ATCA-PTSW-AMC4

DATASHEET

The ATCA-AMC-CARRIER board is a cutaway quad-AMC module carrier, compliant with the ATCA (PICMG 3.0) specification and compatible with the upcoming ATCA extensions for Physics. Most mid/full-size AMC modules available from industry can be installed in the board.

Its main charateristics are summarized bellow.

PCI Express switch

Inbound and outbound data connectivity is predominantly PCIe-based. Data switching is performed by a PLX PEX8696 (PCIe Gen 2), which interconnects:

• 13 fabric channels (×4 links), connecting up to the other 13 PCI Express (PICMG 3.4) compliant modules
• 4 AMC modules (four ×4 PCIe links)
• 1 RTM module (one ×16 PCIe link)
• The onboard FPGA (one ×4 PCIe link) 

Clock/timing distribution crosspoint-switch

The ATCA, AMC and RTM timing/clock lines are managed and routed by a crosspoint-switch implemented on a Virtex-6 FPGA.

• The connection to compliant modules within the shelf is assured via the ATCA connector clock and synchronization lines.
• Each clock signal source may be independently located (from any of the AMCs, from the RTM or from the ATCA backplane).
• Support for IEEE-1588-2008 is provided on the FPGA (physical connector on the RTM card).

Rear Transmission Module

1. Compliant with PICMG 3.8 (ARTM)
2. Connectors:
   • 1 PCI Express channel (×16 link)
   • 1 full-duplex RapidIO channel (×4 link) to each AMC slot
   • 1 full-duplex RapidIO channel (×4 link) to the FPGA (MGT transceivers)
   • 8 LVDS pairs to each AMC slot
   • 8 LVDS pairs to the FPGA (SelectIO)
   • 1 GbE channel (connects to AMC1)

RTM-PCIe16 details

IPMC controller

• CoreIPM OPMA2368
• Hardware management of all AMCs and RTM (IPMB-L)

Block diagram of the board:

ATCA-AMC-CARRIER details