RTC
®
5 PC Interface Board
Rev. 1.9 e
17 Appendix C: The RTC
®
5 PCIe/104 Board
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5 PCIe/104 Board
17.1 Product Overview
17.1.1 Intended Use – Comparison to
the RTC
®
5 PC interface board
Just like the RTC
®
5 PC interface board, SCANLAB’s
RTC
®
5 PCIe/104 board is intended for synchronous
real-time control of scan systems, lasers and
peripheral equipment. It differs from the
RTC
®
5 PC interface board in the following hardware-
related details:
• The RTC
®
5 PCIe/104 board is a PCIe/104 module.
Unlike an RTC
®
5 PC interface board, it isn’t
installed in a PC slot. Instead, it connects via its
PCI-Express connectors (directly or indirectly) to a
PCIe/104 CPU board. Up to four RTC
®
5 PCIe/104
boards can be operated via a CPU board.
• The number, type and positioning of connectors
for controlling scan systems, lasers and peripheral
equipment differ from that of the
RTC
®
5 PC interface board.
Otherwise, the RTC
®
5 PCIe/104 board provides the
same functionality for controlling scan systems,
lasers and peripheral equipment as the
RTC
®
5 PC interface board. Specifications for signal
inputs and outputs are the same as with the
RTC
®
5 PC interface board, as are software instal-
lation and application programming. Both the
RTC
®
5 PCIe/104 board and the RTC
®
5 PC interface
board use the same software package (driver, DLL,
import declarations, etc.) and same command set.
17.1.2 Comparison to the
RTC
®
5 PC/104-
Plus
board
The RTC
®
5 PCIe/104 board is equipped with the same
connectors for controlling scan systems, lasers and
peripheral equipment as the RTC
®
5 PC/104-
Plus
board. It differs from the RTC
®
5 PC/104-
Plus
board in
the following hardware-related details:
• For connecting to a CPU board or in the stack, the
RTC
®
5 PCIe/104 board provides (only) a PCI
Express connector instead of PCI and ISA
connectors.
• The RTC
®
5 PCIe/104 board does
not
provide
additional jumpers (for customized configuration
with respect to both the power supply and the
position in the PCIe/104 stack).
– PCIe/104 modules automatically assign the
stack address.
– The RTC
®
5 PCIe/104 board doesn’t have an ISA
interface and related possibilities for customiz-
ing power supply voltages.
– The 10 V maximum output voltage at analog
output ports ANALOG OUT1 and
ANALOG OUT2 on the LASER and MULTI con-
nectors is derived from the +5 V supply of the
PCI Express bus.
• The RTC
®
5 PCIe/104 board can be optionally
equipped with an additional
MARKING ON THE FLY connector (not included in
the standard version).
