KONTRON Industrial Partner

Kontron ePCI-201 CPU Board - PICMG 1.2 Single Board Computer, Intel Pentium 4 w/875 chipset. Simple Type: CPU Board

The ePCI-X (PICMG 1.2) specifications offer a ‘pure’ PCI solution which allows the simultaneous use of PCI and PCI-X in embedded systems. Building on the PCI/ISA form factor, PICMG has specified two boards: first, a half-size single-bus board with a PCI-X bus, which resembles the half-size ISA SBCs and allows up to three expansion assemblies via passive backplane. This is used primarily when space is the critical factor. Second is a full-size single or dual bus board with one or two PCI and/or PCI-X buses for I/O-intensive applications. This enables passive backplanes with up to eight slots. The ePCI-201 is such a board and offers both PCI-X with 64 bit and 33 MHz to 66 MHz, and PCI with 32 bit / 33 MHz. Because it remains compatible with desktop PCI, solution providers can draw on cost-effective, standard mass-market PCI products. As an evolutionary development of the PCI/ISA standard, PICMG 1.2 boards are mechanically compatible with the ISA chassis, allowing existing PCI/ISA products to migrate to the new components with the new bus combination without difficulty.