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Title: SBS GreenSpring Modular I/O announces first PC*MIP mezzanine products. Date: November 2, 1998
Event: None Summary:
o PCoMIP is smallest (47 x 90 mm) PCI-based high performance mezzanine I/O module o Six modules fit on a single-slot 6U carrier board to deliver six functions and 300 I/O lines o Ideal for use in high performance industrial, COTS and telephony applications Full Text:
About PCoMIP PCoMIP is a high performance, high density mezzanine that utilizes the PCI bus as the logical interface. PCoMIP is the smallest open architecture mezzanine (47 x 90 mm) available. Six modules fit on 6U VME carrier boards, 6U CompactPCI carrier boards and full-size desktop PCI slot boards; three modules on 3U carriers and half-size desktop PCI slot boards. The modules are classified into two categories: Type I (flexible I/O) and Type II (front panel I/O) and include features unique to PCoMIP, such as: large number of perimeter ground pins for high frequency performance; and captive injector/ejector hardware for easy installation and removal. "PCoMIP is a logical extension of our IndustryPack module and carrier board product line," says Chris Thompson, general manager of SBS GreenSpring Modular I/O. "PCoMIP retains the high modularity of IndustryPack and adds the bandwidth of PCI. It is ideal for bandwidth-intensive applications requiring performance, flexibility and faster time to market. In order to accomplish our goal of providing products that offer 'true modularity', we plan to offer PCoMIP modules for a wide variety of applications. Future product plans include Mil-STD 1553B, High Speed Serial, Octal Serial, SVGA video, SCSI II/Ultra SCSI, Analog I/O, USB, FireWire, ATM, and T1/E1 modules." Price and Availability The MC-606 carrier board and the P-100BT, P-D64, P-IO32 and P-F64 modules will be available for shipment in Q4, 1998. The MC-606 carrier board is priced at $595 (list). The PCoMIP mezzanine modules range in price from $350 for the P-100BT to $1,750 for the P-F64. Contact SBS GreenSpring for additional pricing information. Product Features The MC-606 is a front panel I/O mezzanine carrier board for CompactPCI with six PCoMIP sites. Four of the sites support front panel I/O. Two sites in back support rear panel I/O modules. The MC-606 conforms to both PICMG CompactPCI Specifications and PCoMIP draft specification (ANSI/VITA Task Group VITA-29). The P-100BT Fast Ethernet module provides a 100BaseTx Ethernet interface and complies with the IEEE 802.3 and ANSI 8802-3 Ethernet Standards. It supports auto detection between 10BaseT and 100BaseTx. The P-D64 provides 64 MB of DRAM and the P-F64 provides 64 MB of non-volatile Flash memory on single-sized PCoMIP modules. The P-IO32 module features 32 digital input/output channels. Each channel can be dynamically and individually configured as either an input or output. Menlo Park, Calif. -- (Nov 2, 1998) -- SBS GreenSpring Modular I/O announces the availability of the first PCoMIP mezzanine products. The first PCoMIP products to ship will include one carrier board and four modules designed for industrial computing environments requiring high-performance I/O capabilities. The MC-606 is a front panel I/O mezzanine carrier board for CompactPCI that offers six PCoMIP sites. The four modules offer a variety of I/O functions enabling designers to mix-and-match modules to system requirements: P-100BT features Fast Ethernet in a front panel I/O configuration; P-IO32 module offers 32 digital input/output dynamically designated channels; P-D64 provides 64MB DRAM and the P-F64 provides 64MB of Flash memory on a single-sized PCoMIP modules. About PCoMIP PCoMIP is a high performance, high density mezzanine that utilizes the PCI bus as the logical interface. PCoMIP is the smallest open architecture mezzanine (47 x 90 mm) available. Six modules fit on 6U VME carrier boards, 6U CompactPCI carrier boards and full-size desktop PCI slot boards; three modules on 3U carriers and half-size desktop PCI slot boards. The modules are classified into two categories: Type I (flexible I/O) and