1.2 : Feature list
• Air or conduction-cooled, commercial and extended temperature and VPX REDI versions available
• Four 4-lane (PCIe Gen 2) backplane fabric interface to on-board PCIe switch
• Two independent 133MHz, PCI-X PMC slots with front panel and configurable rear IO
• Two 8-lane PCIe XMC slots with front panel and configurable rear IO
• Two MiniPCIe sockets with front panel and configurable rear IO (supports Full-Mini or Half-Mini sized
cards)
• Integrated 5-port Gigabit Ethernet switch (VITA 46.6)
• Microcontroller for board configuration, system communication, control, and status
• Configurable IO modules for custom backplane routing requirements (PMC/XMC & MiniPCIe)
• On-board temperature sensor
1.3 : Related documents
The VP3500 incorporates several features that may not be covered in this manual and may require the
user to reference external documentation for the required information. The following is a list of related
documentation that may be helpful. Please note that the documents listed are not controlled by Rigel
Engineering, LLC, and may change without notice.
• VITA 46.0 VPX Base Standard
• VITA 46.4 PCI Express on VPX Fabric Connector
• VITA 46.6 Gigabit Ethernet Control Plane on VPX (Draft Revision 0.7 July 19, 2010)
• VITA 46.9 PMC/XMC Rear IO Fabric Signal Mapping 3U and 6U VPX Modules Standard
• VITA 46.10 Rear Transition Module for VPX
• VITA 65 Open VPX Standard
• IEEE 1101.2-1992 (2001) IEEE Standard for Mechanical Core Specifications for Conduction-Cooled
Eurocards
• PLX PEX 8114-BC/BD PCI Express to PCI-X Bridge Data Book
• PLX PEX 8648 48-Lane/12 Port PCI Express Gen 2 Switch Data Book
• Marvell 88E6165 6-Port 10/100/1000 QoS Ethernet Switch w/ 5 Integrated Gigabit Ethernet PHYs
• PCI Express Mini Card Electromechanical Specification Revision 1.2
• PCI Local Bus Specification Revision 2.3
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