APCe7012: PCI Express Carrier Card for AcroPack® Modules

This board interfaces one AcroPack mezzanine module to a PCI Express bus on a PC-based computer system.

Select I/O modules from Acromag’s offering or use most third-party mPCIe compliant modules.

The AcroPack® product line updates our popular Industry Pack I/O modules with a PCIe interface format. This tech-refresh design offers a compact size, low-cost I/O, the same functionality and memory map of the existing Industry Pack modules.

Performance Specifications

PCI Express Bus Compliance

This device meets or exceeds all written PCI Express specifications per revision 2.1. The host port consists of one PCIe lane, each of the mini-PCIe sites have one lane each.

I/O Interface

Connectors
P1 (PCIe Bus): PCIe V2.1.
J3 (Carrier Field I/O): 68-pin, CHAMP (TE Connectivity 5796055-1).
P2,(AcroPack Field I/O): 100-pin socket (Samtec SS5-50-3.00-L-D-K-RT).
J1, (Mini-PCIe): 52-pin socket (TE Connectivity 1759547-1).
P3 (JTAG): 14-pin header (Molex 87832-1420).
Gold plating in the connection area, M2.5 screws and spacers provide excellent connection integrity and stability for harsh environments.

Ease of Use

A standard 14-pin Xilinx JTAG programming header is provided for programming and debugging the FPGA on some AcroPack modules.

Physical

Physical Configuration
PCIe x1 low-profile
Length:  6.3 inches (160 mm).
Height:  2.711 inches (68.86 mm).
Includes standard and low-profile brackets.

Environmental

Operating temperature: -40 to 85°C
Storage temperature: -55 to 125°C.
Relative humidity: 5 to 95% non-condensing.
Power
3.3 Volts (±10%): 0.55mA typical
12 Volts (±5%): 25mA Typical

The APCe7012E-LF has DC/DC converters to provide the power supply voltages to the AcroPack modules that are not present at the host interface. The 1.5 Volt supply is sourced from the 3.3 Volt host power.  The 5 Volt and -12 Volt supply is sourced from 12 Volt host power.