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Product category: Boards and Backplanes
News Release from: Rittal | Subject: Modular CompactPCI backplanes
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 07 October 2003

Modular CompactPCI backplanes bridge the
gap

A new range of modular CompactPCI backplanes is available with two to eight slots, which enable the bus to be extended via ultra-low-profile bridges.

A new range of modular CompactPCI backplanes is available with two to eight slots, which enable the bus to be extended via ultra-low-profile bridges The bridges are mounted to the rear of the backplanes, which are fully compliant with the latest CompactPCI specifications from PICMG, the PCI Manufacturers Group

By rear mounting, the bridges allow full use of all the slots in both the primary CompactPCI bus and the secondary, or bridged, bus.

The (top of the) tallest component on the 32 or 64bit bridges is less than 16mm from the rear of the backplanes, and so allows the use of off-the-shelf rear transition modules.

Power consumption of the bridges is significantly less than 0.5W at 5V or 1W at 3.3V under normal circumstances, and they derive their power from the bridged backplanes.

Fully compliant with PICMG2.0 R3.0 and compatible with earlier specification products the backplanes include VI/O selection (+3.3 or +5V) and user-definable geographic addresses for each slot.

Versions with the H.110 telecom bus are also available, as are H.110 rear palette low-profile bridges Rittal can provide a chart to show which backplanes from the range should be used with which bridges to create systems from nine slots to a maximum 21 slots in a 19in subrack, driven by a single CPU connected to the primary backplane. Request a free brochure from Rittal ...

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