Goepel PCI 61 Series, Original User Manual

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Hardware
PXI/ PCI 61xx – User Manual 3-3
3.2 Technical Data
The PXI 61xx controller board is a slot-in board developed for the
PXI™ bus. PCI eXtensions for Instrumentation (
PXI
) is a modular
instrumentation platform originally introduced in 1997 by National
Instruments and now promoted by the PXI Systems Alliance (
PXISA
).
PXI™ is based on the CompactPCI™ bus, and it offers all of the
benefits of the PCI architecture including performance, industry
adoption and COTS technology. PXI adds a rugged CompactPCI
mechanical form-factor, an industry consortium that defines hardware,
electrical, software, power and cooling requirements, leaving nothing
to chance. Then PXI™ adds integrated timing and synchronization
that is used to route synchronization clocks, and triggers internally.
PXI™ is a future-proof technology, and is designed to be simply and
quickly reprogrammed as test, measurement, and automation
requirements change.
The
PXI 61xx controller board operates as PXI slave, therefore the
board may be plugged into any desired slot of a PXI chassis except
slot 1. The PCI Plug & Play auto detection mechanism is supported by
the PXI 61xx controller board. No jumper configuration is needed for
PXI integration.
CompactPCI and PXI products are interchangeable, i.e. they can be
used in either CompactPCI or PXI chassis, but installation in the
alternate chassis type may eliminate certain clocking and triggering
features. So for example you could mount a CompactPCI network
interface controller in a PXI rack to provide additional network
interface functions to a test stand. Conversely, a PXI module installed
in a CompactPCI chassis would not utilize the additional clocking and
triggering features of the PXI module.
The
PXI 61xx controller board is already prepared for use in a PXI
Express hybrid slot, which delivers support for both the PCI and the
PCI Express bus by taking advantage of available pins on the high-
density backplanes.
The
PCI 61xx controller board was developed as a slot-in board for
the
PCI
bus system Rev. 3.0. It supports a 32bit wide data
transmission at 33MHz, in 3.3V systems as well as in 5V systems.
The timing and synchronization mechanisms known from
PXI™
systems are also provided from PCI 61xx controller boards via the
TriggerConnector .
The PXI/ PCI 61xx controller board is a 3U standard module and
occupies one slot width.
Board dimensions without bracket and handle:
♦
PXI 61xx : 160 mm x 100 mm (L x W)
♦
PCI 61xx
: 168 mm x 107 mm (L x W)
3.2.1 General
3.2.2 Dimensions