CompactPCI Chassis feature pluggable design.

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With sheet metal design and full pluggability, Type 39c HA Chassis are available in 1-4 U heights in horizontal-mounting orientations. Compliant to PICMG specifications and IEEE 1101.10/.11, enclosures feature side-to-side 200 cfm cooling, 300 mm depths, and rear I/O options. CompactPCI backplanes include pluggable 47-pin connectors for hot swapping power supplies. Pluggable fan tray headers and optional shelf management modules are available.



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ELMA Announces New 1U Easyplug COMPACTPCI Chassis



FREMONT, California, April 24, 2006 - Elma Electronic Inc., a global manufacturer of electronic packaging products announced a new Type 39 1U EasyPlug CompactPCI enclosure.

The Type 39c HA line features 9U cPCI backplanes from Elma Bustronic, which include pluggable 47-pin connectors for hot swapping power supplies. There are also pluggable fan tray headers and optional shelf management modules. Redundancy options can be built-in with all of these components. The backplanes are available in standard cPCI, H.110, or PICMG 2.16 options.

With a sheet metal design and full pluggability, the Type 39c HA family offers ease of manufacturing and saves costs. The chassis are available in 1U-4U heights in horizontal-mounting orientations. Compliant to the latest PICMG specifications and IEEE 1101.10/.11, the enclosures feature side-to-side 200CFM (300LFM) cooling, 300mm depths, and rear I/O options. Elma specializes in quick and affordable customization of their chassis offerings.

Shelf management is an important part of HA systems. Elma offers an IPMI-based (Intelligent Platform Management Interface) shelf manager option. For increased redundancy on the backplanes, a Dual Star design can be implemented on the PICMG 2.16 configurations.

Depending on configurations and options Elma's Type 39 HA family has a 4-6 week lead-time. The image shown is with the cover off to view the configuration.

About Elma Electronic
Elma Electronic Inc. is a leading manufacturer and supplier of enclosures, backplanes, cabinets, cases, and "ready-to-run" packaging for CPCI, Rugged COTS, VME/64x, VXI, PC and custom bus structures. Elma's component product line offers a wide selection of top quality switches knobs and LED arrays. The company has been a worldwide supplier of dependable, high performance products for over 35 years. Elma operates multiple facilities in the continental United States plus has locations in Switzerland, Germany, France, the United Kingdom, Romania and Israel.

Elma Electronic Inc. is located at 44350 Grimmer Blvd., Fremont, CA 94538 USA. Telephone (510) 656-3400 - Fax (510) 656-3783. www.elma.com

Company Contact: Justin Moll, Elma Electronic Inc.
510.490.7388 510.490.1853 fax e-mail: jmoll@Bustronic.com

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