Live Insertion PCI Bus Extenders

 

The Ultraview PCIEXT64 extender series offers excellent PCI signal integrity, due to high speed trace layout, including high impedance signal traces and minimal ground inductance, as well as active bus isolation, to ensure minimal effect on the board-under-test. Power monitoring and current limiting features allow a robust debug and test environment. The capabilities of Ultraview's two models of Universal 66/33MHz 64/32-bit PCI extenders are as follows:

MODEL PCIEXT64UB
Our most popular PCI Extender model for high volume production testing and engineering use, can be installed in either 3.3V or 5V, 66MHz and 33MHz, motherboard slots, and can accept both universal and 5V boards-under-test. Top-connector keying allows the insertion of universal or 5V boards under test, and provides better alignment for boards with out-of-spec gold finger region total length, but prohibits insertion of the fairly rare 3V-only boards under test. The PCIEXTUB can accept both universal (the most common PCI board type) and 5V-only boards under test, and has a more rugged conector than the PCIEXT64U.

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Note: If you need to test rare 3.3V-only boards (in addition to 5V and universal boards), the PCIEXT64U, described below, is the only extender that will be suitable, as it is the only one that will accept the 3.3V-only board. Otherwise, the PCIEXT64UB is strongly preferred due to better connector alignment and a more rugged top connector. Both extenders can be inserted in 3.3V or 5V motherboard slots, and are identical except for the presence of a key in the connector of the PCIEXT64UB.

MODEL PCIEXT64U
The PCIEXT64U is identical to the PCIEXT64UB but does not have top-connector keying, it can be installed in either 3.3V or 5V motherboard slots and can accept 5V, 3.3V-only, and universal boards-under-test.

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MODEL PCIEXT-64
The PCIEXT-64 is a legacy, 5V only, high-speed 32/64 Bit PCI Bus Extender Test Card with switchable bus isolation switches supporting 32 and 64 bit PCI Cards. High PCI signal integrity requirements are met with both high speed trace layout parameters, (controlled high impedance and minimal ground inductance) and active bus isolation with low capacitance, resistance and delay to insure minimal effect on board under test. Power monitoring and current limiting features insure a robust debug and test environment.