PCI Express controller card A3818

• PCI Express 1.1 x8 card up to 4 indipendent optical links • 1,2,4 Links available • CONET2 CAEN Proprietary Optical link Compatible • Up to 32 CAEN CONET2-compliant Optical slave cards (CAEN VME Bridges or Waveform Digitizer) controlled by a single A3818 • API/Drivers for: ◦ Linux ◦ Windows (warning: unsigned driver) Overview The Mod. A3818(*) is a PCI Express x8 card that can plug into both x8 and x16 PC PCI Express slot (V2.0), which allows the control of up to 4 CONET2 independent networks (each network can be made of up to 8 CONET2 slaves). CONET2 is an optical link based network with Daisy chain capabilities. Through the CONET2 it is possible to handle the VMEbus through the CAEN VMEbus Optical Link Bridges (such as the V2718) or to control directly CAEN modules with built-in optical link (such as the N67xx, DT57xx and V17xx digitizers). The communication path uses optical fiber cables as physical transmission line (AI2700 – Optical Fiber Series). (*) From Q3 2013, the 167,65 mm PCB length version definitely substituted the old version (featuring 196,69 mm length). Both the PCB versions are declared to be full functionally interchangeable.