ATCA-PTSW-AMC4

The ATCA-AMC-CARRIER board is a cutaway quad-AMC carrier module compliant with the ATCA (PICMG 3.0) specification.  Below are summarized its main charateristics.

PCI Express switch

Switching is performed by a PLX PEX8696 (PCIe Gen 2)

PCI Express (PICMG 3.4) switching of:

• 13 fabric channels (×4 links), connecting up to 13 compliant modules within the shelf
• 4 AMC modules (×4 links)
• 1 RTM module (×8 link)
• Onboard FPGA (×4 link) 

Crosspoint-switch for ATCA, AMC and RTM clock distribution

• Implemented on a Virtex-6 FPGA.
• The crosspoint-switch distributes clocking signals to all AMC/RTM cards within the board.
• Connection to compliant modules within the shelf is assured via the ATCA clock and synchronization interface.
• Each clock signal source may be independently located (any of the AMCs, the RTM or ATCA backplane).

Rear  Transmission Module

1. Compliant with PICMG 3.8 (ARTM)
2. Connectivity:
   • 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)

IPMC controller

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

Block diagram of the board: