INDUSTRIAL I/O PACK SERIES APCe8650
PCI BUS CARRIER BOARD
Acromag, Inc. Tel: 248-295-0310
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www.acromag.com
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GENERAL INFORMATION
The APCe8650 card is a Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIe)
bus card and is a carrier for the Industrial I/O Pack (IP) mezzanine board field
I/O modules. The carrier board provides a modular approach to system
assembly, since each carrier can be populated with any combination of analog
input/output, digital input/output, communication, etc. IP modules. Thus, the
user can create a board which is customized to the application. This saves
money and space - a single carrier board populated with IP modules may
replace several dedicated function PCI or PCIe bus boards. The APCe8650
non-intelligent carrier board provides impressive functionality at low cost.
Model
Board Size
(Length)
Supported IP
Slots
Operating Temperature
Range
APCe8650
Long (12.283”) 4(A,B,C,D)
0 to +70
C
APCe8650E
Long (12.283”) 4(A,B,C,D)
-40 to +85
C
KEY APCe8650 FEATURES
PCI Express
Version 1.1 Compliant Slave Carrier: -
Provides a PCIe bus
interface to control and communicate with industry standard IP modules.
Interface for IP Modules
– The APCe8650 provides an electrical and
mechanical interface for up to four industry standard IP modules. IP Modules
are available from Acromag and other vendors in a wide variety of
input/output configurations to meet the needs of varied applications.
Plug-And-Play PCIe bus Carrier
- The carrier card contains standard PCI bus
configuration memory. Upon power-up the system auto-configuration
process assigns the carrier’s base address in memory space.
Plug-And-Play Interrupt Support
- The personal computer system software
will allocate one interrupt line to the carrier. The carrier’s interrupt pending
register can be used to quickly identify IP module pending interrupts.
Supports Two Interrupt Channels per IP
- Up to two interrupt requests are
supported for each IP. Additional registers are associated with each interrupt
request for control and status monitoring.
Full IP Register Access
- Makes maximum use of logically organized
programmable registers on the carrier boards to provide for easy
configuration and control of IP modules. Supports accesses to IP
input/output, interrupt, ID ROM, and Memory data spaces.
IP Module Access Time Out
- Allows access to empty IP slots without system
failure. If the IP module accessed does not respond within 32u seconds the
bus access is terminated without system failure. This allows each IP slot to be
probed to determine if an IP is installed. A control register bit will be set
and/or issue of an interrupt request to indicate IP module time out access has
occurred.
