Re: cPCI express

[Urša Rojec <ursa.rojec@cosylab.com>]

HI,

Tanks for all the answers. We will probably go with a PMC/XMC because 
more DAQ modules are availabe.
Bye,

U

On 05/14/2012 07:41 PM, Paul Sichta wrote:
> Ursa,
> I can confirm your findings, COTS cPCI or cPCIe hardware is very
> limited.  The more popular bus standards are VME, PXI(e), PC-104.
> I've heard some rumblings about microTCA but haven't seen any
> products.
>
> Not sure what type of hardware you're after.  We've used cPCI
> transient digitizers by D-Tacq, (not in EPICS but it has limited EPICS
> support). You might look for cPCI carrier boards, then you can use PMC
> or IndustryPack I/O boards.
>
> -ps
>
> On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 12:39 PM, Urša Rojec<ursa.rojec@gmail.com>  wrote:
> > Hi Michael
> >
> > Thanks for the reply. Yes I know that from the software side there are not
> > many differences (backwards compatibility and all). I guess that my question
> > was not so clear.
> >
> > The biggest problem we have is in finding the hardware - simple DAQ boards
> > an so on. There are PXIe boards, but to find a cPCIe multipurpose DAQ board
> > turned out to be quite the challenge. Even for the CPU there are not so many
> > manufacturers (MEN elektronics have cPCIe , than mostly PXIe cpu boards by
> > NI, Adlink, geotest). I know that PXIe can be used as a cPCIe (some
> > additional synchronization features of PXI are lost), but when looking for
> > pure cPCIe the resources seem to be quite limited. So I thought I'd post
> > here, If anyone else has had experience with setting up a cPCIe system (from
> > hardware point of view).
> >
> >
> > Ursa Rojec
> >
> >
> > On 05/14/2012 05:38 PM, Michael Davidsaver wrote:
> > > Hello Urša,
> > >
> > > When you speak with software developers you may not hear PCIe explicitly
> > > mentioned often.  For software there is (intentionally) little difference
> > > between PCI and PCIe.
> > >
> > > In our server systems we use PMC modules with a PMC-PCIe carrier card.
> > >   This presents a transparent bridge.  No software changes were required to
> > > accommodate this.
> > >
> > >
> > > Michael Davidsaver
> > > NSLSII Controls Group
> > > Brookhaven National Lab
> > >
> > >
> > > On 5/14/2012 5:09 AM, Urša Rojec wrote:
> > > > Dear all,
> > > >
> > > > I am looking for comments and suggestions on cPCIe. Do you use any cPCIe
> > > > modules as part of your contols? Could you tell me the module name,
> > > > manufacturer?
> > > >
> > > > I have been looking at tech talk and cPCI express is not mentioned. Is
> > > > nobody using it?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Any help would be appreciated.
> > > > U