Abaco Systems / VMIC VMIPCI-5588-511 High-Speed Fiber-Optic 1.2 Gbaud Reflective Memory with Interrupts
The VMIPCI-5588-511 is a high-speed fiber-optic reflective memory board with interrupts. It supports data transfer rates up to 1.2 Gbaud.
- Model
- Abaco Systems / VMIC VMIPCI-5588-511
- Calibration
- Available on request
- Price
- $5,499
- Status
- In stock
- RFQ ref
- VMIPCI-5588-511
This unit
The Abaco Systems VMIPCI-5588-511 is a high-speed fiber-optic reflective memory interface card that enables deterministic, low-latency data distribution across networked systems. Operating at 1.2 Gbaud over fiber-optic paths, it delivers data transfer rates up to 29.5 Mbyte/s in standard mode or 14.8 Mbyte/s with redundant transmission for enhanced error suppression. The PCI-form-factor board broadcasts writes from local SDRAM to remote nodes without I/O overhead, supporting up to 256 nodes across distances reaching 10 km on single-mode fiber.
Interrupt-driven architecture allows any node to signal any other node or the entire network with a single command.
Technical Specifications
- Serial Connection Speed: 1.2 Gbaud
- Data Transfer Rate (Standard): Up to 29.5 Mbyte/s
- Data Transfer Rate (Redundant Mode): Up to 14.8 Mbyte/s
- On-Board Memory: 256 Kbyte to 16 Mbyte SDRAM, user-configurable
- Node Capacity: Up to 256 nodes per network
- Maximum Inter-Node Distance (Single-Mode Fiber): 10,000 meters (10 km)
- Maximum Inter-Node Distance (Multimode Fiber): 300 meters (1,000 feet)
- Maximum Inter-Node Distance (Twinax Cable): 30 meters
- Form Factor: PCI, single-slot
Key Features
- Fiber-optic reflective memory architecture eliminates software overhead for inter-node transfers
- Transmit and Receive FIFOs buffer peak data rates to optimize CPU and bus performance
- Hardware interrupt generation to any node or all nodes via single command
- Error detection and redundant transmission mode to suppress data corruption
- Support for multiple fiber types - single-mode, multimode, and twinax interconnects
Typical Applications Real-time distributed systems requiring synchronized data access across geographically dispersed nodes, military/aerospace test and telemetry networks, and high-availability industrial systems where deterministic memory sharing is critical.
Compatibility & Integration Functions within PCI-based host systems. Related modules include VMIVME-5588, VMIPMC-5588, VMIVME-5588DMA, and associated 5565-series reflective memory products.
Abaco Systems / VMIC VMIPCI-5588-511 — Repair & Calibration Service
Aumictech offers NIST-traceable calibration and repair for the Abaco Systems / VMIC VMIPCI-5588-511. 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 Abaco Systems / VMIC VMIPCI-5588-511 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.
Abaco Systems / VMIC VMIPCI-5588-511 price
This Abaco Systems / VMIC VMIPCI-5588-511 is listed at $5,499. Calibration is available separately from $450. Contact us for volume pricing or if you need multiple units.
Abaco Systems / VMIC VMIPCI-5588-511 calibration cost
NIST-traceable calibration for the Abaco Systems / VMIC VMIPCI-5588-511 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 →
