The SK4-WALTZ is a peripheral slot board for CompactPCI® Express and PXI Express™ systems and acts as carrier card for an XMC-style mezzanine module. XMC modules are specified by ANSI/VITA 42, as an advanced replacement for PMC modules. While using a similar form factor as PMC cards, XMC modules are provided with a PCI Express® interface. The EK4-WALTZ can be used together with 74x149mm2 full length and 74x139mm2 short length XMC mezzanine cards.
The EK4-WALTZ is equipped with a bidirectional 8-lane PCI Express® Gen3 redriver, for optimum high speed signal integrity, and must be installed into a suitable peripheral slot e.g. Type 1 or Type 2 of a CompactPCI® Express (PXI Express™) backplane. The XJ3 connector supports any PCIe link configuration up to x8. In addition, the optional XP1 power connector can be used to supply high current consuming XMC modules (requires Type 1 CompactPCI® Express slot).
Features
- PICMG® CompactPCI® Express standard (EXP.0) peripheral slot card type 1 or type 2
- PXI Express™ peripheral slot card
- Single Size Eurocard 3U 4HP 100x160mm2 with front extension
- Backplane connectors XJ3, XJ4 (type 2 peripheral slot)
- CompactPCI® Express backplane connector XP1 (+12V power) optional (type 1 peripheral slot)
- CompactPCI® Express backplane connector XJ4 with F2 key for CompactPCI® Express & PXI Express™ systems (F1 key available on request)
- PCIe x8 upstream Gen3 8.0Gbps via redriver
- Actual link size and transfer speed as result of XMC module link training
XMC Mezzanine I/F
- Suitable for 74x149mm2 or 74x139mm2 XMC modules according to VITA 42
- XMC module connector J15 (specified by VITA 42 as PCIe Gen1 interface)
- Option XMC 2.0 module connector J15 (VITA 61) recommended for PCIe Gen2
- 8 x PCI Express® lanes Gen1 (2.5GT/s as specified by VITA 42), Gen2 (5.0GT/s as specified by VITA 61) or Gen3 (8GT/s)
- 8-lane bidirectional PCIe Gen3 redriver/repeater for optimum signal integrity
- PCI Express® Gen3 clock buffer for optimum signal integrity
- +12V XMC VPWR
- -12V regulator option (J15 Pin F8)
Applications
- System integration of special functions not available as CompactPCI® Express card
- /O controllers with front I/O connectors
- FPGA or GPU based parallel computing XMC modules
Ordering Options
| Manuf. Part No. | | Product Description |
| EK4-0100-WALTZ | | 3U/4HP, XMC module carrier up to PCIe x8, suitable for 74x149mm size XMC modules |
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