MICROBOX™ "The 1U MicroTCA Shelf"

Description

MicroBox offers the performance benefits of MicroTCA in the most compact-height form factor available today: a space-saving 1U height. Many system applications require up to 10 modules (mid-size, single width) in a compact 19” 1U enclosure with only 200.1 mm depth . The 6 AMC bays can be filled with a wide range of configurations in single or double width Mid-Size modules .

Cooling Units are critical elements in MicroTCA solutions and MicroBox has the best available. The side-to-side cooling configuration has a straight airflow path without bends. It offers the most efficient use of space with the least flow inefficiencies. Unlike enclosures with modules mounted vertical that use 4 to 5U of space for fans, inlet & exhaust, MicroBox efficiently cools the modules with push-pull CUs on the sides of the enclosure. Further, MicroBox is more efficient when stacked in a rack because it expels hot air to the side of the enclosure above, unlike the typical front-to-rear cooled enclosure.

The result is has tremendous thermal performance, MicroBox dissipates 36W per module (mid-size, single width) using 8 fans each rated at 20CFM /1.5” of water. Remote facilities like wireless base stations often have a 300mm deep frame that exacerbates the cooling issues seen with front-to-back cooling enclosures. MicroBox has a solution for these problems with side-to-side cooling.

Compliant

• PICMG MicroTCA.0 R1.0

Features

• Modular 1U Enclosure
• Single or Double Width
• Up to 10 mid-size /single-width modules plus Redundant Cooling Units
• Cooling Units
  • Superior Push-Pull side-to-side cooling
  • EMMC managed Cooling Units
  • Fan current monitor for prefailure
  • Redundant & hot-swappable
  • Modular 1U Enclosure
  • CU includes mini-USB diagnostics port
  • CU include J-TAG interface
  • CUs detect if air filter is removed.
  • Individual fan speed control
    
• Backplane optimized via signal integrity studies
• CMT connectors for improved performance, reliability and field replacement capability
• Prototype System includes:
  • Full-Size 380W Power Module
  • 2HP JSM for debug & remote diagnostics with mini-USB on faceplate
  • Full-Size M4 MCH
  • 2HP filler panel

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