Connectors for the Run II Frameworks -------------------------------------- Latest Rev. 20-MAR-1995 AMP Two-Piece, High Density Printed Circuit Board Connectors ---------------------------------------------------------------- Catalog 82618 Rev. 8-93 pages 90:107 TBC Plus Connectors 6 rows on a 0.1" 0.1" grid Modular design with modules of 90 or 120 connections (i.e. 15 or 20 per row). Headers use AMP Action_Pins Receptacle modules are pre-assembled to a stiffener. "Interchangeable" with other 6 row high density commectors. 2.5 oz. per contact insertion force. "Twin-Beam" receptacle contacts. Durability 250 insertion cycles. Contact resistance 0.015 Ohm max initial 0.020 Ohm max end of life. Contact current capacity ?? Guide/Power/Ground pins available, Keying hardware is available. Back of the backplane pin shrouds are available. Various length header to receptacle pin length can be used to give Sequential mating. Even with all the same full length (0.260") header to receptacle pins the #1 and #6 rows mate 0.033" sooner than the #2:#5 rows. In this case the #1 and #6 rows wipe 0.191" and the #2:#5 rows wipe 0.158" Various header backplane post lengths are available: 0.250", 0.555", 0.684". Thus the center two rows can have shorter post lengths than rows #1, #2, #5, and #6 which connect to the ribbon cable connectors. "Standard" flat cables and connectors can be used. To connect 4 34 pin ribbons we need to use a 90 pin module with a 120 pin module. This gives 35 pins per (i.e. the two 34 pin connectors have one pin between them along their length). This is 210 total pins Does all of this fit into EuroCard? The overall length of a header that is made of a 90 pin module and a 120 pin module is 4.250". The overall length of a receptacle for the above is 4.230". These dimensions include the guide pins and mounting hardware. The 96 pin VME backplane DIN connector is only about 3.7" in overall length. The width of a receptacle is 0.563" (not counting the circuit board thickness). The receptacle pin length into the application card adds 0.185" to 0.563". This should cover any reasonable board thickness. This gives a total of 0.748" The width of a pin header is 0.650". I think that the pitch of the cards in a Eurocard VME crate is 2 cm or 0.7874" ---> 0.039" clearance. If P2 is 210 pins and P3 is 210 pins this gives 420 pins at 2.5 oz insertion force each. This is 1050 oz or 65.6 pounds (plus the force for the 96 pin P1 connector). AMP Z-PACK STRIPLINE 100 ----------------------------- AMP Catalog 65194 Rev. 11-93 pages 5, 15:29 Insertion force is 3.0 oz per contact (counts power/ground blades?) Contacts wipe 0.1" with the 0.175 signal post length. Signal contacts are rated as 0.020 Ohms max and 1.0 AMP continuous and full derated. There are three grades (tiers) which determine durability and power/Ground blade capacity. Tier 1 100 cycles 5.7 Amps Tier 2 50 cycles 2.5 Amps Tier 3 50 cycles 2.5 Amps Receptacle width is 0.494" for the molded type and 0.576" for the modular type with the aluminum stiffening bar. Added to either of these numbers is the length of the pins that go from the receptacle into the application board. These are 0.165". This pin length is more that a likely application board thickness so this gives an overall width of 0.741" The width of the pin header is 0.650". The Z-Pack Stripline 100 connectors require special cable assemblies. These are available in either coax of shielded twisted pair. The problem is that the connectors on the cable assemblies appear to assume that all of the power/ground blade pins are used for ground. If this is true the we need to reserve some signal pins for power. If we want 64 differential signals per P% connector then the smallest size connector that we can use is 140 contacts. This has 12 contacts (and their associated power/ground blades) left over to bring power onto the application card. This give > 12 Amps per P% connector. The overall length of a 140 position connector is 4.28". To connect the special cable connector assemblies to the front panel of the application card will also require the use of more Z-Pack connectors. For example we could use a right angle receptacle and a pin header with action pins. The connector on the special cable assembly would plug onto the Action-Pins just like on the backplane. AMP AMPMODU Two-Piece Connectors ------------------------------------- AMP Catalog 82076 Rev. 4-91 There are now both the old standard 2 row and new 3 row AMPMODU connectors. Pages 10 and 11 have the three row stuff. AMP Eurocard Connectors --------------------------- AMP Catalog 82721 Rev. 10-91 Page 25 has the 5 row receptacles. These are 160 contact receptacles with straight Action-Pins for pushing into a backplane. This means it is similar the the standard VME "C" type DIN connectors and not like the "R" type DIN that we used in the L1 Cal Trig. This catalog on page 55 does show the application tooling to put these 160 pin receptacles onto a backplane. The problem here is that this catalog does not list and right angle pin headers to solder onto our application cards. In fact this catalog does not list any mateable connectors; it just says to consult an AMP sales engineer. For the action-pin backplane receptacles we can cut down the center row of pins so that it is easy to put on the ribbon cable connectors to rows A,B and rows D,E. OK, I called AMP and they do not make a "mateable" connector for their 5 row DIN Eurocard receptacles, but ERNI and Panduit do make the required parts. I have sent for catalogs. AMP Box Connectors PC CON ----------------------------- AMP Catalog 82015 We are waiting for this catalog to arrive. ERNI High-Density Multi-Pin Connectors DIN 41612 or Similar ----------------------------------------------------------------- These are 5 row by 32 pins. Called "E" series (like the normal VME is called "C" series. Rows are labeled a,b,c,d,e. Erni also makes these 160 pin connectors in a "reversed" style. If they are equally available then I think that we want the reverse style because this allows for repair of backplanes on a single pin basis. The straight pin male from the reverse series appears to be available in pin lengths of 4.0, 6.0, 13.0, and 20.0 mm. For the ERNIPRESS connectors the available pin lengths are 6.0 and 20.0 mm. Can we get this with row "c" having short pins for the power connections and rows a,b,d,e having long pins for I/O cables. For the straight pin male connector with 20mm ERNIPRESS pins in all 5 rows a part number might be: STV-TE160-M-abcde-EE Part Number 013-164 (for Performance Level 207) For the 90 degree solder tail female connector the part number might be: The solder tails on the female connectors are 3.0mm long. STV-TE160-F-abcde Part Number 013-167 (for Performance Level 207) ERNI does make "Guide Frames" aka "shrouds" for their 160 pin TE series connectors. These is part number 434 555. The part numbers for the press tools for the mail connector are: 471 607 for the upper section 473 362 for the lower section These connectors are rated for 2 Amps per pin. The pitch of the EuroCard backplane is 0.8" 20.32mm. The width of these TE160 male connectors is 16.2mm. So there is about a 4.12mm gap between connectors. So they should fit. If this all works out then how many connectors do we need?