Available as a mezzanine add-on companion
board to the CCG-RUMBA card, the
CCJ-RHYTHM enables the CCG-RUMBA to act
as a system slot CPU simultaneously for both
a CompactPCI backplane, and in addition a
CompactPCI Express backplane. In order to
simplify system integration, suitable all-inone
(heterogeneous) backplanes are
available from independent vendors, which
allow insertion of classic CPCI I/O boards (left
from CCG-RUMBA) as well as high speed
CPCIe cards (right to CCJ-RHYTHM). The user
profits from such a hybrid solution by
combining low cost CPCIe modules, available
from numerous vendors, with the advanced
features of CPCIe boards in a single system,
thus providing maximum flexibility.
The CCJ-RHYTHM will be attached on top of
the CPU board, and shares its front panel
typically with the host carrier (8HP front
panel width in total). Interconnection
between the CCJ-RHYTHM I/O module and
the CPU carrier board is achieved by several
expansion connectors, which comprise the
PCIe (PCI Express), LPC (Low Pin Count),
PATA/IDE and SDVO interfaces.
