Description

The ART500A is an I/O expansion ATCA Rear Transition Module (ARTM) that is designed to mate with the ATC500 ATCA Carrier and provide high-bandwidth rear panel expansion.

The module provides four zQSFP+ Ports, each supporting 100GbE, two Oculink Ports, each supporting PCIe x8 (to uplink to external PC or a root complex) and a vast array of I/O in support of the ATC500 blade.

ART500A also routes clock and trigger signals from Zone 3 to the rear panel and includes a built-in GPS receiver. The on-board GPS allows synchronizing to the GPS clock 1PPS and also provides the location, time data, etc. The bi-directional NMEA 0183 V3.0 protocol offers industry-standard data messages and command set for easy interface.