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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.
XC2 ESMexpress COM Carrier Board with Display Computer DC1
XC2 ESMexpress Carrier Board for Intelligent Displays
ESMexpress module XM1L mounted on the XC2
ESMexpress COM XM1L
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
ESMexpress Carrier Card
- 1 ESMexpress slot
- J1 and J2 assembled
Mechanical Specifications
- Dimensions: 233.45 x 240 x 21.8 mm
- Fit for installation in housing of 12 to 19" displays
- Weight: >300 g
Memory
- 1 SATA connector
- UDMA 5 supported
- 2 USB-driven Flash disk slots
- 4 GB Flash Memory (standard, up to 32 GB possible)
Graphics
- 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
PCI Express
2 PCIe x1
USB
6 USB 2.0 (480 Mbit/s)
- Used for Flash Disk (2x), SA-Adapter slot and optional PCI Express Mini Card slot
- 2 USB connectors on interface board
10/100Base-T Ethernet
2 Fast Ethernet
- Switch functionality
- Full duplex mode supported
SMBus
1 SMBus
- For communication between board components
I/O via interface board
- 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
Intelligent Power Supply with Controller
- 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
Electrical Specifications
Supply voltage/power consumption:
- 24 VDC (+/- 40%) power supply according to EN 50155
MTBF
MTBF: 212,503 h @ 40°C according to IEC/TR 62380 (RDF 2000)
Environmental Specifications
- 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
Safety
PCB manufactured with a flammability rating of 94V-0 by UL recognized manufacturers
Options
I/O
- 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)
PCI Express Mini Card slot
- 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)
Electrical Specifications
Different input voltage ranges
- 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
Other Options
- 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
PCI Express Mini Cards
Software
Linux 13MD05-90
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.
Windows 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.
Application Examples
Passenger Information Systems
Modular 19-inch systems like 3U CompactPCI or CompactPCI Serial are ideal for passenger information solutions in transportation applications.