Aim ACPe-1 Hardware Manual

Pci express generic carrier card for pmc (pci bus mezzanine card) modules

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ACPe-1
PCI Express Generic Carrier Card for
PMC (PCI bus Mezzanine Card) Modules
V01.10 Rev. A
March 2021

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  • Page 1 ACPe-1 PCI Express Generic Carrier Card for PMC (PCI bus Mezzanine Card) Modules V01.10 Rev. A March 2021...
  • Page 3 ACPe-1 PCI-Express Generic Carrier Card for PMC (IEEE1386.1 PCI Mezzanine Card) Modules Hardware Manual V01.10 Rev. A March 2021 AIM No. 60-18107-16-0110-A ACPe-1 Hardware Manual...
  • Page 4 Notice: The information that is provided in this document is believed to be accurate. No responsibility is assumed by AIM GmbH for its use. No license or rights are granted by implication in connection therewith. Specifications are subject to change without notice.
  • Page 5 Product picture/Block diagram update V01.01 Rev. B 06.05.2015 M. Lamp Note added -12V discharge time V01.01 Rev. C 01.06.2015 M. Lamp Cosmetic changes V01.10 Rev. A 19.03.2021 B. Schweitzer Convert in new document style and add Certificate of Volatility chapter ACPe-1 Hardware Manual...
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  • Page 7: Table Of Contents

    Industry Documents ......................... 3 1.3.2 Product Specific Documents ....................3 Installation ......................5 Preparation and precaution for installation ................5 Installing the ACPe-1 carrier ..................... 5 Front panel View ........................6 Connector Pin assignments...................... 7 2.4.1 PCI Express Interface ......................7 Features of ACPe-1 ....................
  • Page 8 Title Page Figure 2-1 Front panel View of ACPe-1 ................6 Figure 2-2 PMC and Rear-IO Connector orientation on ACPe-1 ........8 Figure 2-3 PMC Keying Codes ..................9 Figure 3-1 Principle Structure of ACPe-1 ..............11 Figure 3-2 Block diagram of IRQ routing ............... 13...
  • Page 9: Introduction

    INTRODUCTION 1.1 General This document comprises the Hardware User’s Manual for the A C P e - 1 (AIM’s Carrier for PCI Express with 1 PMC slot). The document covers the hardware installation and the technical data of the ACPe-1. For Hardware information about the plugged PMC modules and programming information please refer to the according PMC documents.
  • Page 10: How This Manual Is Organized

    – Installation – Section 2 describes the steps required to plug a PMC module onto ACPe-1 and install it into a PCI- Slot in a PC system – FEATURES of the ACPe-1 – Section 3...
  • Page 11: Applicable Documents

    Standard Physical & Environmental Layers for PCI Mezzanine Cards PMC IEEE1386.1/ 2.4, MMSC, January 2001 [I.4] PCI Express Card Electromechanical Specification Revision 1.0a, April 15, 2003 [I.5] PCI Express Base Specification Revision 1.0a, April 15, 2003 1.3.2 Product Specific Documents None ACPe-1 Hardware Manual...
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  • Page 13: Installation

    PC cover to ground yourself and discharge any static electricity during the installation work. The following instructions tell how to plug the PMC modules on the ACPe-1 Carrier Board and install itself into your PC. Please follow the instructions carefully, to avoid any damage on the device.
  • Page 14: Front Panel View

    PMC Front panel Filler. This Filler has to be removed before plugging the PMC into its slot. The picture on the right side shows as a sample the front panel view of AIM’s plugged in AMCX1553-4 PMC module. Instead of this, any third party standard PMC module might be plugged, which is in conformance to the IEEE PCI Mezzanine Specification [I.2].
  • Page 15: Connector Pin Assignments

    N. C. N. C. +3.3V 3.3Vaux +3.3V WAKE# PERST# Reserved REFCLK+ PETp0 REFCLK- PETn0 PERp0 PRSNT2# PERn0 Table 2-1 Pin assignment of PCI Express Add-In Edge Finger Note: Wake# and 3.3Vaux are in standard configuration not connected. ACPe-1 Hardware Manual...
  • Page 16: Figure 2-2 Pmc And Rear-Io Connector Orientation On Acpe-1

    Connector J201 and J202 include the general signals for 32 bit PCIbus. For special test purposes, the Rear-IO signals on connector J302 of the plugged in PMC module are routed to a 64bit ribbon cable connector J301 on the rear area of the ACPe-1 module and is not available in default configuration.
  • Page 17: Figure 2-3 Pmc Keying Codes

    Side 2 Figure 2-3 PMC Keying Codes By default the ACPe-1 is configured as a +3.3V PMC site and therefore, it works with +3.3V or universal PMC types. For +5.0V PMC modules, a specific coded ACPe-1 Carrier board is available (ordering option).
  • Page 18: Table 2-2 Pin Assignment Of J201 & J202 (32Bit Pci)

    Reserved Reserved +3.3V SERR# CBE1# AD15 AD14 AD13 AD12 AD11 M66EN AD10 +3.3V CBE0# Reserved +3.3V Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved N. C. +3.3V N. C. Reserved Table 2-2 Pin assignment of J201 & J202 (32bit PCI) ACPe-1 Hardware Manual...
  • Page 19: Features Of Acpe-1

    ACPe-1 3 FEATURES OF ACPE-1 The principle structure of the ACPe-1 Carrier Module is shown in Figure 3-1. The carrier includes a PCI Express to PCI Bridge device, which performs the transactions between the PCI Express bus from host side to the 32bit PCI bus for PMC mezzanine card.
  • Page 20: Pci Express To Pci Bridge

    ACPe-1 3.2 PCI Express to PCI Bridge The Main part of the ACPe-1 is the transparent PCI Express to PCI Bridge device. The primary side of the bridge has a one lane PCI Express upstream port that can handle standard PCI Express interfaces.
  • Page 21: Interrupt Mapping

    The four Interrupt lines INTA# to INTD# of the secondary side of the PCIe-to-PCI Bridge are connected to the PMC J201 connector, as shown in the following block diagram: B1-INTA# Host-INTA# B1-INTB# Host-INTB# B1-INTC# Host-INTC# B1-INTD# Host-INTD# PMC-Slot Figure 3-2 Block diagram of IRQ routing ACPe-1 Hardware Manual...
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  • Page 23: Technical Data

    PCI Express add-in card: 167,64mm x 106,68mm Supply Voltage: Standard PC Supply +3.3V Power (typical): +3,3V: 1 Watt (without PMC module) +12V: Not used for ACPe-1 operation. Supplied to PMC PC Supply +3,3V Onboard generated +5V with max. 10 Watt PC Supply +12V Onboard generated -12V with max.
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  • Page 25: Notes

    NOTES 5 NOTES 5.1 Acronyms AIM’s Carrier for PMC PCI Express ACPe Common Mezzanine Card Ground Input/ Output Not Connected Personal Computer Printed Circuit board Peripheral component interconnect PCI Mezzanine Card ACPe-1 Hardware Manual...
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  • Page 27: Appendix

    Does the item contain media storage capability (i.e., removable or non-removable disk drives, tape drives, memory cards, etc.)? Description of used media storage: Type: Size: User Modifiable: Function: Process to Sanitize: -None- Additional Information: Test Engineer Name: Title: Date of Certification: Berthold Schweitzer Hardware Engineer 17.03.2021 ACPe-1 Hardware Manual...

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