User`s manual

Hardware Installation
Chapter 4: Hardware Installation
The X5 XMC cards may be used on a variety of host cards supporting an XMC.3 PCI Express (VITA standard 42.3
compatible) site. XMC P16 is also used for system integration including use as a dedicated data channel.
Compatible Host Cards
X5 XMC cards are compatible with the VITA 42.3 PCI Express mezzanine module sites. The card form factor is IEEE 1386
with XMC connectors P15 and P16. P15 is used for PCI Express, while P16 is used as digital IO unique to the X5 modules.
The X5 modules mount 10mm from the host card and may use standoffs for mechanically securing the module to the host.
Table 1. X5 XMC Bus Requirements
PCI Express Bus
Requirement
Type
Standard PCI Express 1.0a
Lanes 8
Bus Speed 2.5 Gbps per lane per direction
Power Supplies 3.3V and VPWR (+5V or +12V) is required on all XMCs.
Adapter cards for XMC modules, shown below, allow X5 XMC modules to be used in a desktop PCs with PCI Express or
PC slots.
To get out of the PC chassis, consider using either the eInstrument Node. The eInstrument node can host one XMC using
cabled PCI Express using a cable as long as 5 meters.
For an intelligent computing node, the eInstrument PC provides an embedded PC running Windows or Linux, disk drives,
and other PC peripherals with two XMC module sites.
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