Hi; Thanks for reading this. I am looking for a cPCI controller that will run win2K or XP. It has to have an operating temperature range of from -20C to 85C( this is a mandatory requirement). Also Needs a V(io) of 3.3 volts and I would like to be able to use a FLASH drive due to the temp extremes. Does anybody know of anyone who makes a product that might work for us? Thanks in Advance; C.W. Thomas

Need cPCI SBC reccomendation.
Started by ●January 6, 2005
Reply by ●January 6, 20052005-01-06
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Reply by ●January 7, 20052005-01-07
On Thu, 6 Jan 2005 16:14:12 -0500, "CW Thomas" <cwthomas@bittware.com> wrote:>Hi; > >Thanks for reading this. > >I am looking for a cPCI controller that will run win2K or XP. It has to have >an > >operating temperature range of from -20C to 85C( this is a mandatory >requirement). > >Also Needs a V(io) of 3.3 volts and I would like to be able to use a FLASH >drive due to the temp extremes. > >Does anybody know of anyone who makes a product that might work for us? > >We have had succes with SBCs from Men Mikro Systems. Their prices are very reasonable compared to some other SBC manufacturers. http://www.menmicro.com Regards Anton Erasmus
Reply by ●January 11, 20052005-01-11
On 2005-01-06 22:14, CW Thomas wrote:> Hi; > > Thanks for reading this. > > I am looking for a cPCI controller that will run win2K or XP. It has to have > an > > operating temperature range of from -20C to 85C( this is a mandatory > requirement). > > Also Needs a V(io) of 3.3 volts and I would like to be able to use a FLASH > drive due to the temp extremes. > > Does anybody know of anyone who makes a product that might work for us? > > > Thanks in Advance; > > > C.W. Thomas > > >Your temperature range will exclude many boards; you may want to focus on boards intended for rugged/military environment. I've never needed those specs myself, but you could perhaps find some companies at picmg.org to choose from. I hear SBS, Kontron, Force/Motorola and others have such boards. (Most rugged stuff is 3U, could be a limitation) Nowadays I'd think most boards are +3.3V VI/O capable, so that wouldn't be much of an issue, unless you dig up some older stuff. If you are talking PMC VI/O, that can be a factory configurable option. (When you use a flash drive, be careful of how often you write new data, they are rather limited in cycles compared to a hard disk, and any operating system must be kept from wearing out such a disk too soon.) /Rolf
