Differences between the Double Eurocard and VME

From: Peter C. Wallace <pcw_at_mesanet.com>
Date: Mon Aug 5 13:58:01 2002

On Mon, 5 Aug 2002, Ram Meenakshisundaram wrote:

>
> Hi,
>
> If it is just a mechanical difference, then why would transtech (who
> manufactured the TMB12 and TMB14/TMB16) say that the Double Eurocard is
> NOT the same as the VMEBus???

What I said was that I thought the Eurocard spec was just a mechanical spec,
meaning that some card specified as a Eurocard can have _any_ kind of
electrical specs and signal types and order. If a card was a VME
card, it would be represented as such...


>
> Here is the snippet from their product description:
>
> The TMB12 will fit into standard 6U, 220mm deep enclosures
> with DIN41612 connectors. Please note that the TMB12 is
> not compatible with VMEbus backplanes (see TMB14 and
> TMB15 for VMEbus interfaces).
>
> http://www.transtech.co.uk/transpdf/tmb12.pdf
>
>
> Is the Double Extended Eurocard the same as the Double Eurocard?
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ram
>
>




Peter Wallace
Mesa Electronics
Received on Mon Aug 05 2002 - 13:58:01 BST

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