Bus Converter converts CompactPCI/PXI boards to PCI-Express.
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Combining bus converter, housing, and remote system, ME-Synapses Express is available in 2 models with 2 or 6 slots of 3U PICMG CompactPCI standard. System connects to PC or laptop via PCIexpress cable, and because it is completely transparent, it is possible to integrate boards by Meilhaus Electronic as well as boards by other manufacturers that are compatible with 3U CompactPCI standard.
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Convert and Use 3 U CompactPCI/PXI Boards as PCI-Express Via Cable ME-Synapse Express
With the ME-Synapses the measurement technologies specialist Meilhaus Electronic has created the ingenious combination of bus-converter, housing and remote system. The ME-Synapses convert standard ME-boards into Ethernet/LAN or USB by simply plugging the board into the chassis and having it convert the interface into Ethernet/LAN or USB. The proven Meilhaus Electronic intelligent Driver System or ME-iDS makes it as easy as that, because it makes calls to the board no difference, whether it is a board integrated into a local PC or a board in a remote ME-Synapse.
New to this family of ME-Synapses are the two models for the PCIexpress interface. The housings themselves are identical to those of the ME-Synapse LAN or ME-Synapse LAN XL and offer 2 or 6 slots of the 3 U PICMG compactPCI-standard (only J1 bus connectors). The ME-Synapse Express is simply connected to a PC or laptop via a PCIexpress cable. Special boards and adapters are available to provide the PCIexpress interface in a PC or portable computer. Because the system is completely transparent, it is not only possible to integrate boards by Meilhaus Electronic but also boards by other manufacturers that are compatible with the 3 U compactPCI standard, while using their own drivers. Agilent Technologies, ZTEC Instruments, Göpel and others have been tested with positive results.
ME-boards in conjunction with the ME-iDS offer support of Windows, Linux, LabVIEW, Agilent VEE Pro, MCD TestManager CE (test sequences), COSATEQ SCALE-RT (realtime, HIL simulation), C/C++/C#, Delphi, Visual Basic, Python and others.
