System Components - PEP Modular Computers CP341 Manual

CP341
• industry support from over 350 members.
PEP Advantage
PEP Modular Computers' CompactPCI systems are designed as
open systems, able to be expanded at any time, so that their back-
planes can be equipped with precisely the CPCI boards that corre-
spond to a customer's specific needs. However, in order to supply
you with an appropriate choice of workstations, the PEP basic
equipment is divided into pre-configured sets and custom solutions.

1.2 System Components

PEP Modular Computers have devised their CompactPCI systems as a comprehensive
open solution for industrial environments, offering different workstation configurations
which are capable of including all the components necessary to fulfill the requirements
of virtually all existing system functionalities.
CompactPCI Backplane(s)
• 4-slot backplane;
• 6-slot backplane;
• 8-slot backplane;
• 16-slot backplane.
CPU Function
PEP Modular Computers provides CPU boards corresponding in size and characteris-
tics to the special features of the PEP systems.
Display-Related Functions
Display-related functions such as graphics control and frame grabbing are supported by
dedicated boards.
Communication
Communication boards are provided for the currently relevant industrial communication
systems such as, for instance, Fast Ethernet.
Fieldbus Control
Fieldbus control boards provide data exchange with field control and automation sub-
systems like, for example, PEP Modular Computers' SMART2 or VMEbus systems,
using up-to-date transmission standards e.g.:
• CAN fieldbus control
• PROFIBUS control
Industrial I/O Functions
PEP's CompactPCI systems support an ever increasing number of industrial I/O func-
tionalities in the fields of:
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