Description: EKF CCE-PUNK I/O Companion Board ( EKF
)
EKF CCE-PUNK I/O Companion Board
Product Name: EKF CCE-PUNK I/O Companion Board
Product Brand: EKF
Product Code: EKF CCE-PUNK I/O Companion Board
Product Artikel: CCE-PUNK
Available as a mezzanine companion board
to the CCD-CALYPSO CPU card, the CCEPUNK is provided with high-speed
communication channels such as FireWire
and USB, and common legacy I/O ports as
well. Interconnection between the CCE-PUNK
I/O module and the CPU carrier board is
achieved by several expansion connectors,
which comprise the PCIe (PCI Express), LPC
(Low Pin Count) and ATA/IDE interfaces.
As an option, the CCE-PUNK is available with
a rugged on-board 2.5-inch hard disk drive
(1.8-inch SSD/HDD as a mezzanine module The CCE-PUNK will be attached on top of the
CPU board, and shares its front panel
typically with the host CPU carrier board
(8HP front panel width in total).
In addition to its front panel I/O connectors,
the CCE-PUNK has been designed also for
rear I/O and therefore requires a non-bussed
single-slot P1/P2 backplane in addition to the
CompactPCI bus. However, if front panel I/O
is solely needed, the J1/J2 connectors may be
omitted as an option. The CCE-PUNK communicates with the host
CPU by means of 3 expansion connectors: P1
(LPC), P21 (PATA/IDE), and P30 (PCI Express).
The LPC (Low Pin Count) is a multiplexed ISA
bus, enabling the super-I/O controller chip to
emulate the legacy I/O interfaces. Among
these are the classic parallel (printer) and
serial (COM) ports.
The Parallel ATA/IDE interface is still essential
for embedded applications, due to the
availability of ATA CompactFlash cards and
1.8-inch hard disks with an ATA/IDE
compatible I/F only. Optionally, the CCEPUNK can be equipped with either a
CompactFlash mezzanine module, or a
robust 2.5-inch hard disk drive, particularly
suited for use in a rugged environment. A
mezzanine module is also available which
carries an 1.8-inch drive, as an alternative.
The CCE-PUNK fits on the top side of the
CCD-CALYPSO CPU board, which is on the
right side when looking at the front panel of
the boards inserted into a CPCI rack. In addition to front panel I/O, some of the
interfaces of the CCE-PUNK are available for
rear I/O across the connectors J1/P1 and
J2/P2. A suitable rear I/O transition module
such as the CCZ-RIO would be required in
addition to gain access to the I/O ports from
the systems back panel.
Several I/O functions are also directly
available by on-board headers on the CCEPUNK, mainly the IDE interface. Other onboard connectors are only stuffed as an
option, however.
If equipped with the rear I/O connectors
J1/J2, the CCE-PUNK must be inserted on a
slot outside of the CompactPCI backplane. A
single slot rear I/O P1/P2 backplane should
be present in the system rack at the CCE
reserved slot. Most EKF systems have the
CPCI busprint justified to the left margin of
the 19-inch rack, with the system slot (CPU
slot) orientated to the right end of the
backplane. Following next to the right side,
the CCE-PUNK should be placed in between
the remaining free mounting space.
