Multifunction boards save on PCI and cPCI slots: News from Acal Microsystems

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Each of two new multifunction boards from Acromag can be used to replace two I/O boards with one to save money and conserve card slots. The new multi-function I/O boards from Acromag, APC424/464 for desktop PCI and AcPC424/464 for CompactPCI, feature both digital I/O and counter/timer functions on a single card. The 424 models provide 40 digital I/O channels for TTL and differential signals plus four 16bit counter/timers.

The 464 models have 64 TTL digital I/O and four counter/timers.

Digital I/O channels are bidirectional for flexibility to meet almost any input/output configuration.

Counter/timers can be used for counting events, generating waveform control signals, measuring waveforms, and other process monitoring operations Two models on each platform, PCI or CompactPCI, provide a variety of channel configurations.

All models provide four 16bit counters with TTL-compatible thresholds.

For more flexibility, two 16bit counters can be combined to form one 32bit counter.

Six operating modes support pulse width modulation; watchdog timer; event counter; frequency, pulse width, or period measurement; and one-shot or repetitive one-shot functions.

These boards are ideal for manufacturing, defence (COTS), aerospace and scientific applications.

The CompactPCI version of this board offers a more rugged Eurocard format in a 3U size for use in a card cage enclosure with easy board insertion and removal.

High channel density helps preserve the limited backplane slots.

The PCI version is well suited to desktop computers in laboratories, industrial computers common in manufacturing plants, or embedded systems in machinery or other devices.

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