Extenders and Carriers

Product Information

These products were formerly sold under the Racal Instruments brand name.

VX405C M/MA Module Carrier

The VX405C carrier provides the mechanical and electrical interfaces between the VXIbus and up to six (6) VITA 12-1996 standard M/MA-Modules. The carrier provides VXI register configuration and access to the M/MA-Module I/O space and memory (if present). Each M/MA-Module is controlled separately and appears as a different logical address in the VXI environment. Over 100 M/MA-Modules are available that can provide custom interfacing to the unit under test (UUT). Up to six (6) unique interfaces may be provided in a single VXI slot.

Key features:

• Provides mechanical and electrical interfaces between the VXIbus and up to six M/MA-modules
• Each M/MA-module controlled separately
• Complies with VXIbus Rev 1.4 specification
• Multiple instruments and interface types in a single VXI slot
• Multiple serial protocol test

VX407C PXI/cPCI Carrier

The carrier supports two 3U PXI or cPCI modules or one 6U PXI or cPCI module. It has an on-board PowerPC processor that can perform command translation, data analysis, and many other data processing or process control functions. Data can be transferred to/from a PXI or PMC device and on-board memory at a sustained rate of 132 Mbytes/s.

Key features:

• Enables you to use PXI and cPCI modules in a VXI system
• Intelligent carrier design features on-board power-PC
• Complies with VXIbus Rev 1.4 specification
• Ideal for legacy instrument replacement
• Available in single, double and triple-wide