Acromag AcroPack AP500 Series serial communication modules

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Acromag has announced its latest PCIe-based AcroPack modules, the AP500 Series. The boards offer up to eight RS232 or RS422/485 communication ports with 256 B FIFO buffers, minimising CPU interaction for improved system performance.

The modules provide an asynchronous serial communication interface for the user’s system. They update the company’s Industry Pack I/O modules with a PCIe interface format, offering the same functionality and memory map of the modules but in a compact size and a rugged form factor.

Featuring an extended version of the mPCIe specification, the modules feature a 100-pin connector to handle the I/O. They plug into AcroPack PCIe or VPX carriers in any combination for embedded applications running on Linux, Windows or VxWorks operating systems. Acromag’s AcroPack PCIe or VPX carrier holds up to four mini-PCIe or AcroPack mezzanine modules.

For easy integration of AP modules with real-time software application programs, Acromag offers C libraries for VxWorks and other operating systems. The libraries provide generic routines (source code included) to handle reads, writes, interrupts and other functions.

The COTS modules are SWaP-C optimised, RoHS compliant and suitable for scientific development labs, military and aerospace applications, the defence industry and automation applications.