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G201 - 3U CompactPCI® Serial USB 3.0 Interface

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G201 - 3U CompactPCI® Serial USB 3.0 Interface with heat sink

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Main Features

4 USB 3.0 host interfaces
Data rate up to 5 Gbit/s per direction per port
-40 to +85°C screened
PICMG CPCI-S.0 CompactPCI® Serial peripheral card

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The G201 is a CompactPCI® Serial peripheral board offering four USB 3.0 host interfaces with a data rate of up to 5 Gbit/s per direction per port (2.28 Gbit/s measured). It can be used in combination with a CompactPCI® Serial or CompactPCI® PlusIO CPU board in a CompactPCI® Serial or hybrid system. It is especially suited for connection of external data storage media or devices with high data transfer rate requirements, e.g. high-speed video cameras.

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USB Interfaces

Four USB 3.0 host ports

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Standard-A connectors at front panel

Data rate up to 5 Gbit/s per direction per port (2.28 Gbit/s measured)

CompactPCI® Serial

Compliance with CompactPCI® Serial PICMG CPCI-S.0 Specification

Peripheral slot

Host interface: One PCI Express® x1 link
• PCIe® 2.1 support
• Data rate up to 500 MB/s in each direction (5 Gbit/s per lane)

Electrical Specifications

Supply voltage/power consumption:
• +12V (-5%/+5%), 1 W typ., max. 1.8 W without external load, max. 28 W with 4x 1 A (25 W) load on 5 V USB ports

Mechanical Specifications

Dimensions: conforming to CompactPCI® Serial specification for 3U boards

Front panel: 4 HP with ejector

Weight: 116 g (w/o heat sink)

Environmental Specifications

Temperature range (operation):
• -40..+85°C (screened)
• Airflow: min. 1.0 m/s

Temperature range (storage): -40..+85°C

Relative humidity (operation): max. 95% non-condensing

Relative humidity (storage): max. 95% non-condensing

Altitude: -300 m to +3000 m

Shock: 50 m/s², 30 ms (EN 61373)

Vibration (function): 1 m/s², 5 Hz - 150 Hz (EN 61373)

Vibration (lifetime): 7.9 m/s², 5 Hz - 150 Hz (EN 61373)

Conformal coating on request

MTBF

2 455 612 h @ 40°C according to IEC/TR 62380 (RDF 2000)

Safety

Flammability
• PCB manufactured with a flammability rating of 94V-0 by UL recognized manufacturers

Electrical Safety
• Information technology equipment test according to EN 60950

EMC

Conforming to EN 55022 (radio disturbance), IEC 61000-4-2 (ESD), IEC 61000-4-3 (electromagnetic field immunity)

Software Support

Windows®

Linux (kernel versions > 2.6.32)

For more information on supported operating system versions and drivers see Downloads.

Options

Cooling Concept

Also available with conduction cooling in MEN CCA frame

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Standard G201 Models

Article No.	Description	More
02G201-00	4 USB 3.0 interfaces, -40..+85°C screened	Photo

Software

Article No.	Description	More
Windows
This product is designed to work under Windows®. See below for potentially available separate software packages from MEN.
13T030-70	Windows® 7 32-bit/64-bit USB 3.0 driver (Texas Instruments) for G201	Download Details

For operating systems not mentioned here contact MEN sales.

Documentation

Article No.	Description	More
02G201-DS	G201 Data Sheet (PDF)	Download
Compare Chart 3U CompactPCI® Serial CPU and I/O cards		Download
Compare Chart 3U CompactPCI® / PlusIO CPU cards		Download
20G201-00	G201 User Manual (PDF)	Download