Bus Extenders for VXI and PXI
Select from our variety of bus extender and carrier modules.
These products were formerly sold under the Racal Instruments brand name.
Bus Extender
Format: PXI
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Product
M/MA Module Carrier
VX405C
Carrier Board
The VX405C carrier provides the mechanical and electrical interfaces between the VXIbus and up to six (6) VITA 12-1996 standard M/MA-Modules. The carrier provides VXI register configuration and access to the M/MA-Module I/O space and memory (if present). Each M/MA-Module is controlled separately and appears as a different logical address in the VXI environment. Over 100 M/MA-Modules are available that can provide custom interfacing to the unit under test (UUT). Up to six (6) unique interfaces may be provided in a single VXI slot.
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Product
PXI/cPCI Carrier
VX407C
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The carrier supports two 3U PXI or cPCI modules or one 6U PXI or cPCI module. It has an on-board PowerPC processor that can perform command translation, data analysis, and many other data processing or process control functions. Data can be transferred to/from a PXI or PMC device and on-board memory at a sustained rate of 132 Mbytes/s.

