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Model 52791 Getting Started Guide
Introduction
This document describes the Pentek Model 52791 Onyx
®
Family VPX board, its
associated software, what to consider before installation, and installation steps.
Before You Begin:
Description of Hardware
Pentek's Onyx Family Model 52791 is a multichannel, high
−
speed analog data
converter. Using the 3U VPX card format, the 52791 includes one L
−
band tuner, two
500
−
MHz, 12
−
bit A/D converters, and two digital downconverters.
Model 52791 consists of one Pentek Model 71791 XMC module mounted on a Pentek
Model 5201 3U VPX carrier, assembled and tested as a single board. It is ready to plug
into a chassis with a single 3U VPX slot. The Model 5201 is a 3U VPX carrier that
features built
−
in support for PCI Express
®
.
The
Pentek Model 52791 Installation Manual
(800.52791) provides installation instructions
for the Model 52791 and the
Pentek Model 71791 Operating Manual
(800.71791) describes
the operation and programming of the Pentek 71791 XMC module.
Before You Begin:
Consider the VPX Backplane
The Pentek Model 5201 carrier is configured in accordance with the VITA 65
OpenVPX™ standard, which defines VPX Slot Profiles for various signal connections.
Before installing Model 52791, you will need to know or consider the following:
Is your VPX backplane connection x4 or x8 PCIe?
VPX
P0
is pinned out in accordance with the VITA 46.0 VPX Baseline Standard.
VPX
P1
Slot Profile SLT3
−
PAY
−
1F2F has one Fat Pipe Data Plane (x4 PCIe interface),
and two Fat Pipe Expansion Planes (two x4 Aurora links).
VPX
P1
Slot Profiles are as follows:
• SLT3
−
PAY
−
1F (without Option 105) has one Fat Pipe Data Plane (x4 PCIe
interface). (Note that without Option 105 the Expansion Plane is no connects.)
• SLT3
−
PAY
−
1F2F (with Option 105) has one Fat Pipe Data Plane (x4 PCIe
interface), and two Fat Pipe Expansion Planes (x8 user
−
defined).
VPX
P2
has 24 user
−
defined differential pairs (with Option 104 only).
Ensure that the VPX chassis has enough cooling and power capabilities for the
number of installed modules. Refer to the specifications in Section 1.6 of the
Model
52791 Installation Manual
.