Mezzanine Card provides 16 analog channels.
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M-Module M35N can be configured with 16 single-ended, or 8 differential voltage or current analog channels, each with acquisition time of 5 µs with 14-bit resolution. Analog inputs are optically isolated from digital computer bus. M-Module is suited for open bus systems, such as those based on CompactPCI, PCI, PM, or VME. It can also be deployed in standalone, busless embedded computer systems. Extended temperature version operates over -40 to +85°C.
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New M-Module Provides 16 High-Resolution Analog Channels for Automation and Instrumentation Systems
Dallas, February 23, 2004 - A new 16-channel, analog input M-Module from MEN Micro (www.menmicro.com) is well suited to automation and instrumentation applications where inputs from multiple analog channels must be monitored. Each of the 16 channels on the new M-Module has an acquisition time of five microseconds (µs) with 14-bit of resolution.
"Designers of industrial, embedded automation or instrumentation equipment are sometimes hard pressed to find analog inputs that are both cost effective and rugged," said Ernest Godsey, president of MEN Micro. "Many of these
applications monitor multiple analog signals and all of this information must be accurately input into the system's control unit. That's where this M-Module is most effective. It gives system designers the cost effective, high resolution, fast analog input channels they need."
The M35N, as the new M-Module is designated, is a mezzanine card that can be used in any number of open bus systems, such as those based on CompactPCI, PCI, PM or VME. Or, it can be deployed in a standalone, busless embedded computer system. The M35N can be plugged into any M-Module slot on a single board computer (SBC) or on an open bus carrier card. For example, as many as four M-Modules can be mounted on a 6U VMEbus or CompactPCI carrier card.
The M35N can be configured with 16 single-ended voltage or current analog channels, or eight differential voltage or current analog channels. The analog inputs are optically isolated from the digital computer bus. And isolated supply voltages can be generated by an onboard DC/DC converter. The extended temp version of the M35N is able to operate over the industrial temperature range of -40 to +85 degrees C.
The M35N is ideal for applications where fast sampling is required. With a fast analog-to-digital converter capable of auto-incrementation on the multiplexer channel, the M35N can complete an acquisition and conversion cycle in five pts with precision better than 0.05 percent. Each channel and input range is adjusted automatically.
Pricing and Availability
The M35N is available now from MEN Micro, Inc. Pricing starts at $528 for single units. In the United States, MEN Micro products are sold through a national network of technical manufacturer's representatives. For sales information, call 972 939-2675, send faxes to 972 939-0055 or email sales@menmicro.com.
What's an M-Module?
The M-Module specification was developed by MEN Mikro Elektronik and has been widely accepted in the electronics industry. It is an ANSI (American National Standards Institute) standard. M-Modules are approximately 50 by 150 mm in size. MEN Micro offers a selection of more than 100 different M-Modules with a variety of configurations and capabilities. Other manufacturers also offer M-Modules and more than 200 cards with different capabilities are currently on the market.
About MEN Micro
MEN designs, manufactures and sells board-level industrial real-time and embedded computer products. The flexibility inherent in MEN's standard products allows system platforms to be custom configured for a wide range of applications. In addition, the
company develops custom boards and systems for OEMs, end users and system integrators. MEN's products include VMEbus and CompactPCl compute platforms with Intel Pentium, Motorola 68000 or PowerPC processors, and a wide selection of M-Module or PC-MIP mezzanine I/O modules. The MEN product lines support the most widely used operating systems, including Windows NT, VxWorks, OS-9, QNX and Linux.
MEN was founded in 1982 in Nurnberg, Germany, as MEN Mikro Elektronik GmbH. The company has subsidiaries in France, MEN Mikro Elektronik SA; the United Kingdom, MEN Micro, Ltd., and the United States, MEN Micro, Inc. A network of technical distributors services and supports the rest of the world.
