CompactPCI range gains Pentium 4-M power
An Advantech product story
Edited by the Electronicstalk editorial team Jun 3, 2004
Advantech is again showing its dedication to the CompactPCI standard with its release of a controller card with an Intel Pentium 4-M processor, and two more I/O cards.
Advantech is again showing its dedication to the CompactPCI standard with its release of a controller card with an Intel Pentium 4-M processor, and two more I/O cards.
The new MIC-3318 controller card with its Intel Pentium 4-M processor makes a big leap from its predecessor MIC-3351.
Not only with the new processor, but also with the performance enhancement that comes with a system at this level.
The 400MHz system bus has Intel Netburst, 512Kbyte of on-die L2 cache, and support for DDR memory, as well as two Ultra ATA 33/66/100 high-speed IDE drives.
The solid Intel 845GV chipset has been chosen handle VGA graphics.
The MIC-3318 offers a plethora of I/O options.
Two COM ports offer support for RS232/422/485; there are also two USB ports, two gigabit LAN ports, and a CompactFlash port.
If more options are required, the rear-access MIC-3318R provides an additional two USB ports, one LAN port, a VGA port, a PS/2 port, and another COM port.
For more advanced I/O needs, two new I/O cards - MIC-3780 and MIC-3753 - are designed to meet market demands for more specific requirements.
MIC-3753 is a 72bit digital I/O card for the CompactPCI bus.
The card emulates mode 0 of the 8255 PPI chip, but the buffered circuits offer higher driving capability.
The 72 I/O lines are divided into nine 8bit I/O ports, and users can configure each port as input or output via software.
MIC-3780 is a general purpose multiple channel counter/timer card for the CompactPCI bus.
It provides eight 16bit counter channels, eight digital outputs and eight digital inputs.
Advantech has also created custom counter functions for industry and laboratory applications.
Because of the extremely low mean-time-to-repair (MTTR), hot-swap capability is one of the most popular features of new CompactPCI cards as users can unplug and plug boards into a "live" computer system without disrupting operating functions.
The new Advantech I/O cards support the PICMG R2.1 hot-swap specification, and are classified as "high-availability" cards.
This means that the state of the card can be controlled by software, and duplicate cards can coexist in the same chassis so individual failed cards can be isolated and removed.
For the telecommunications industry in particular, hot-swap capability is critical, and is having a significant impact on proprietary hot-swap technologies currently used.
The three new MIC cards from Advantech are available in early June, and are recommended in applications such as defense, transportation, traffic control, test and measurement and of course, telecommunications.
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