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NAMC-PMC

The NAMC-PMC is a carrier board designed in AMC form factor that supports one PMC module slot. It is an ideal product to migrate from cPCI or PMC based systems to the new and open standard MTCA.

Applications can benefit from the reliabiltiy and the bandwidth of MicroTCA systems as well as from the cost efficiency and large variety of standard PMCs with low cost interfaces such as input/output (IO).

It is available as a single width, mid- or full-size Advanced Mezzanine Card and compatible with MTCA systems incl. customized card guides.

Hardware Overview

To assure the data transfer between the AMC carrier and the mounted PMC module, a PLX PEX8112 PCIe to PCI bridge supports the PCI connectivity.

IPMI

The required Module Management Controller (MMC) needed for Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) communication is supported by the NAMC-PMC carrier.

Special Requirements

The standard width of a PMC module is slightly larger than of an AMC module. The NAMC-PMC is compatible with a standard MicroTCA backplane, but it requires special card guides.

Compared with a single width, mid-size AMC front panel, the standard PMC format is slightly smaller. Neither a hot swap handle nor hot swap LEDs are placed on the front panel. Thus, the hot swap function as described in the specification, is not supported.

Key Features

• Usage of standard off-the-shelf PMC boards in MTCA environments
• Deployment of a rich variety of available PMC modules
• Extention of PMC product life cycle
  

PMC Interface:
- 32-bit PCI bus
- JTAG

Backplane AMC Interface:
- 1x PCIe on port 4
- PCIe to PCI bridge
- Selectable PCIe reference clock via AMC FCLKA or local oscillator

Power Consumption:
- 3.3V, 5V, 12V, -12V power supplies for the PMC are provided by the carrier

Environmental Conditions:
- Operating temperature: 0°C to +55°C with forced cooling
- Storage temperature: -40°C to +85°C
- Humidity: 10% to 90% rh noncondensing

Special Requirements
- Standard PMC size: 74 mm x 149 mm
- Standard AMC size: 73,5 mm x 181.5 mm
- Backplane: standard MTCA backplane with special card guides