A5818
PCI Express Gen 3 CONET2 Controller
Features
- PCI Express Gen 3 x8
- 4 Optical Links available.
- CONET2 CAEN Proprietary Optical Link Compatible.
- Up to 32 CAEN CONET2-compliant Optical slave cards (CAEN VME Bridges or Digitizers) controlled by a single A5818.
- Drivers for:
- Linux
- Windows
- Supported by CAEN libraries (CAENDigitizer, CAENComm, CAENVMELib).
Overview
The Mod. A5818 is a PCI Express Gen 3 x8 card that can plug into x8 or x16 PCI Express slots, which allows the User to control up to 4 CONET 2 independent networks (each network can be made of up to 8 CONET 2 slaves).
CONET2 is an optical link-based network with Daisy chain capabilities. Through the CONET 2 it is possible to handle the VMEbus through the CAEN VMEbus Optical Link Bridges (such as the V3718, VX3718 or V4718, VX4718) or to control directly CAEN modules with built-in optical link (such as standard CAEN digitizers).
The communication path uses optical fiber cables as physical transmission line (AI2700 – Optical Fiber Series).
Technical Specifications
- Architecture
PCI Express Gen 3 x8
- Slot Compatibility
PCI Express x8 v3.0
- Transmission Channel
Optical Fiber
- Channel Bandwidth
1.25 Gb/s
- Data Transfer rate
Up to 85 MB/s per link (CONET 2 CAEN proprietary protocol)
- Num. of boards / link
Up to 8 boards can be controlled by a single CONET 2 link thanks to Daisy-chain capability
- Num. of Optical Links
4
- Power Rails
+12 V
+3.3 V
- Operating Systems Supported
Linux
Windows®
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Accessories
- AI2700
- Optical Fiber Series
Ordering Options
Code | Description |
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WA5818XAAAAA | A5818 - PCI Express CONET Controller – 4 Links RoHS |