XC2 - ESMexpress COM Carrier Board for Intelligent Displays
Evaluation Platform
This product has been discontinued.The XC2 is a universal ESMexpress carrier board designed for intelligent display solutions. Together with an application-specific carrier board it forms a semi-custom solution for industrial, harsh, mobile and mission-critical environments.
Main Features
- 1 ESMexpress slot
- 4 GB USB Flash disk
- PCI Express Mini Card slot
- LVDS on board, second LVDS or DVI-D optional
- 2 Fast Ethernet on M12
- 2 USB 2.0
- SA-Adapter slot for UART (COM)
- HD audio connector (optional)
- DVI-I connector (optional)
- Power supply 14.4 to 33.6 VDC (24 V nom.)
- -40 to +85°C with qualified components
Technical Data
- 1 ESMexpress slot
- J1 and J2 assembled
- Dimensions: 233.45 x 240 x 21.8 mm
- Fit for installation in housing of 12 to 19" displays
- Weight: >300 g
- 1 SATA connector
- UDMA 5 supported
- 2 USB-driven Flash disk slots
- 4 GB Flash Memory (standard, up to 32 GB possible)
- 1 LVDS 25-pin connector
- For direct connection of an LVDS display
- 1 LVDS backlight 10-pin connector
- 1 LVDS via SDVO or 1 DVI via SDVO
- Supported DVI resolutions (depending on operating system/software):
- 640x480 (VGA) with aspect ratio 4:3
- 800x600 (SVGA) with aspect ratio 4:3
- 1024x768 (EXGA) with aspect ratio 4:3
- 1152x864 (XGA) with aspect ratio 4:3
- 1280x800 (WXGA) with aspect ratio 16:10
- 1280x960 (SXGA) with aspect ratio 4:3
- 1400x1050 (SXGA+) with aspect ratio 4:3
- 1600x1200 (UXGA) with aspect ratio 4:3 up to 60 Hz
- 1920x1200 (WUXGA) with aspect ratio 16:10 up to 60 Hz
- Used for Flash Disk (2x), SA-Adapter slot and optional PCI Express Mini Card slot
- 2 USB connectors on interface board
- Switch functionality
- Full duplex mode supported
- For communication between board components
- USB 2.0
- 2 USB Type A connectors
- 10/100Base-T Ethernet
- 2 M12 Ethernet connectors
- SA-Adapter slot
- 1 serial interface realized via SA-Adapter, e.g., RS232 or RS422, isolated or not, GPS
- 5 binary inputs via mixed 7W2 D-sub power connector
- 1 for key input functionality
- 4 universal inputs, e.g., for geographical addressing
- Input voltage supervision
- Temperature supervision via LM50 sensor
- Backlight control (turns off display at extreme temperatures)
- Buffer functionality for RTC and BIOS CMOS
- Reset of CPU board possible
- Wake on Time
- Watchdog
- Key input functionality
- Accessible via SMBus
- 24 VDC (+/- 40%) power supply according to EN 50155
- Temperature range (operation):
- -40..+70°C (up to +85°C for 10 minutes - compliant with EN 50155, class TX railway standard )
- Airflow depending on ESMexpress module
- Prepared for conductive cooling (via connection from mounting frame to metal display housing)
- Temperature range (storage): -40..+85°C
- Relative humidity (operation): max. 95% non-condensing
- Relative humidity (storage): max. 95% non-condensing
- Altitude: -300 m to + 2,000 m
- Bump: 10 g/16 ms
Options
- Custom connector available instead of standard I/O interface board
- Up to 6 USB 2.0 host ports (or 5 host ports and 1 client port) available at interface board connector
- If all USBs are used some functions are not available (Serial interface and Flash disk)
- HD audio
- HD audio codec
- Audio stereo in
- Audio stereo out
- SPDIF out
- All available via D-Sub connector
- Serial interface
- 1 serial interface realized via SA-Adapter, e.g., RS232 or RS422, isolated or not, IBIS
- Secondary display connection
- Connection of second LVDS display possible via SDVO-to-LVDS converter (optional)
- Alternatively, connection of second display via DVI connector on interface board (with SDVO-to-DVI-D converter)
- For functions like Wi-Fi, WIMAX, GSM/GPRS, UMTS
- PCI Express and USB interface
- Accessible via, e.g., a reverse SMA connector
- SIM socket for GSM/UMTS (optional)
- 48 VDC nom. (28.8..67.2 V), 35 W according to EN 50155
- 72 VDC nom. (43.2..100.8 V), 35 W according to EN 50155
- 110 VDC nom. (66..154 V), 35 W according to EN 50155
- 24/36/110 VDC nom. (14.4..154 V), 60 W according to EN 50155
- The product concept is very flexible, there are many other configuration possibilities.
- Please contact our sales team if you do not find your required function in the options.
- Some of these options may only be available for large volumes.
Ordering Information
Software

MDIS5 System (and Device Driver) Package (MEN) for Linux. This software package includes most standard device drivers available from MEN.
For a Linux driver package supporting the Micrel KSZ8842-PMQLI Ethernet controller used in the XC2 and the DC1, please refer to www.micrel.com/index.php/en/products/lan-solutions/controllers/article/15-ksz8842-pmql.html. We highly recommend a kernel newer than 2.6.32.

For a Windows driver package supporting the Micrel KSZ8842-PMQLI Ethernet controller used in the XC2 and the DC1, please refer to www.micrel.com/index.php/en/products/lan-solutions/controllers/article/15-ksz8842-pmql.html.
Documentation
Application Examples

Modular 19-inch systems like 3U CompactPCI or CompactPCI Serial are ideal for passenger information solutions in transportation applications.