Type II (front panel I/O) and include features unique to PCoMIP, such as: large number of perimeter ground pins for high frequency performance; and captive injector/ejector hardware for easy installation and removal. "PCoMIP is a logical extension of our IndustryPack module and carrier board product line," says Chris Thompson, general manager of SBS GreenSpring Modular I/O. "PCoMIP retains the high modularity of IndustryPack and adds the bandwidth of PCI. It is ideal for bandwidth-intensive applications requiring performance, flexibility and faster time to market. In order to accomplish our goal of providing products that offer 'true modularity', we plan to offer PCoMIP modules for a wide variety of applications. Future product plans include Mil-STD 1553B, High Speed Serial, Octal Serial, SVGA video, SCSI II/Ultra SCSI, Analog I/O, USB, FireWire, ATM, and T1/E1 modules." Price and Availability The MC-606 carrier board and the P-100BT, P-D64, P-IO32 and P-F64 modules will be available for shipment in Q4, 1998. The MC-606 carrier board is priced at $595 (list). The PCoMIP mezzanine modules range in price from $350 for the P-100BT to $1,750 for the P-F64. Contact SBS GreenSpring for additional pricing information. Product Features The MC-606 is a front panel I/O mezzanine carrier board for CompactPCI with six PCoMIP sites. Four of the sites support front panel I/O. Two sites in back support rear panel I/O modules. The MC-606 conforms to both PICMG CompactPCI Specifications and PCoMIP draft specification (ANSI/VITA Task Group VITA-29). The P-100BT Fast Ethernet module provides a 100BaseTx Ethernet interface and complies with the IEEE 802.3 and ANSI 8802-3 Ethernet Standards. It supports auto detection between 10BaseT and 100BaseTx. The P-D64 provides 64 MB of DRAM and the P-F64 provides 64 MB of non-volatile Flash memory on single-sized PCoMIP modules. The P-IO32 module features 32 digital input/output channels. Each channel can be dynamically and individually configured as either an input or output. All PCoMIP products conform to the PCoMIP draft specification (ANSI/VITA Task Group VITA-29). Each PCoMIP module includes a Windows NT driver for plug-and-play operation. About the PCoMIP Specification The PCoMIP standardization effort is backed by industry leaders SBS GreenSpring Modular I/O; more- SBS GREENSPRING MODULAR I/O INTRODUCES FIRST PCoMIP PRODUCTS MEN Mikro Elektronik of Nuremberg, Germany; and Motorola Computer Group. The PCoMIP draft specification is available directly from VITA (Ph 602/951-8866) or from the Task Group Chair, Kim Rubin of the SBS Technologies Computer Group (kim@greenspring.com). About SBS GreenSpring Modular I/O SBS GreenSpring Modular I/O designs, manufactures and markets IP mezzanine I/O modules (under the IndustryPack® name) and IP carrier boards for PCI, CompactPCI, VME, ISA, STD32, PC/104 and standalone platforms. Over 125 IP modules are available for digital I/O, analog I/O, data communications, motion control, field bus, temperature measurement and graphics controller applications. SBS GreenSpring also designs and manufactures PCoMIP modules and carrier boards for applications requiring higher bandwidth, higher density I/O solutions. SBS Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:SBSE), the parent company, is a leading manufacturer of standard bus embedded computer components that perform a broad range of functions. SBS product lines include CPU boards, input/output (I/O) modules, avionics modules and analyzers, bus interconnection products, expansion units, real-time networks, telemetry boards, data acquisition software and industrial-grade computers. SBS embedded computer components are used in a variety of applications, such as communications, medical imaging, industrial control and flight instrumentation, in the commercial and aerospace markets. Contact: For further information on SBS GreenSpring Modular I/O, contact 181 Constitution Drive, Menlo Park, CA 94025; Ph: (650) 327-1200; Fax- (650) 327-3808; E-mail: sales@greenspring.com; web: www.sbs-greenspring.com. |
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