Short-depth chassis & backplane series
28 Jan 2014
Advantech has launched a pair of 4U industrial chassis, ACP-4340 and ACP-4020, featuring short-depth design that represents a breakthrough from the traditional line of industrial PCs.
The ACP-4020 features 12-slot backplane PCE-3B12-08 and 13-slot backplane PCE-4B13-08.
These combinations provide users with intelligent, high-performance operating platforms that can serve as controllers of machines/equipment, NVR/DVR servers for video surveillance applications and SCADA servers for factory automation.
Short-depth chassis
ACP-4340, which measures 478mm in depth, supports versatile ATX and Micro ATX motherboards, and also supports full-size SHB/SBC.
ACP-4020, which measures 350mm in depth, supports versatile ATX and Micro ATX motherboards, and also supports half-size SHB/SBC.
Both models support an efficient switching power supply, and they include easy-to-maintain cooling fans and dual front USB 3.0 ports.
ACP-4340 provides four hot-swap 2.5”/3.5” SAS/SATA HDD trays and one internal 2.5” drive bay, while ACP-4020 provides two 3.5” front-accessible and one 2.5” internal drive bays.
With optional HDD mobile rack IDT-3120E, the two front-accessible 3.5” drive bays can be converted to two or even four 2.5” SATA HDD trays, which offer flexible options for data storage.
Other data storage choices include one slim-type drive bay for an optical disk drive. The Intelligent System Module monitors system status such as voltages, temperature and fan speed to maximise system uptime.
Fan speed is controlled according to chassis internal temperature, optimising system power consumption and minimising noise.
A wide range of standard computing peripherals can be integrated with these chassis to accommodate robust, 24/7 applications in rugged environments.
System module
With intelligent firmware of embedded code built in, the Intelligent System Module can diagnose real-time system status, including system fan, temperature, and voltage.
Based on the information from monitoring, the Intelligent System Module could automatically adjust fan speed according to the system/CPU temperature.
When Advantech SUSIAccess 2.1 utility is installed, the system can be remote monitored, controlled and actively send out alarm messages when error happens, this minimises system downtime and troubleshooting for efficient management.
Backplane
PCE-3B12-08 and PCE-4B13-08 backplanes are designed to fit in short-depth rack mount chassis such as ACP-4020.
Both models support comprehensive expansion slots, including up to four PCIe and eight PCI expansion slots, satisfying all the mainstream applications.
They are the only backplanes in the industry for short-depth chassis with PCIe Gen3 x16/x8, providing more bandwidth and processing performance to half-size single board computers.
For more information, please visit: www.advantech.com
