EKF CompactPCI® Serial Products: SX2-SLIDE • PCI Express® External Cabling • Host Side Adapter • Dual PCIe x4 Cable Connectors

SX2-SLIDE

CompactPCI® Serial

PCI Express® External Cabling • PCIex4 Host Adapter

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SX2-SLIDE

CompactPCI® Serial • PCI Express® External Cabling
Host Side Adapter • Dual PCIe x4 Cable Connectors

Most computer systems are based on the PCI Express® standard as a high speed backbone for interconnection of peripheral components with a host CPU. Typically all PCI Express® based devices are located closely in a common enclosure.

The PCI-SIG PCI Express® External Cabling Specification addresses extended applications, such as split-systems or I/O expansion by means of a suitable copper cable, available e.g. for a x4 PCI Express® link, up to 7m length. When used with an AOC (Active Optical Cable), distances of up to 300m can be bridged between host and target systems.

The SX2-SLIDE is a CompactPCI® Serial host adapter card for PCIe x4 external cabling. The board is provided with two PCIex4 front panel connectors, for attachment of one ore two remote target systems via PCI Express® x4 links. The SX2-SLIDE has been designed for operation in a CompactPCI® Serial fat pipe slot (PCIe x8), but will also work in standard peripheral slot (PCIe x4 preferred). The on-board PCIe packet switch splits the upstream link (x8 or x4) into two equal downstream links (x4), each delivering up to 20Gbps to an associated target system. Dual clocking is provided on the SX2-SLIDE, which allows usage of CFC cables (such as AOC) in a SSC host system.

SX2-SLIDE

The SX2-SLIDE allows to control a remote PCI Express® based target (downstream) system by a CompactPCI® Serial host CPU via PCI Express® external cabling. The target system may be any PCI Express® based hardware with an external cabling adapter, not necessarily a CompactPCI® Serial system.

By means of the SX2-SLIDE, a CompactPCI® Serial system backplane, with respect to its PCI Express® resources, can be virtually extended. Hence, PCI Express® based devices in a remote target system can be controlled by the CompactPCI® Serial host system CPU in an identical manner as its local resources.

SX2-SLIDE - Typical Application

Feature Summary

General

PCI Express® external cabling host side adapter
PICMG® CompactPCI® Serial (CPCI-S.0) fat pipe slot (x8) or peripheral slot (x4) recommended
Single Size Eurocard 3U 100x160mm², front panel width 4HP
cPCI-S Backplane connectors P1, P2 for x4 or x8 PCI Express® lanes

Cabling

PCI Express® External Cabling Specification Revision 2.0
Two connectors PCIe x4 38-pos. (front panel), iPass™ (Molex)
Two target systems or devices can be attached simultaneously
Suitable for remote target systems to be controlled by a CompactPCI® Serial host
Connects to any PCIe based target system with PCI Express® x4 external cabling adapter
Copper cable assemblies 0.5m to 7m length available
Active optical cable assemblies (AOC) up to 300m length available (Samtec)
PCIe Gen2 x4 allows for up to 20Gbps aggregated bandwidth

Special Features

Gen2 PCI Express® 16-lanes packet switch on-board
Dual clocking for separation from host system spread spectrum clock (SSC) domain
Cable ports are constant frequency clock (CFC) based, as required for active optical cables (AOC)

Applications

For lowest latency at fastest speed connected systems
Distributed computing - host to target system hierarchy
Peer to peer computing - special TCP/IP stack (Dolphin) available
Split-systems, hybrid systems, or system expansion applications
Direct host to target device connection (e.g. PCIe based remote NVMe mass storage)
Vision systems with high resolution cameras directly attached

Regulatory

Designed & manufactured in Germany
ISO 9001 certified quality management
Long term availability
Rugged solution (coating, sealing, underfilling on request)
RoHS compliant
Commercial and industrial temperature range
Humidity 5% ... 95% RH non condensing
Altitude -300m ... +3000m
Shock 15g 0.33ms, 6g 6ms
Vibration 1g 5-2000Hz
MTBF 75.5 years
EC Regulations EN55022, EN55024, EN60950-1 (UL60950-1/IEC60950-1)

SX2-SLIDE - Simplified Block Diagram

SX2-SLIDE

Application Example w. SX2-SLIDE - High Performance Vision System

Ordering Information

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