3U OpenVPX Backplane

Elma Bustronic Corp.'s new3U 6-slot OpenVPX backplane with a twisted-ring routing topology is compliantto VITA 65 specifications for OpenVPX. The 6-slot backplane has configurablethin pipe links for distributed Gigabit Ethernet to slot 1 through slot 5 andtwo fat pipes for rear I/O. In slots 1-5 anyor all of the P1 thin pipes (x2 channels) assigned to the control channel starcan be reconfigured as rear I/O by removing zero ohm SMT shunts. In slots 1-5all P2 differential pairs are available on therear side for I/O. The OpenVPX backplane also features a Gigabit EthernetControl Plane providing a separate star or dual star network for out-of-bandcommunication. This can be particularly important for system management,software and firmware upgrades and initiating new processeson specific boards.

3U OpenVPX Backplane