The PCI Express^® switch supports a CompactPCI^® Express (aka PXI Express™) backplane with four links organized as Gen3 x4, thereby replacing a CompactPCI^® Express CPU card. This enables a hybrid system which is comprised of two backplanes, CompactPCI^® Serial boards to the left, and CompactPCI^® Express peripheral cards to the right. The CompactPCI^® Serial CPU controls also the CompactPCI^® Express backplane via the ECX-PCIE mezzanine card.

The ECX-PCIE is suitable for EKF CPU carrier cards such as the SC5-FESTIVAL, with support for 8 x PCIe^® lanes on a mezzanine board.

In addition, the ECX-PCIE is provided with an M.2 socket for an NVMe (PCIe^®) or SATA SSD module. Another socket is suitable for either a PCIe^® Mini Card, or mSATA SSD. Furthermore, the ECX-PCIE is equipped with three GbE and three USB 3.0 ports for front I/O, which expands the native CPU carrier card I/O. As an option, the front panel can be provided with SMA antenna connectors for WWAN or WLAN operation.

• Mixed function mezzanine side card for EKF CompactPCI^® Serial CPU boards
• Form factor single size Eurocard (board dimensions 100x160mm²)
• PICMG^® CompactPCI^® Express (EXP.0) system slot card
• Based on new mezzanine connectors HSE1/HSE2 (8 x PCIe^® Gen3)
• Suitable e.g. for use with CPU cards SC4-CONCERTO, SC5-FESTIVAL, SC9-TOCCATA
• 10HP assembly together with CPU card
• 24-lanes PCI^® Express Gen3 switch
• Supports CompactPCI^® Express backplane
• Provides Gigabit Ethernet front panel I/O (3 x RJ45)
• Provides USB 3.0 front panel I/O (3 x Type A)
• Provides mass storage capability (1 x M.2 NVMe/SATA, 1 x mSATA)

• CompactPCI^® Express backplane connectors XP1, XJ2, XJ3, XJ4, system board pin assignment
• PCI^® Express support four links Gen3 x4
• Can be used with any standard CompactPCI® Express backplane (system slot left aligned)
• Four links Gen2 x1 (available on peripheral slots 4, 6, 7, 8)
• 6HP pitch between system slots CPCI^® Serial and CPCI^® Express

• 24-lane 6-port PCI Express^® Gen3 packet switch PEX 8724
• Upstream 1 x4 link wired to the HSE1 mezzanine connector (CPU card PCH or processor)
• Downstream 4 x4 links to the CompactPCI^® Express backplane
• Downstream 1 x4 link to the NVMe SSD M.2 socket

• 3 x RJ45 Gigabit Ethernet jacks, three individual on-board I210-IT controllers
• 1000BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, 10BASE-T compliant data transfer rate
• 3 x USB 3.0 (3.1 Gen1) Type A receptacles
• Two USB ports via on-Board USB controller, one USB port derived from HSE1 mezzanine connector

• Three individual networking interface controllers (NIC), based on PCI Express®
• 1000BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, 10BASE-T connections
• Intel^® I210-IT -40°C to +85°C operating temperature GbE controllers w. integrated PHY
• IPv4/IPv6 checksum offload, 9.5KB Jumbo Frame support, EEE Energy Efficient Ethernet
• IEEE 802.1Qav Audio-Video-Bridging (AVB) enhancements for time-sensitive streams (TSN)
• IEEE 1588 and 802.1AS packets time stamping for high-precision time synchronization
• All GbE ports wired via RJ45 front panel connectors

• Upper front panel receptacle wired to HSE1 mezzanine connector (CPU carrier card PCH)
• Middle and lower connectors wired to PCI Express^® dual port USB 3.0 controller TUSB7320
• USB 3.1 Gen1 (formerly USB 3.0) xHCI (eXtensible host controller interface) SuperSpeed supported
• USB 2.0 high-speed, full-speed, low-speed supported
• 3 x front panel Type-A USB 3.0 host connectors
• V_BUS (+5V) 1.5A high current power switches assigned to front panel connectors

• M.2 (formerly known as NGFF) socket for an NVMe type SSD module up to 2280 size
• PCI Express^® Gen3 x4 interface (M-key socket)
• Socket height 4.2H (double sided module allowed)
• Capacity up to 2TB as of current
• Suitable for operating system installation (boot device)
• Alternate usage with an SATA type SSD B-M key
• Autosensing analog switch for selection between PCIe^® and SATA operation
• On-Board 6G SATA controller 88SE9170

• PCI Express^® Mini Card socket, full-size or half-size modules
• PCI Express^® Mini Cards of all styles supported: USB 2.0 and PCIe^® based, and mSATA
• Autosensing analog switch for selection between PCIe^® and SATA operation
• On-Board 6G SATA controller 88SE9170
• Suitable for wireless applications e.g. WLAN, Bluetooth or 2G/3G/LTE modem card
• Micro SIM card holder associated (15mm x 12mm ETSI TS 102 221 V9.0.0, Mini-UICC)
• Suitable for fieldbus modules e.g. CAN-FD, and industrial Ethernet modules (real time networking)
• Custom specific F/P design for additional pigtail SMB antenna connectors (10HP front or wider)
• Custom specific F/P design for non-radio applications e.g. CAN-FD (10HP or wider)

• System expansion with CompactPCI^® Express peripheral cards
• Supports PCI Express^® on up to four CompactPCI^® Express peripheral slots (4x4 Gen3)
• Replaces CompactPCI^® Express CPU card - entire system control by affordable CompactPCI^® Serial CPU
• Enables usage of CompactPCI^® Express boards in a CompactPCI^® Serial system
• Demanding test and measurement systems

• Designed & manufactured in Germany
• ISO 9001 certified quality management
• Custom specific development on request
• Long term availability
• Coating, sealing, underfilling on request
• RoHS compliant 2002/95/EC
• Operating temperature -40°C to +85°C (industrial temperature range)
• Storage temperature: -40°C to +85°C, max. gradient 5°C/min
• Humidity 5% ... 95% RH non condensing
• Altitude -300m ... +3000m
• Shock 15g 0.33ms, 6g 6ms
• Vibration 1g 5-2000Hz
• EC Regulatory EN55024, EN55032, EN62368-1
• MTBF 44.4 years