This carrier card delivers power to a PMC module and regulates the PCI bus start-up sequence to prevent a system lock-up by the connection to the local bus.

Acromag (Wixom, MI) introduced the APMC4110 busless PMC module carrier card that allows use of a PMC module in an independent stand-alone mode. This carrier card delivers power to a PMC module and regulates the PCI bus start-up sequence to prevent a system lock-up by the connection to the local bus. The APMC4110 is ideal for custom computing applications based on a re-configurable FPGA module operating independently of VME, CompactPCI, or other bus-level resources. Specifications include:

• Full access to the field I/O via 2 50-pin ribbon cable connectors.
• An external power supply that allows use of any industry-standard PMC module.
• An on-board DC-DC converter that creates +3.3 VDC from the external +5 VDC source.
• A 14-pin Xilinx JTAG connector that facilitates boundary scan debugging.
• A manual reset button that allows the user to force a PCI reset when needed.

For more information visit www.acromag.com.