ADLINK cPCI-3840 (Commonly Referred to as KCPCI-3840) 3U CompactPCI Industrial CPU Module

Product Description

The cPCI-3840 (market reference name KCPCI-3840) is a high-reliability industrial-grade 3U CompactPCI single-board computer independently developed by ADLINK, belonging to ADLINK's classic rugged CompactPCI embedded computing product line. As the core high-performance computing component specially designed for industrial scenarios that have extremely strict requirements for long-term stable operation, vibration resistance and wide temperature adaptability, it is widely deployed in heavy-duty industrial scenarios such as railway transportation, military communications, industrial automation control and other safety-critical industrial fields. It is responsible for executing high-speed data processing, real-time control logic operation and system management tasks, ensuring that the industrial embedded system can continuously and stably operate without interruption under extremely harsh environmental conditions, providing the most fundamental high-reliability computing guarantee for the stable operation of industrial special embedded systems.

Core Technical Specifications

• Manufacturer: ADLINK, original rugged industrial computing grade production standard
• Product Category: 3U CompactPCI industrial CPU module, official product model cPCI-3840, industry common name KCPCI-3840
• Physical Parameters: Standard 3U CompactPCI rack installation design, with dedicated rear transition module cPCI-R3840 (50mm installation depth), fully compliant with industrial anti-vibration and anti-shock standards, far exceeding the general industrial computer requirements
• Electrical Parameters: Low power consumption industrial power supply design, with built-in power supply overvoltage and transient voltage suppression circuit, no additional cooling fan required for long-term stable operation
• Performance Parameters: Adopting low-power Intel Pentium M / Celeron M processor, with up to 2MB L2 cache, maximum main frequency up to 1.6GHz, supporting up to 2GB PC2700 DDR-SDRAM memory, which can efficiently execute industrial real-time control tasks and high-speed data processing operations
• Storage Interface: Multiple storage interfaces including IDE, CompactFlash and Serial ATA, which can adapt to different industrial storage configuration requirements, and support the use of industrial-grade solid-state storage media to improve system anti-vibration performance
• Communication and I/O Capability: Integrated dual Gigabit Ethernet ports, USB 2.0 interface, CRT and DVI dual display interfaces (output through rear transition module), and AC97 audio line out and microphone input functions, which can seamlessly realize data interconnection with industrial control equipment, on-site sensors and upper monitoring platform
• Environmental Adaptability: Solder-down component design eliminates connector failure under strong vibration, conformal coating with UV tracer provides effective protection against salt mist, moisture and fungus, the official provides more than 10 years of long-term product lifecycle support, fully meeting the long-cycle operation requirements of railway and aerospace projects
• Operating Environment: -20°C to +60°C industrial wide temperature working range, mean time between failures (MTBF) as high as 250,000 hours, fully certified by railway and military industrial standards

Key Product Functions

• High-Stability Rugged Computing Operation: The module adopts full-soldering fixed component design and special conformal coating protection process, which can effectively resist the strong vibration, salt mist erosion and wide temperature change in harsh industrial sites, and will not cause system crash or data loss due to environmental factors, ensuring that the industrial embedded system can continuously and stably operate for a long time.
• Rich Industrial Interface Expansion Capability: The module integrates dual Gigabit Ethernet, multiple USB, display and audio interfaces, and supports multiple storage media access modes, which can flexibly adapt to different industrial embedded system configuration requirements, no additional interface expansion card is needed, effectively reducing the hardware complexity of the system.
• Long Product Lifecycle Support: ADLINK provides more than 10 years of continuous product lifecycle management and technical support services for this series of modules, which fully matches the long-cycle operation requirements of railway, military and aerospace projects, avoiding the problem of system hardware being out of production and unable to maintain during the long-term operation of the project.
• Perfect CompactPCI System Compatibility: The module fully complies with the international CompactPCI industrial bus standard, which can be directly installed on the standard 3U CompactPCI industrial control system rack, no additional complex hardware modification and driver adaptation work are needed, and it can be directly used as spare parts for maintenance replacement of old ADLINK CompactPCI systems that have been running for many years, effectively extending the service life of the old industrial embedded system.
• Low Power Consumption Fanless Operation Design: The module adopts low-power processor and optimized heat dissipation structure, which can realize long-term stable operation without cooling fan, effectively avoiding the problem of system failure caused by fan wear and dust accumulation, and greatly improving the reliability of the system in unattended industrial sites.

Typical Application Scenarios

• Railway transportation industry: Train automatic control (ATC) system, locomotive on-board embedded control system, responsible for the core computing and logic control of the railway operation control system.
• Military communication industry: Tactical military communication equipment, field industrial control system, realizing stable and reliable high-performance computing operation in harsh field environment.
• Industrial automation industry: Special industrial embedded control system, on-site equipment monitoring and data processing system, realizing high-stability operation control of industrial special equipment.
• Aerospace industry: Ground test and control system equipment, realizing reliable and stable data processing and system control of aerospace ground test equipment.
• Industrial transformation and upgrading projects: Spare parts replacement and system maintenance of old ADLINK cPCI-3840 series embedded computing systems that have been in operation for many years in various industrial sites.

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