Cronologic Ndigo Crate, User Manual

Page 1: ...Revision 1 0 as of 2012 05 10 cronologic GmbH Co KG Ndigo Crate User Guide cronologic 1...

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Page 3: ...s subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of cronologic GmbH Co KG For requests or feedback you can contact cronologic GmbH Co KG Address cronologic GmbH Co KG...

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Page 5: ...Speci cations 5 2 4 1 Power Supply 5 2 4 2 Electrical Load of each Power Supply Rail 6 2 4 3 Electrical Load per Slot 7 3 Installation 9 3 1 Installation of the PCIe x16 host card 9 3 2 Installation o...

Page 6: ...eed data acquisition DAQ system It can also be used to house other PCIe and PCI devices such as DAQ cards GPUs for high performance computing storage adapters or networking equipment The PCIe expansio...

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Page 8: ...igure 2 1 shows an exemplary con guration of the Ndigo Crate and may not resemble your ordered product Figure 2 1 Ndigo Crate front panel view 2 2 PCIe Host Card Figure 2 2 shows the PCIe x16 host car...

Page 9: ...the Ndigo Crate 2 3 Internal View Figure 2 3 provides insight to the opened enclosure of the Ndigo Crate In this con guration example two PCIe cards are installed onto the base board and may not resem...

Page 10: ...2 4 Electrical Speci cations 2 4 1 Power Supply The table below Table 2 1 lists AC input and DC output voltage frequency range current and peak loads of the power supply shipped with the Ndigo Crate...

Page 11: ...Electrical Load of each Power Supply Rail The nominal and maximum electrical load per power supply rail of the Ndigo Crate are show in Table 2 2 below The given values apply to the exemplary con gura...

Page 12: ...each power supply rail of the Ndigo Crate with installed PCIe ex pansion card but without any installed PCIe cards 2 4 3 Electrical Load per Slot The Ndigo Crate PCIe expansion enclosure provides eigh...

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Page 14: ...rational mode it is obligatory that the enclosure of the Ndigo Crate is closed and the slot brackets are inserted with the mounting screws fastened 3 1 Installation of the PCIe x16 host card Before yo...

Page 15: ...h slot The Ndigo Crate is capable of any link width up to the number of lanes electrically connected at the slot x4 or x8 see Table 7 This might not be true for all third party PCIe boards The negotia...

Page 16: ...nect the PCIe x16 host cable to the PCIe x16 host cable connector of the PCIe expansion card which is installed in the Ndigo Crate please refer to gure 2 1 Also PCIe x16 host connection iPassTM cables...

Page 17: ...up some 2 5Gb s Legend 0 5s LED o 1 5s LED o 0 5s LED on 1 5s LED on Table 3 3 Negotiated lane width in the PCIe x16 slots of the Ndigo Crate 3 5 Maintenance The cooling fans have to be checked and c...

Page 18: ...fety The Ndigo Crate does not pose any hazard as de ned by DIN EN 61010 1 Restriction of Hazardous Substances RoHS The Ndigo Crate complies with EU directive 2002 95 EG RoHS Stiftung Elektro Altger te...