BUSTRONIC Announces New H.110 CTEL Backplane Meeting PICMG 2.0 Rev. 3.0 Specifications.Business Editors and High Tech Writers FREMONT, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 10, 2000 BUSTRONIC Corporation, industry-leading designer and manufacturer of high performance backplanes, today announced that its 104 CTEL backplane line for telephony has conformed to PICMG's (PCI (1) (Payment Card Industry) See PCI DSS. (2) (Peripheral Component Interconnect) The most widely used I/O bus (peripheral bus). Industrial Computer Manufacturers Group) 2.0 Rev. 3.0 specifications. Rev. 3.0 of the CompactPCI Core Specification incorporates features from PICMG's Hot Swap specification, such as pin sequencing and radial clock lines. PICMG An industry consortium that develops specifications for backplanes and interconnects for electronic equipment in the industrial and telecom fields. It was founded in 1994 as the PCI Industrial Computer Manufacturers Group, hence the acronym. is a not-for-profit consortium of over 500 industrial computer product vendors who collaboratively develop specifications for PCI-based systems and boards for use in industrial and telecommunications computing applications. A CompactPCI CT industry standard product, the 104 CTEL line meets PICMG 2.5 Rev 1.0 specifications as a hot swappable, backplane-based Time Division Multiplex (TDM (Time Division Multiplexing) A technology that transmits multiple signals simultaneously over a single transmission path. Each lower-speed signal is time sliced into one high-speed transmission. ) bus and the Enterprise Computer Telephony Forum's ECTF (Enterprise Computer Telephony Forum, www.ectf.org) An industry association founded in 1996 that provides a clearinghouse for technical standards for voice and data integration in the computer telephony arena. H.110 (CT Bus). The specification also adds 66 MHz (MegaHertZ) One million cycles per second. It is used to measure the transmission speed of electronic devices, including channels, buses and the computer's internal clock. A one-megahertz clock (1 MHz) means some number of bits (16, 32, 64, etc. operation with up to four peripheral slots and a reservation of pins for system management functions. The 104 CTEL backplane features a 12-layer stripline design with integrated hot swapping capability. Hot swapping is the ability to remove and replace system components without turning off hardware - a critical feature for telecommunications systems that require continuous operation to traffic the steady stream of data transfers. The off-the-shelf convenience of the 104 CTEL provides customers with lower prices, significantly decreased implementation times and eliminates the additional R&D time traditionally required for customized solutions, thereby reducing time-to-market for new products. CTEL allows access to several different operating systems and thousands of applications programs, while providing a streamlined packaging plan specifically for industrial applications. The 104 CTEL backplane line now features an ATX See ATX motherboard. (hardware, standard) ATX - An open PC motherboard specification by Intel. ATX is a development of the Baby AT specification with the motherboard rotated 90 degrees in the chassis. power connector to allow easy plug-in from the backplane to the chassis during assembly. The ATX power connector eliminates the need to build a wire harness by utilizing the standard PC power supply cable. In addition to the ATX connector, the backplane features power studs for higher power requirements. Utility connectors are also featured for power monitoring LEDs, the power-on reset switch, and floppy disk drives. The CTEL backplane was designed using BUSTRONIC's computer optimized layout simulation. It is readily available in 8, 6, and 4 slot configurations. About BUSTRONIC Founded in 1989, BUSTRONIC Corporation specializes in the design and manufacture of high-performance backplanes in its Fremont, California facility. BUSTRONIC has a complete line of industry-standard backplanes, including VME (Virtual Machine Environment) An operating system from Fujitsu Services (formerly ICL) that runs on its Series 39 mainframes. Introduced in 1975, VME is a comprehensive product that provides a variety of utilities for datacenter operations. 64x, V320/64x, VME, CompactPCI, CTEL, ISA (1) (Instruction Set Architecture) See instruction set. (2) (Interactive Services Association) See Internet Alliance. (3) (Internet Security and Acceleration) See .NET. + PCIbus, and VXI (VME EXtensions for Instrumentation) A peripheral bus specialized for data acquisition and real time control systems. Introduced in 1987, VXI uses all Eurocard form factors and adds trigger lines, a local bus and other functions suited for measurement applications. . The CTEL backplane is a specialized variation of CompactPCI for computer telephony. BUSTRONIC's custom design service combines creative engineering, highly sophisticated computer simulation and modern design techniques to offer customized backplanes that meet the most specialized system requirements. BUSTRONIC is a member of the ELMA ELMA Elastomania (game) ELMA El Malpais National Monument (US National Park Service) ELMA Embedded Loop Mode Antenna Electronic group. ELMA, based in Wetzikon, Switzerland and Fremont, California, is a global leader in electronic enclosures and components with facilities or representatives in over 22 countries and is publicly traded on the Swiss Stock Exchange. BUSTRONIC is a member of PICMGu and VITA and can be found on the World Wide Web at: www.bustronic.com. |
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