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Mezzanine boards are small form factor cards designed to plug onto larger form factor boards. The larger main boards can be designed to support one or more Mezzanine boards. Not all mezzanine formats are supported by the main boards.


M-module Size

In addition to the single wide form shown above, M-Modules can be developed into double, triple and quadruple wide configurations. M-Modules are sized such that 4 cards will fit onto a 6U VME module and 2 onto a 3U VME module. Conveniently, because of the way other backplane standards have evolved, 4 units easily fit the front panel space in VXI and 6U cPCI/PXI while 2 will fit in the font panel space of 3U cPCI/PXI and up to 8 will fit in a 1U LXI rack mount carrier.


M-Module Description

The M-Module defines the electrical and Mechanical characteristics of the bus. M-Modules utilize 2-row [40-pin] connectors, while MA-Modules have 3-row [60-pin] connectors for module to main board communication. The boards come as single or double width sizes.
The M-Module [Mezzanine-Module] Card size is 52.9mm x 148.3mm, there are other board sizes
The MA-Module [Mezzanine Addition-Module] Card handles more signals [by adding a third row of connectors]. The M-Module uses an 8-bit, 16-bit or 32-bit data bus, and an 8-bit or 24-bit address bus. An asynchronous SYSCLK of 16MHz is required. Power supply voltages of +5v [1000mA], and +/-12 volts [200mA] are required. Standard TTL logic levels are used.

ANSI/VITA 12-1996

M-Module Pinout
Pin # Row A Row B
1 /CS GND
2 A01 +5V
3 A02 +12V
4 A03 -12V
5 A04 GND
6 A05 /DREQ
7 A06 /DACK
8 A07 GND
9 D08 D00
10 D09 D01
11 D10 D02
12 D11 D03
13 D12 D04
14 D13 D05
15 D14 D06
16 D15 D07
17 /DS1 /DS0
18 /DTACK /WRITE
19 /IACK /IRQ
20 /RESET SYSCLK

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