A wide range of Advantech backplanes are available for PICMG single board computers (SBC). They range from four to twenty slots, and allow optimal system configurations with flexible combinations of 64-bit/32-bit PCI and ISA slots. Advantech also provides a low-cost, yet professional design service that tailors backplanes to meet expansion requirements within a short time frame.
Advantech’s SHB Express (PICMG 1.3) design policy provides clear guidelines that ensure system compatibility. Customers can easily recognize specific solutions based on product naming. For example, server grade PCE-7XXX SHB are compatible with PCE-7BXX backplanes. Mainstream PCE-5XXX SHB are compatible with PCE-5BXX backplanes. This precise naming policy help prevent incompatible SHB and SHB Express backplane combinations.
Rich riser cards provide scalability and flexibility to 1U or 2U systems when used in combination with Advantech industrial motherboards. Riser cards can enable a “butterfly” backplane slot arrangement containable in a 1U or 2U chassis.