GE Intelligent Platforms PEX441 6U VPX rugged XMC carrier Features Single slot carrier supports one or two high-power XMC cards • Two VITA42 compliant XMC sites • Optimized thermal management PEX441 is designed to offer maximum flexibil- architecture thereby removing the need to ity to system architects who need to deploy host high-power mezzanines on high-power • 6U VITA46 / VITA48 REDI form factor advanced multi-function systems that use CPU cards. • Convection cooled and conduction cooled high performance XMC cards by providing the build options Thermal load can be spread across multiple best thermal management for multiple mez- • Flexible I/O configuration options system slots for both air and conduction- zanines cards dissipating up to 30 watts each. cooled applications, supporting high • Related XMC products Designers can migrate their XMC lab systems compute density along with modularity - XMCV5 Virtex5 to a rugged, deployable 6U VPX form factor in down to an XMC functional unit to cater for a - FX100T - SX95T order to exploit the full complement of high variety of mission landscapes over the entire speed digital I/O available through a standard platform life cycle. - LX155T - A/D and D/A XMCs VPX backplane. For systems that require PMC and XMC sup- - Graphics XMCs PEX441 extends the functional envelope port, we offer PEX440 which includes an - 10GE off load engines of a 6U VPX system by leveraging an array on-board PCIe switch architecture with con- • Related 6U VPX products of COTS GE, or customer-proprietary XMC nection to the primary fabric plane. - SBC620 Core2 Duo SBC modules into a distributed, fabric-based - SBC610 8640D SBC - DSP230 Quad 8640D - PEX440 PCIe switch/carrier PEX441 and XMCS PEX441 6U VPX rugged XMC carrier Specifications Block Diagram • Two XMC expansion sites • Rear I/O per VITA46.9 • High-speed matched pairs to P1 from both Pn5 connectors. • User I/O build options: P0 a) 64 diff. pairs from Jn4 and 12 diff. pairs from Jn6. or b) 10 diff. pairs from Jn4 and 20 diff. pairs with 32 x4 single-ended from Jn6 • On-board elapsed time indicator P1 • Optional VPX REDI covers to support two level maintenance requirements • Board Management Microcontroller for remote x4 health monitoring • Power requirements a) +5V b) 12V only if required by a mounted XMC module PMC I/O XMC I/O P3 XMC I/O P4 PMC I/O P5 XMC I/O XMC I/O P6 Ordering Information Convection cooled: PEX441-x223 (x=1, 2 or 3) Conduction cooled: PEX441-x221 (x=4 or 5) About GE Intelligent Platforms GE Intelligent Platforms, a General Electric Company (NYSE: GE), is an experienced high-performance technology company and a global provider of hardware, software, services, and expertise in automation and embedded computing. We offer a unique foundation of agile, advanced and ultra-reliable technology that provides customers a sustainable advantage in the industries they serve, including energy, water, consumer packaged goods, government and defense, and telecommunications. GE Intelligent Platforms is a worldwide company headquartered in Charlottesville, VA and is part of GE Home and Business Solutions. For more information, visit www.ge-ip.com. GE Intelligent Platforms Contact Information Americas: 1 800 433 2682 or 1 434 978 5100 Global regional phone numbers are listed by location on our web site at www.ge-ip.com/contact www.ge-ip.com ©2010 GE Intelligent Platforms, Inc. All rights reserved. All other brands or names are property of their respective holders. Specifications are subject to change without notice. 01.10 GFA-1288A J26 J25 J16 J15 J24 J14