PICMGSpecificationsforAdvancedResearchProjects- ABriefHistoryinTime

IEEERealTimeConferenceJune9,2018Heiko KoerteonbehalfofJustinMoll(VPMarketingPICMG)

Topics

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• IntroductiontoPICMG• MicroTCA/MicroTCA.4inPhysics• MicroTCA– VersatilityinApplications• 40GMicroTCAEfforts• Resources– ApplicationGuides,LinkstoContent• PICMG– What’sNext

PICMG

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PICMGistheleadingspecificationdevelopmentorganizationintheembeddedindustry.• Over150membercompanies,relativelyevenly

distributedbetweenAmerica,Europe,andAsia• Main(current)specificationsareAdvancedTCA,

MicroTCA/AMC,COMExpress,CompactPCI,CompactPCISerialandCompactPCISerialSpace,HPM,andSHB(PICMG1.3)

• Widerangeofmarketsandspecificationtypes

Open Specification vs. Open Source

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Introducing New Specs

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• By-lawsrequire3memberscompaniestosponsor• Oftenindividualcompaniesbringingspecconcepts–

openeduptolargercommunitytoimprove/modify• Fasttrack,butnorubberstamp• IPRPolicy,levelsofparticipation• Reviewprocess

A Variety of Specifications & Core Markets

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• Varioustypes– backplane-basedhardware,motherboard-basedhardware,mezzanineCOM-basedhardware,andsystemmanagementsoftware

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Industries

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MicroTCA/MicroTCA.4 in Physics

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MicroTCAhasadvantagesforHighEnergyPhysics(HEP)andmanyothermarkets• PCIeGen3and40GbEcapable• SuperiorSWaP(Size,Weight,Power)• Inherentreliability(6ninesuptime)• MultipleclockoptionswithMicroTCA.4specialtiming

provisions• RearI/OcapablewithMicroTCA.4

Applicationsinclude:• LowLevelRF(LLRF)control• BeamPositionMonitors(BPM)• BeamLossMonitors(BLM)• LocalProtectionSystemoftheRadio-Frequencysources

(RF-LPS)

Applications

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PICMGdoesnothaveofficialnumbersonMicroTCAsize,butmembershavesharedthefollowing:• ContinuinggrowthinMil/Aeroapplications.Mostly

MTCA.0,MTCA.1,andpurpose-builtconduction-cooled• LargePhysicspresence,otherResearchLabs• Applicationswherenootherarchitecturecanprovide

theperformanceandSWaPadvantages• ApplicationsstretchfromBanking,Automation,

Defense,Satellites,Communications/Test,Physics,AdvancedResearchLabs,RailwayCommunications,andMedicalImaging

ApplicationsGuide- https://www.picmg.org/wp-content/uploads/MicroTCA_Application_Guide_final-_rev1_1.pdf

Applications (Con’t)

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• VoIPMediaGateway- atraditionaltelcotypearchitecturewithdualredundancywiththeaimofproviding99.999%availability.Systemsconsistofprocessors,storage,networkingandtelcointerfaces

• Mobilebasestation - usedfortrials,testequipmentandemergencydeployments,architecturetypicallyconsistsofaCPUlinkedtoDSPandFPGAbasebandprocessingelements.

• Banknoteinspectionsystems- Theypresentedtheirsolutionatthe2016MicroTCAworkshopwhichhasacustombackplanewithabuiltinMCHthatissplitintotwosystems

• Semiconductorlithographysteppermotorcontrolsystems- quitepossiblythebiggestAdvancedMC userwiththemodulesmountedonATCAcarriersincludingCPU,FPGAandDSPelementsalllinkedusingaRapidIO fabricforlowlatency.

• TelecomTest&Measurementmarket- ItisusedinsideacabinetandisawidebandchannelRFsystemwith2xdualchannelRFcardsusedinLTEandLTEadvancedtestequipment.

• Navy- towedarrayforsubmarines• NASA’sSpaceNetworkGroundSegmentSustainmentProject• GroundRADARforAirports,MobileRADAR

40GbE MicroTCA.0 and AMC.2 Efforts

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TheHigherSpeedEthernetFabricsforMicroTCA.0andAMC.2grouphasshownthat40GbEMicroTCAperformswithinIEEElimits,withsomecaveats.• Thespecisexpectedtobecompletedin2018.We

needtodevelopmultipleAMCandMCHtestcardstocharacterizethesimulationresults.

• Simulationsshowsthatthepress-fitpassesundermostconditions.Thecompression-mountpassesunderalltestconditionsapplied.

• Tipsinclude:Placehubslotsincenter,Nelco4000-13SIwasveryeffective.

Resources

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DesignGuidesandmoreonthePICMGWebsite:• PhysicsDesignGuideforClocks,Gates&Triggersin

Instrumentationhttps://www.picmg.org/wp-content/uploads/PDG_0-R1_0-RELEASED-2013-04-231.pdf• StandardprocessmodelsandAPIshttps://www.picmg.org/wp-content/uploads/PICMG_uTCA_DG_3R1_0.pdf• StandarddevicemodelsandAPIshttps://www.picmg.org/wp-content/uploads/PICMG_uTCA_DG_2R1_0.pdf• PICMG®MTCA.4PCIExpressHotPlugDesignGuidehttps://www.picmg.org/wp-content/uploads/PICMG_MTCA_DG_0-PCI-Express-Hot-Plug_RELEASED-2017-01-09-002-1.pdf• StandardHardwareAPIDesignGuidehttps://www.picmg.org/wp-content/uploads/PICMG_MTCA_DG_1-Standard_Hardware_API_Design_Guide_RELEASED-2017-01-09-002.pdf

PICMG – What’s Next?

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IoTisthe“nextbigthing”forPICMG.ItisexpectedthatmanyapplicationswilluseCOMExpressforIoT,butfortheaggregatorsandhigh-endsystems,MicroTCAandCompactPCISerialinvariousformscouldalsobeagreatfit.• Interoperablefamiliesofspecs– small“postagestamp”

typeofspectoCOMExpresstoMicroTCA.• Lookingforparticipants

Why Join PICMG?

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• Earlyaccesstokeytechnology• Participateinspecificationdevelopment• LeveragePICMGpromotionsandmarketingefforts• Developrelationshipswiththoughleadersand

suppliers• Gainvisibilityandleadsfromyourproductsand

contentonthePICMGWebsite• Low-costmembership– Affiliatesjoinforaslowas

$1000.00*

• *2017price,subjecttochange

PICMG Marketing Efforts

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• NewProductListingsonWebsite• Pressrelease• Casestudies,applicationnotes,articles,whitepapers• Jointarticlesinleadingpublications• ParticipateinPICMGevents– EmbeddedWorldbooth,

etc.• CompanylistingsonWebsite• Emailblasts,newsletters,socialmedia• MultiplepublicationscoveringPICMGproducts

Questions

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WhatwouldyouliketoseeregardingnewMicroTCAefforts?(newshortformspecs,otherDesignGuides,PCIeGen4?)

Otherquestions?

Thankyou!