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The Embedded I/O Company TPCE240 PCI Express x1, Mini PCIe Carrier Board Version 1.0 User Manual Issue 1.0.0 February 2025 TEWS Technologies GmbH Eggerstedter Weg 14, 25421 Pinneberg, Germany Phone: +49 (0) 4101 4058 0 info@tews.com www.tews.com...
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PCI Express x1 Carrier Board for one Mini PCIe Board TEWS Technologies GmbH has made any effort to ensure that this manual is accurate and complete. However TEWS Technologies GmbH reserves the right to change the product described in this document at any time without notice.
1 Product Description The TPCE240 is a PCI Express Revision 2.0 compatible carrier board for one PCIe Mini Card. While specifically designed to run, test and maintain TEWS Mini PCI Express modules, it is an ideal solution for prototyping, but it can also be used to build modular, flexible and cost effective I/O solutions for all kinds of applications like process control, medical systems, telecommunication and traffic control.
If FIT rates are not available, MIL-HDBK-217F and MIL-HDBK-217F Notice 2 formulas are used for FIT rate calculation. Humidity 5 – 95 % non-condensing Weight 61.5 g Table 2-1 : Technical Specification TPCE240 User Manual Issue 1.0.0 Page 8 of 18...
3 Handling and Operation Instructions ESD Protection The TPCE240 is sensitive to static electricity. Packing, unpacking and all other handling of the TPCE240 has to be done in an ESD/EOS protected Area. 4 Terms and Definitions Style Conventions "Active Low" signals are shown with a # suffix (i.e. RESET#).
J1: The GPIO Pins of the debug interface are connected to a pin header for various use cases, for example indicating “PGOOD” and “FPGA done” or using it as a communication interface (UART). J2: to connect the SMBus TPCE240 User Manual Issue 1.0.0 Page 10 of 18...
Pin 1, 4 or 5 and GND to Pin 9 or 10. Make sure to use only one out of four possibilities, otherwise it may cause damage to the board or peripherals. Figure 5-3 : +3.3V Jumper Configuration (J3) J4: possibility to connect a fan for additional cooling TPCE240 User Manual Issue 1.0.0 Page 11 of 18...
Mini PCIe WPAN Indication Green GPIO1 XSR Connector Indication Green GPIO0 XSR Connector Indication Green 3.3V and 1.5V Supply are ok Green Supplies are not OK Table 5-2 : LED Description TPCE240 User Manual Issue 1.0.0 Page 12 of 18...
Direction and detailed signal descriptions depends on which Mini PCIe module is mounted on the carrier board. The MDR50 pinout is the same as the PicoClasp(X2) pinout of the mounted MPE module. TPCE240 User Manual Issue 1.0.0 Page 14 of 18...
3.3V Jumper PERp0 direct via 0R to GND W_DISABLE2# 3.3V Jumper 3.3V Table 5-6 : x52 MPE Pin Assignment default pinout in brackets, red mark is used connected to PCIe Slot TPCE240 User Manual Issue 1.0.0 Page 15 of 18...
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