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West Berlin, NJ., August 7, 2013 — Technobox, Inc. – leading designer and manufacturer of custom and off-the shelf, small form factor computing products for defense, communication, industrial, transportation and scientific applications – is marketing a unique SATA-based storage solution in its 6183 Dual CFast XMC Adapter. The 6183 accommodates two CFast devices — either the Type 1 or 2 — with one affixed to an on-board site and the other removable via the front panel port. Data movement between each CFast device and the internal 1X PCIe bus is controlled by a Silicon Image Sil3132 bridge. The bridge supports two SATA Gen2 interfaces at 3.0 GBytes/s.
A retention mechanism is included to prevent accidental removal of the front panel device. The retainer also functions as an interlock for the 6183 hot swap feature. If the retainer is removed, the 6183 sends a signal to the host operating system, permitting sufficient time to complete read/write tasks or other housekeeping processes prior to device extraction.
On-board BIOS, loaded in flash memory, provides boot up configuration for the Sil3132. The bridge retrieves the stored configuration data via an I2C interface. Two LEDs on the front panel provide activity status for the front panel and onboard CFast cards. Another four LEDs on the card give an indication of activity for each device.
For more information regarding Technobox 6183 Dual CFast XMC Adapter, please contact Larry Reilly, 856-809-2306 x47, [email protected], or see www.technobox.com/pic6183.htm .
About Technobox
Technobox has been a leader in the design and manufacture of custom and off-the-shelf PCI Mezzanine Cards (PMCs) for over twenty years. Technobox PMC solutions are built around IEEE 1386-1 and include discrete solutions for Async Serial and Digital I/O, plus Storage Connectivity such as Serial ATA (SATA), Serial Attached SCSI (SAS), Compact Flash, CFast, and SSDs.
Going beyond discrete solutions, the FPGA-based Micro Mezzanine System (MMS) enables designers to create unique PMC solutions using modular elements. It is the next logical step in mezzanine development that affords exceptional latitude in board features and performance. And as the assortment of modular carriers — including XMC — and I/O modules expands, more options will be available to facilitate embedded system design/deployment and surmount frustrating impediments like I/O obsolescence, time and budget constraints, and other concerns that plague embedded system implementation and longevity.
Technobox also offers a growing line of solutions for XMC development/testing and deployment. Based on ANSI VITA 42.0 standards, these augment an already comprehensive assortment of Carriers, Adapters, and Extenders that can be used to facilitate the development, integration, and deployment of PMC solutions within varied end-user systems such as VME, Compact PCI (cPCI),PCI, or PCI Express (PCIe, PCI-e).