New CompactPCI^® IndustryPack^® carrier card interfaces up to four plug-in I/O modules to cut costs and save slots. 

Carrier card is plug-and-play compliant enabling designers to easily implement the high channel density and interchangeable flexibility of IndustryPack I/O modules into a CompactPCI system.

Acromag’s ACPC8625 is a nonintelligent slave board that interfaces four IndustryPack (IP) I/O modules to a CompactPCI computer system. Mixing and matching various analog, digital, serial or other I/O modules on this 6U carrier card provides a customizable I/O board with very high channel density to save card cage slots and lower costs. The carrier is plug-and-play compatible, supports two interrupts per IP module, and provides individually filtered and fused power to each IP. Full access to the IP’s I/O, ID and interrupt spaces allows control from the cPCI bus.

The ACPC8625 has high-density rear connectors for easier I/O cable access, bringing all 200 I/O points out the J4 and J5 ports. This convenience eliminates the mess of cables that would otherwise hang out the front of the card cage. In addition to a cleaner card cage design, it is also much easier to insert and replace boards into the system. And with Acromag’s 80mm transition module (TRANS-C200) and interface cable (5028-187), the I/O channels are easily ported out the back of the cage.

For easy integration of the carrier card and IP modules with real time software programs and Windows^® 95/98/NT^® applications, Acromag offers C libraries for VxWorks^® and an ActiveX^® (OLE) controls software package. The libraries provide generic routines (source code included) to handle reads, writes, interrupts, and other functions. ActiveX controls are object-based software components that function as drivers to interface the IP modules with compatible software development programs such as Microsoft^® Visual C++™, Visual Basic^®, and Borland Delphi^®. ActiveX controls can also link I/O data to Human Machine Interface (HMI) process control applications, data acquisition programs like LabView^®, and Microsoft Office^® products such as Excel^® and Access^®.

The IP mezzanine’s modular format enables multiple functions and high-density I/O on a single board to lower costs and save card slots. With its rugged design, open architecture, and high performance, the IP concept is ideal for a wide variety of I/O applications. Typical uses include data acquisition, process control, test & measurement, motion control, and network data communication.

Acromag, a multimillion dollar international corporation, has been manufacturing and developing instrumentation and control products for more than 40 years. They offer a complete line of industrial I/O products including VMEbus I/O boards, signal conditioners, wiring accessories, and software.

For more information about Acromag products, call the Inside Sales Department or Marketing Communications at (248) 624-1541, (800) 881-0268, FAX (248) 624-9234, or write Acromag, Inc. at P.O. Box 437, Wixom, MI 48393-7037 USA.

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April 4, 2000

Contact:
Sales - Inside Sales
(e-mail: sales@acromag.com)
Editorial-Robert Greenfield, Marketing Communications Manager
(e-mail: rgreenfield@acromag.com)