P14 (MEN MIKRO)

The P14 is based on the PC-MIP ANSI mezzanine standard. It can be used as an I/O extension in any type of bus system, i.e. CPCI, PXI, VME or on any type of stand-alone SBC. Appropriate PC-MIP carrier cards in 3U, 6U and other formats are available from MEN or other manufacturers. The P14 PC-MIP is a 400-Mbps controller for the IEEE 1394 High Performance Serial Bus, also known as FireWire (TM Apple) and i.LINK (TM Sony). The IEEE 1394 defines a high-speed next-generation network topology and protocol. Guaranteed bandwidth is provided for mission critical applications and make the P14 a fast, reliable and universal interconnection between computers and I/O devices. The P14 is provided with an integrated LLC/PHY chip, being fully compatible to OHCI-based software (implicit part of the MS Windows operating systems as of Windows 98SE and Windows 2000). The data transfer rate is specified at 400Mbits/s (200/100Mbits/s). When sourced by the 6-pin 1394 connector with integrated power distribution, peripheral devices attached to the P14 need no separate power supply. Live connect/disconnect, digital video and audio processing or high-speed data storage systems are typical applications for the P14.