Product category:
Embedded Computing and Control
News Release from: Congatec
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 13 April 2007
Alliance helps standardise COM Express
PnP
Adlink, Ampro and Congatec have published a free design guide enabling easy exchange by embedded system engineers of COM Express components.
Embedded computing specialists Adlink, Ampro and Congatec have united to support a common implementation strategy for COM Express modules and carrier boards The companies have jointly published a free design guide enabling easy exchange by embedded system engineers of COM Express components to help avoid risks of vendor-related technical incompatibilities
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 29 Nov 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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Complete documentation is available immediately at no cost to all interested parties at www.comexpress-pnp.org.
COM Express is a well-defined PCI Industrial Computer Manufacturers Group (PICMG) standard for computers-on-modules (COMs).
It offers great flexibility for many embedded computing applications.
The specification defines two module sizes and five different pinout types.
The PICMG standard allows the implementation of COM Express solutions with certain freedom in power sequencing, I/O definition and other criteria.
These choices are often a limitation for the interchangeability from one vendor to the other.
Without applying the PnP implementation guide some features simply might not work when using a third party COM or carrier board.
The COM Express PnP implementation, initiated by Congatec, is available as a design guide that fully details the circuitry needed by system OEMs to achieve module interchangeability.
System companies need to create carrier boards that truly support multiple module vendors' products.
The design guide includes the implementation of all available COM Express interfaces.
All schematics for a full featured carrier board are also provided.
COM Express suppliers and system integrators supporting this PnP implementation are welcome to a free company listing on the COM Express website.
Additionally, module vendors and system integrators are welcome to join the COM Express Plug-and-Play Initiative.
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