SBS VIPC616 Four Slot 6U VMEbus IndustryPack Carrier
Application Information
The VIPC616 VMEbus IndustryPack carrier is part of the IndustryPack family of modular I/O components.
As a 6U carier board, the VIPC616 provides mechanical mounting and the electrical interface from the VME
backplane to four single-wide IndustryPacks or up to two double-wide IndustryPacks. The carrier supports
I/O, ID, memory, and interrupt functions.
The popular VIPC616 is a basic version of the enhanced VIPC618. The VIPC618 uses shielded 50-pin
subminiature D connectors as the front panel I/O interface for significant reduction of EMI emissions and
include latches. The VIPC616 features right-angled ribbon cable connectors on its front panel.
In addition to the front panel cabling, most of the I/O signals of the C and D IndustryPacks are also routed
to the VMEbus P2 backplane connector. This permits more flexible cabling options in many chassis.
IndustryPack I/O is mapped into the VMEbus A16/D16 space. Both user and supervisor accesses are
supported, as are read-modify-write (“test and set”) operations. The size of I/O and ID spaces on each IP is
fixed by the IndustryPack Specification. Memory is mapped into either A24 or A32 space. The A32 selection
supports the full 8 Mbytes of memory per IndustryPAck slot.