3U 17-slot PXI Express backplane for test and measurement introduced by Elma Bustronic

FREMONT, Calif., 15 May 2014. Elma Bustronic in Fremont, Calif., is introducing a 3U 17-slot PXI Express backplane for OEM embedded control and integrated test & measurement applications.

The PXI Express backplane meets the PXI Express Hardware Specification Revision 1.0 (with X1 PCI Express connections), and integrates PCI Express in to the PXI architecture.

Specific uses include automated test equipment, GPIB-based modular instrumentation, signal generation and analysis as well as high channel-count measurement and data acquisition and control.

The PXI Express backplane has one system slot controller and one timing controller slot as well as 15 peripheral slots, each with a PCI Express Gen 1 1X lane to the controller. PXI Express, based on PCI Express, offers high-bandwidth PCI Express connections to modules, enabling to 2.5 gigabytes per second per direction to PXI Express and CompactPCI Express modules.

For more information contact Elma Bustronic online at www.elma.com/en/elma-bustronic.