
MicroTCA chassis platform upgraded to PCIe Gen 3
Stephen Law
Electronics Embedded Systems EngineeringPIXUS TECHNOLOGIES PXS0108 MicroTCA chassis platform is upgraded to PCIe Gen 3, providing 6 Advanced Mezzanine Card (AMC) slots and 1 MicroTCA Carrier Hub (MCH) slot. Various power options are available, including a dual redundant configuration. Product has an active backplane that alleviates the need for expensive Power Modules (PMs). The backplane provides a power manager for each slot that controls and limits the management and payload power to the maximum allowed. PCIe Gen 3 brings the backplane speed to 8 GB/s in single x8 or dual x4 options. http://www.pixustechnologies.com
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