Loading and control module (Rigel-2)

Loading and control module performs control of operating modes of all basic modules, contained in computational blocks, and reception of external synchronization signals.

The block of loading and control is a printed circuit board of 150x165 mm with a mezzanine computer module Kontron microETXexpress-РС.

The printed circuit board of the block of loading and control contains all necessary connectors, ESP microchips, voltage transducers for power supply of FPGA and interface channels (USB, SATA). Two Ethernet channels are used for transfer of control instructions. One Ethernet channels is connected to the mezzanine block microETXexpress-РС, and the second Ethernet channel is implemented in FPGA.

Technical characteristics of the loading and control module

- 20 pairs of lines of LVDS parallel interface (connector Samtec QTH-020-01-L-D-DP-A);

- 8 sequential interfaces RS-422/RS-485  (8 connectors IST B5B-PH-K-S);

- 4 USB 2.0 interfaces;

– 1 SATA interface;

– interface of a VGA controller;

– Ethernet 10/100/1000 Mbit Ethernet – 1 or 2 channels.

Power supply:

- voltage from  9 to 14 V;

- power consumption – less than 50 Watt.

Dimensions:

- 155,5 * 171 * 37,5 mm.

Weight:

- 0,7 kg

Technical characteristics of microETXexpress–PC

– CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo;

– CPU frequency 1,86 GHz;

– memory DRAM up to 4 GB (DDR3-RAM);

– interfaces:

– eight USB 2.0;

– Ethernet 10/100/1000 Mbit;

– PCI Express:

– five PCIe x1 or 1 PCIe x1 and 1 PCIe x4;

– 1 PEG x16.

– voltage range from 8,5 V to 18 V;

– power 23 W or less;

– dimensions 95mm х 95mm.