Squid Carrier Board™ Family
PCI Express Gen 3 Carrier Board for 6 MiniPCI express modules
PCI Express Carrier Board for 6
MiniPCI express modules
Overview:
- Easy “Plug & Play installation, no Drivers needed
- Up to 6 MiniPCI Express circuits
(3 circuits on the board component side and 3 on the soldering side) - Standard one-slot-wide, half-height (2U), half-length
PCI express board (US Pat. 9,996,494) - Supports half and full-size MiniPCI Express modules
- PCI Express Gen 3, USB 3.1, USB 2.0 and SIM card interfaces provided for each of 6 MiniPCI Express circuit
- Supports x4 or x1 PCI express Gen 3 upstream connection (8 GT/s) to motherboard
- Compliant with Specifications:
PCI Express 3.0, MiniPCI Express 2.1 and USB 3.1 - Dimensions: 160 mm x 68 mm
- RoHS-compliant
PCI Express Carrier board for 6 MiniPCI Express modules was designed to expand modern motherboards with PCI Express interface. It is the first carrier board in the Squid family with MiniPCI Express 2.1 and PCI Express Gen 3 Specifications support.
Carrier board has PCI express Gen 3 switch for splitting upstream PCI express interface from a motherboard between 6 independent MiniPCIe circuits. USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 connection to all MiniPCIe circuits is done via SuperSpeed USB 3.1 SmartHub controller. Hub upstream port can be connected or via on-board USB 3.0 Micro-AB connector and standard USB 3.0 cable to on-motherboard USB connector or to on-board USB 3.0 PCI express Host controller. Type of the upstream connection is defined by on-board switch.
The Carrier board is a standard one-slot wide, half-size (2U), half-length PCI express board. It is located in the middle of the PCI express slot and can be connected to a motherboard PCI express connector via x1 or x4 PCI express interchangeable Adapter. This flexibility makes Squid Carrier board agnostic to the size of the motherboard PCI express connector. Three MiniPCIe circuits are located on the component side, and another three MiniPICe circuits are located on the soldering side of the carrier board without violation PCI Express Specification (US Pat. 9,996,494).
The Carrier board supports different high-bandwidth communication modules (e.g., GSM, Wi-Fi, 4G/LTE, 5G, and full-HD video capture) and allows bonding multiple channels for increasing communication bandwidth.
PCIe Carrier Board with options
PCIe Carrier Board with all options
PCIe Carrier Board (top)
PCIe Carrier Board (bottom)
Specifications:
- Easy “Plug & Play installation, no Drivers needed
- Up to 6 MiniPCI Express circuits
(3 circuits on the board component side and 3 on the soldering side) - Supports PCI Express Gen 3/USB 3.1, USB 2.0 and SIM card interfaces
for each of 6 MiniPCI Express circuit USB connection via external USB 3.1 Micro-AB connector or via on board PCI express USB 3.0 Host controller - Supports PCI express Gen 3 upstream connection (8 GT/s) to motherboard by interchangeable x4 or x1 PCI express Adapters
- Standard one-slot-wide, half-height (2U), half-length PCI express board (US Pat. 9,996,494)
- Supports half and full-size MiniPCI Express modules
- Dimensions 160 mm x 68 mm
- RoHS-compliant
Compliant with Specifications:
- PCI Express 3.0
- MiniPCI Express 2.1
- USB 3.1
Downloads:
Standard Package Includes:
SKU-085-31
- PCIe Carrier board for MiniPCIe modules (supports PCIe/USB 3.1, USB2.0 and SIM interface)
- x4 (default) or x1 PCI Express upstream Adapter
- Full size (default) or half- height PCI Express bracket (with ventilation holes)
SKU-085-32
- PCIe Carrier board for MiniPCIe modules (supports PCIe interface)
- x4 (default) or x1 PCI Express upstream Adapter
- Full size (default) or half- height PCI Express bracket (with ventilation holes)
Part Number:
- SKU-085-31 Squid PCIe Carrier Board for MiniPCIe modules (PCIe, USB and SIM interfaces)
______________(x4 (default) or x1 PCIe upstream Adapter)
______________(Full size (default) or half-height PCIe bracket with ventilation holes)
- SKU-085-32 Squid PCIe Carrier Board for MiniPCIe modules (PCIe interface).
______________(x4 (default) or x1 PCIe upstream Adapter)
______________(Full size (default) or half-height PCIe bracket with ventilation holes) - SKU-044-07 Blank full size PCIe bracket for Squid Carrier boards
______________(for OEM customers can be added connector mounting holes) - SKU-044-06 Blank half-height PCIe bracket for Squid Carrier boards
______________(for OEM customers can be added connector mounting holes) - SKU-089-16 4 to 1 RF combiner module for SKU-085-3x Carrier boards
______________(based on 4-way passive RF combiner SEPS-4-272+ (default) or
______________SEPS-4-222+ from Mini-Circuits®) (RF connectors)
