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The ADLINK cPCI-3620 Series is a 3U CompactPCI® processor blade featuring a quad-core 4th generation Intel® Atom SOC and soldered DDR3L-1333 ECC memory up to 4GB.

Available in single-slot (4HP) or dual-slot (8HP) width form factors, the cPCI-3620 Series utilizes various daughter boards to provide a broad range of I/O functionality. Front panel I/O on the single-slot (4HP) version includes 1x USB 3.0, 2x RJ-45 GbE and 1x VGA port (common to all versions). Front panel I/O on the dual-slot (8HP) version includes additional 2x USB 2.0, 1x COM, 1x PS/2 KB/MS and Line-in/Line-out on the cPCI-3620D or additional 2x GbE via MIL-STD M12 connectors and 1x COM on the cPCI-3620T. Another dual-slot option is the cPCI-3620S with an additional XMC site on layer 2. There is also a single-slot option that provides LED indicators only with no I/O on the front panel.

Graphics support is integrated on the SOC. Storage options include an onboard 32GB SSD (optional) and 2.5″ SATA drive on layer 2 riser card (cPCI-3620D/T). One optional PCI 32-bit/66 MHz PCIe x1 XMC site is available on the dual-slot cPCI-3620S version.

Rear I/O signals to J2 include 2x GbE, 1x VGA, 1x USB 2.0, 2x COM, 1x SATA 3 Gb/s, providing for expansion with an optional Rear Transition Module (RTM).

The cPCI-3620 is an ideal solution for transportation, military, factory automation and other industrial applications that require optimal computing performance for data transfer with lower power consumption. The ADLINK cPCI-3620 provides high manageability, supports Satellite mode operation as a standalone blade in peripheral slots, and features ADLINK’s Smart Embedded Management Agent (SEMA) for system health monitoring.

The NI PXI-8110 is a high-performance Intel Core 2 Quad Q9100-based embedded controller for use in PXI and CompactPCI systems. With its 2.26 GHz quad-core processor; 2 GB, 800 MHz DDR2 memory; and a high-performance 7200 rpm drive, it is ideal for high-performance modular instrumentation and data acquisition applications. Test, measurement, and control applications that are optimized to take full advantage of the four processing cores on this controller can achieve up to an 80 percent performance improvement over dual-core controllers with similar CPU clock frequency. Use the Inherent Parallelism of NI LabVIEW to Exercise All Four CPU CoresAs major chip vendors continue to add more CPU cores to their processors, it is challenging to create applications with traditional text-based languages that fully exploit this computing power. With the implicit code parallelism of LabVIEW graphical system design software, you can take full advantage of the latest multicore controllers, such as the PXI-8110, to simplify multithreaded application development and achieve increased performance. Reduce Test Times and Increase System Throughput For applications such as RF protocol testing and hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) simulations that require intensive signal and data processing, the time to decode a specific protocol or execute a specific system model determines the overall system performance. Using LabVIEW and the PXI-8110 embedded controller, such applications can distribute the processing load across the four CPU cores and reduce test times. Alternatively, these applications can replicate the specific tests or processes to run on different CPU cores and practically double the system throughput.

• 2.26 GHz Intel Core 2 Quad Q9100 quad-core processor
• 120 GB (or greater), 7200 rpm high-performance hard-drive standard
• 2 GB (1 x 2 GB DIMM), 800 MHz DDR2 RAM standard; 4 GB maximum
• 10/100/1000BASE-TX (gigabit) Ethernet, ExpressCard/34 slot, and 4 Hi-Speed USB ports
• Integrated hard drive, GPIB, serial, and other peripheral I/O
• Windows OS and drivers already installed

BittWare’s GT-3U-cPCI (GT3U) is a ruggedized 3U CompactPCI board that has been designed for demanding multi-processor based applications requiring complete flexibility and adaptability. The GT3U features a large Altera Stratix II GX FPGA, one cluster of four ADSP-TS201S TigerSHARC processors from Analog Devices, a front panel interface supplying four channels of high-speed SerDes tranceivers, and a back panel interface providing RS232/RS422 and 10/100 ethernet. Simultaneous on-board and off-board data transfers can be achieved at a rate of 2 GB/s via BittWare’s ATLANTiS FrameWork implemented in the Stratix II GX FPGA. The board also provides a large amount of on-board memory including 1 GB of DDR2 SDRAM or 64 MB of QDR SDRAM, as well as 64 MB of flash memory for booting the FPGA and DSPs.