Front Panel Data Port
The front panel data port (FPDP) is a bus that provides high speed data transfer between two or more VMEbus boards at up to 160 MB/sec with low latency. The FPDP bus uses a 32-bit parallel synchronous bus wired with a 80-conductor ribbon cable.[1]
The following interface functions are supported:[2]
- FPDP/TM (transmitter master) - drives data and timing signals onto the FPDP, and also terminates the bus signals at one end of the ribbon cable
- FPDP/RM (receiver master) - receives data from the FPDP synchronously with the timing signals provided by the FPDP/TM, and also terminates the bus at the opposite end of the cable to the FPDP/TM
- FPDP/R (receiver) - receives data form the FPDP synchronously with the timing signals provided by the FPDP/TM; it does not terminate the bus. More than one FPDP/R can be connected to the FPDP bus. It can also be an alternate function to that of FPDP/RM via software control.
The connector, denoted by the FPDP specifciation, is a KEL P/N 8825E-080-175.
See also
- VMEbus - a computer bus standard widely used for many applications and standardized by the IEC as ANSI/IEEE 1014-1987
References
- ^ Standard VITA 17-199x, VMEbus International Trade Association (VITA), http://www.vita.com/
- ^ www.mc.com/uploadedFiles/Echotek_Series-FPDP-PMC-ds.pdf
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