Acromag APC8620A PCI Bus IP Carrier Card
The Acromag APC8620A is a PCI Bus IP Carrier Card designed for industrial applications. It allows users to interface Industry Pack (IP) modules with a PCI bus, providing a versatile solution for data acquisition and control systems. This carrier card supports a wide range of IP modules, enabling flexible system configuration and expansion.
- Model
- Acromag APC8620A
- Calibration
- Available on request
- Price
- $300
- Status
- In stock
- RFQ ref
- APC8620A
This unit
The Acromag APC8620A is a non-intelligent PCI bus carrier card that interfaces Industry Pack (IP) modules with PCI bus systems in PC-based computers. It enables modular I/O assembly through five configurable IP module slots, supporting either five single-size modules or two double-size and one single-size module. A single populated carrier replaces multiple dedicated function PCI boards, delivering cost-effective custom I/O configurations with analog input/output, digital input/output, and serial I/O functions.
Technical Specifications
IP Module Architecture- Five ANSI/VITA 4 compliant IP module slots (A-E)
- Supports third-party manufacturer modules
- IP module I/O space: 16 and 8-bit addressing with 128 byte values per module
- IP module ID space: 16 and 8-bit addressing, Type I 32 bytes
- MEM and INT spaces supported Power and Electrical
- +3.3 V (±10%): 130 mA typical, 50 mA maximum
- +5 V (±5%): 30 mA typical, 50 mA maximum
- ±12 V supplied to each IP module
- Two interrupt channels per IP module Physical Characteristics
- Form factor: PCI Universal Card (3.3 V or 5 V compatible)
- Length: 312.0 mm (12.283 inches)
- Height: 106.68 mm (4.200 inches)
- Board thickness: 1.59 mm (0.062 inches)
- Maximum component height: 9.65 mm (0.380 inches)
- Maximum height under IP modules: 4.57 mm (0.180 inches)
- 50-pin male header connectors (A-E field I/O)
- Front access I/O mounting Environmental and Reliability
- Operating temperature: 0 to 70°C
- Storage temperature: -55 to 100°C
- Relative humidity: 5–95% non-condensing
- MTBF: 413,003 hours at 25°C (MIL-HDBK-217F, notice 2)
Key Features
- Plug-and-play carrier configuration and interrupt support
- Full IP module register and data access via software
- Supervisory circuit reset generation
- Non-intelligent architecture reduces cost and complexity
Software Support
- RTOS VxWorks, QNX, Linux
- Windows DLL for 2000/XP/Vista/7 32-bit systems
Compatibility & Integration The APC8620A accepts ANSI/VITA 4 compliant modules from Acromag and third-party manufacturers, enabling flexible mixed-function configurations while maintaining standard register and data access across all supported software environments.
Specifications
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Voltage / Current Range | '+3.3 V (±10%) 130 mA typical / 50 mA max, +5 V (±5%) 30 mA typical / 50 mA max, ±12 V to each IP module |
Acromag APC8620A — Repair & Calibration Service
Aumictech offers NIST-traceable calibration and repair for the Acromag APC8620A. Calibration covers analog input channel accuracy and offset at all gain settings, analog output accuracy, digital I/O logic threshold verification, sample rate and timing accuracy, and trigger and synchronization bus functional verification. NI CompactRIO and PXI chassis also undergo backplane trigger line integrity check.. All calibrations ship with a NIST-traceable certificate. Turnaround is typically 1–3 business days after receipt.
Common Acromag APC8620A faults: power supply failure (cRIO-9073/9074), C-series slot connector wear, PXI chassis fan failure, GPIB interface failure on VXI controllers, BIOS/EEPROM corruption. NI CompactRIO most common faults are power supply failure on older cRIO-9073/9074 chassis and C-series module slot connector wear from repeated hot-swap cycles. PXI chassis fan failure is the most common wear item — chassis fans are field-replaceable. VXI embedded controllers most commonly develop EEPROM corruption and GPIB interface failure.
Acromag APC8620A price
This Acromag APC8620A is listed at $300. Calibration is available separately from $450. Contact us for volume pricing or if you need multiple units.
Acromag APC8620A calibration cost
NIST-traceable calibration for the Acromag APC8620A is $450 (standard — pass/fail certificate and calibration sticker) or $650 (full measured data at every test point, reference standards documented, traceability chain included). Calibration for this instrument covers analog input channel accuracy and offset at all gain settings, analog output accuracy, digital I/O logic threshold verification, sample rate and timing accuracy, and trigger and synchronization bus functional verification. NI CompactRIO and PXI chassis also undergo backplane trigger line integrity check.. Turnaround is 1 to 3 business days after receipt. See full calibration details →
