Rugged carrier card for XMC mezzanine modules

The switchless VPX3-216 ExpressReach carrier card is the latest member of Curtiss-Wright Controls' line of OpenVPX Ready 3U and 6U VPX embedded ruggedised products. The products have been designed to meet the new V1.0 OpenVPX and VITA 65 (Draft) specifications. The carrier card provides a single XMC expansion site mapped directly to the backplane PCIe fabric, with no PCIe switches in between the card and the backplane that would require configuration and add latency. The card provides 64bits of XMC I/O mapped as 20 differential pairs along with 38 single ended signals mapped per VITA 46.9. It has been designed to operate with Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing or third-party XMC modules. The carrier card expands the I/O capability of its host single board computer (SBC) without requiring the use of additional SBCs. Its small form factor has been designed to enable system developers to take advantage of COTS solutions for a new range of space, weight and power constrained applications that cannot accommodate the 6U standard. The card features a low power footprint that, other than its IPMI controller and power controller, has no other active components. The VPX3-216 ExpressReach is designed for demanding high performance rugged embedded and rugged deployed aerospace and defence applications and is offered in a range of rugged configurations which include air cooled (Level 0/100), conduction cooled (Level 100/200) and VPX-REDI VITA48.1.