104-Plus Analog, Serial, Digital I/O



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104-Plus Analog, Serial, Digital I/O
PC/104-Plus

GSC has numerous I/O cards in true PC/104-Plus form factor.
And any I/O card can be easily converted to true PC/104-Plus.

Also, the large variety of PMC I/O cards from GSC can be used on a PC/104-Plus stack by using PMC-to-PC/104Plus adapters.
These adapters can be purchased as stackable or non-stackable, and with or without the ISA connector.
View a list of Adapters.


Data Acquistion I/O Boards

    General Standards Corporation is a leading supplier of data acquisition I/O boards, provides a complete family of data acquisition cards for sonar, industrial, and embedded applications on several form factors/busses, and for many operating systems.

    Functions available include analog I/O, serial I/O, and high speed parallel I/O.

Form Factors:
  • PCI-Express
  • cPCI
  • PMC
  • PC/104-Plus
  • PCI
  • cPCI-X
  • CCPMC
  • PC/104-Express
  • PCI-X
  • XMC
  • VME
  • Ask About Other Form Factors

    Software Drivers:
  • Windows
  • VxWorks
  • QNX
  • Linux
  • MathWorks
  • Solaris
  • Labview
  • xPC Target
  • Ask About Other Drivers


  • FREE Windows, Linux, and Labview Drivers.
    FREE Loaner Boards.


    Analog I/O Boards

            Analog I/O Board Features include:
            Up to 64 input channels per board;
            Programmable Sampling rates to 50M SPS;
            Auto-calibration;
            Multi-board synchronization;
            Sigma-Delta and Delta-Sigma Analog I/O;
            Resolutions from 12 bits to 24 bits.

    Analog Selection Tables


    Serial I/O Boards

            Serial I/O Board protocols include Asynchronous, Bisync, SDLC, HDLC, and IEEE 802.3, synchronous telemetry, simple clock/data ("-SYNC" product line), and di-phase, etc.

            Transceiver support RS-422 (V.10), RS-232 (V.28), V.35, RS-530, as well as other software selectable Mixed Protocol modes.

    Serial I/O Selection Tables


    Digital I/O Boards

    High speed digital/parallel I/O boards provide large FIFOs and support several cable transceiver options, RS-422, RS-485, LVDS, PECL, and TTL.

    Digital I/O Selection Table



    PC/104 Standards


          [The PC/104 Consortium website] provides detailed information about PC/104 standards, including PC/104-Plus, PCI/104-Express, PCI-104, EBX and EPIC, along with information about Consortium companies and their product offerings.
          All standards can be downloaded without charge. All standards administered by the Consortium use small (3.6 x 3.8 in), self stacking PC/104, PC/104-Plus or PCI-104 I/O modules with 104-pin ISA and/or 120-pin PCI bus connectors for I/O expansion. This unique stacking technology allows multiple modules to be added to a system without the burden of backplanes and card cages.

    Introduction to PCI/104-Express

      The PCI/104-Express specification establishes a standard to use high speed PCI ExpressR bus in embedded applications.
      Incorporating the PCI Express bus within the industry proven PC/104 architecture brings many advantages for embedded applications including fast data transfer, low cost due to PC/104's unique self-stacking bus, and high reliability due to PC/104's inherent ruggedness.

    Background

    The main objective in defining an addition of PCI Express to PC/104 was to preserve the attributes that have made PC/104 so successful in embedded applications, namely:
      Compact: 3.6 by 3.8 inches (90 x 96 mm) module size;
      Self-stacking: expands without backplanes or card cages;
      Rugged, reliable connectors: reliable in harsh environments;
      Four-corner mounting holes: resistance to shock and vibration;
      Fully PC compatible: reduced development costs and time-to-market.
      In addition, the design had to support automatic detection of up or down stacking and had to have automatic link shifting to allow simplified, universal add-on module designs.
      The PCI/104-Express design approach provides a consistent and interchangeable path for the stackable PC architecture across the PC/104 Embedded Consortium's 104, EPIC, and EBX form factors.

    PCI/104-Express Specification Overview

    PCI Express bus connector:
      Four x1 PCIeR Links
      One x16 PCIe Link (optionally configurable as two x8 Links, two x4 PCIe Links, or two SDVO Interfaces)
      Power: +3.3V, +5V, +12V, and ATX power and control signals and Power OK.

      Summary of the basic specs of PCI/104-Express modules:
      Number of PCI Express modules per stack -- 4 x1 and 1 x16 (host may configure as two x4 or x8);
      Stack direction - Stack up or stack down;
      Data throughput PCI bus - 132 M Bytes/sec (26 times ISA);
      Data throughput single x1 Link - 500 M Bytes/sec (4 times PCI);
      Data throughput x16 Link - 8,000 M Bytes/sec (60 times PCI);
      Total data throughput all Links - 10,000 M Bytes/sec (75 times PCI);
      PCI Express bus power +5V power capability - 84 watts;
      PCI Express bus power +12V power capability - 100 watts;
    The PCI Express connector was specifically designed to match the PC/104 standard 0.600 inch (15.24mm) stacking height and standoff tolerances.

         

    PC/104 Bus Evolution

      PC/104 stackable embedded PCs have followed the desktop PC.

    PCIe/104™
      PCIe/104 is PCI/104-Express without the PCI bus. Since PCI Express is based on PCI technology, a PCI Express to PCI Bridge is a straightforward. A comparison between a PCI/104-Express CPU and Stack and a PCIe/104 CPU and stack shows that both easily support PCI Express and PCI add-in cards.
        Copies of the PCI/104-Express Specification are available to individuals and companies developing embedded systems. For further information, contact the PC/104 Embedded Consortium at www.pc104.org.

    Other PC/104 Specifications:
      The PC/104 Embedded Consortium maintains the PC/104T, PC/104-PlusT, and PCI-104T specifications on the 104T form factor as well as the specifications for the EPICT and EBXT form factors.

      PC/104 is the original specification. It defined the 104 form factor at 3.550 x 3.775 inch. PC/104-Plus added PCI bus to classic PC/104 on the 104 form factor.
      PCI-104 is the same as PC/104-Plus, except it does not have an ISA connector.

    Where Does PCI/104-Express Fit?
    The PCI/104-Express & PCIe/104 specifications continue to follow the desktop PC.
    PC/104 supports ISA only
    PC/104-Plus supports PCI and ISA
    PCI-104 supports PCI only.

      : The PC/104 logo, PC/104, PC/104-Plus, PCI-104, PCI/104-Express, PCIe/104, 104 are trademarks of the PC/104 Embedded Consortium. PCI, PCI Express, and PCIe are trademarks of PCI-SIG.   For more Info see:
      http://www.pc104.org/pci104_Express_specs.php




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