlusIO CPU board PC7-FESTIVAL
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Provides additional front panel I/O, and dual M.2 NVMe SSD
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8HP assembly together with CPU card
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12HP assembly in total with CPU card and C32-FIO 3
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floor mezzanine
Front Panel I/O
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USB 3.1 Gen1 xHCI SuperSpeed F/P Type-A connector
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DisplayPort F/P connector (standard type, latched), 3
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graphics output
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2 x RS-232 male D-Sub 9-pin (COM port) F/P connectors
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Option C32-FIO legacy front panel I/O (2 x RS-232, 1 x USB2 Type-A in addition)
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Integrated 8HP front panel for CPU card and PCZ-NVM (12HP when C32-FIO 3
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floor mezzanine is
installed in addition)
On-Board Mass Storage Options
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1 x M.2 connector (formerly known as NGFF), M-key, suitable for NVMe (PCIe® Gen3 x4) SSD modules,
up to 2280 size, or autosense legacy M.2 SATA SSD
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1 x M.2 connector, M-key, suitable for standard NVMe (PCIe® Gen3 x2) SSD
UART
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Diodes/Pericom PI7C9X7954 PCI Express® bridge to quad port UART (Universal Asynchronous Receiver
Transmitter), 16C550-type compatible, up to 15Mbps
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Two ports with RS-232 transceivers MAX3243E, TIA/EIA-232-F, up to 250kbps, for front panel I/O (D-Sub
connectors 9-pin male, PC COM port pin assignment)
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Two UART ports for use on C32-FIO mezzanine module (option), TTL level signals
Applications
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Versatile local expansion (side card) for EKF CPU boards
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NVMe SSD based mass storage solution, 2 x M.2 connectors for PCIe® based modules
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Classic COM port front I/O (RS-232), expandable to 4 ports
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3
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DisplayPort receptacle (video output) for 4k capable multi-monitor applications
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USB 3.1 Gen1 based port for communication or removable storage
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