Chapter 251

AdvancedTCA Hot Swap controller monitors power distribution

Mitchell Lee

Abstract

An AdvancedTCA Hot Swap controller that monitors power distribution is described.

Keywords

AdvancedTCA

LTC4261 Hot Swap controller

Introduction

AdvancedTCA is a modular computing architecture developed by the PCI Industrial Computer Manufacturers Group for use in central office telecom environments. PICMG 3.0 defines, among other things, the electrical and mechanical attributes of the backplane, connectors and removable cards in these −48V systems.

Each removable card, or front board, is designed for live insertion into a working system. A power draw of up to 200W per front board is allowed, placing the maximum load current in the 4A to 5A ...

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