TPCE280

TPCE280 PCIe x8 Gen3 XMC Carrier

PCIe x8 Gen3 Carrier provides a XMC site with front panel/rear I/O. The TPCE280 board allows the use of XMC modules in PCIe based calculators - e.g. in systems for applications like process control, medical systems, telecommunication and traffic control.

The board supports XMC front I/O, P14 and P16 rear I/O. The P14 I/O lines of the XMC site are conducted via a 68-pin ERNI SMC 1.27mm flat cable connector to the right edge of the board. The I/O lines are routed differential. The P16 I/O is available via two Samtec Firefly UCC8 and UEC5 connectors.

The TPCE280 provides a fan mounted under the XMC slot that helps cooling the system. This fan does not occupy a second PCIe slot as most other carrier solutions do.

The TPCE280 is available in two different VPWR (voltage power) versions. The TPCE280-x0R versions provide 12V VPWR and the TPCE278-x1R have 5V VPWR.

The TPCE280-1xR uses the +12V of the PCIe edge card connector to generate all power supply voltages (+3,3V, VPWR, +12V) for the XMC slot. According to the PCIe specification, a PCIe x8 card is limited to 25W on the +12V.

The TPCE280-2xR offer a PCIe graphics power connector for increased power requirements to supply the +12V for generating all the power supply voltages for the XMC slot providing power of up to 75W.

A 14-pin 2mm JTAG header is available for XMC module debugging purposes. The four JTAG reference voltages 1,5V, 1,8V, 2,5V and 3,3V are routed directly to the XMC slot.