IPAC2013 - List of Authors (Walter, T.)

Paper	Title	Page
THPWA003	Novel Crate Standard MTCA.4 for Industry and Research	3633
	T. Walter, F. Ludwig, K. Rehlich, H. Schlarb DESY, Hamburg, Germany
	Funding: This project is funded by the Helmholtz Association (Helmholtz Validation Fund HVF-0016). MTCA.4 is a novel electronic standard derived from the Telecommunication Computing Architecture (TCA) and championed by the xTCA for physics group, a network of physics research institutes and electronics manufacturers. MTCA.4 was released as an official standard by the PCI Industrial Manufacturers Group (PICMG) in 2011. Although the standard is originally physics-driven, it holds promise for applications in many other fields with equally challenging requirements. With substantial funding from the Helmholtz Association for a two-year validation project, DESY currently develops novel, fully MTCA.4-compliant components to lower the barriers to adoption in a wide range of industrial and research use scenarios. Core activities of the project are: refinement, test and qualification of existing components; market research, market education (web information services, workshops); coordinated development of missing MTCA.4 components; further advancement of the standard beyond the current PICMG specification; investigation of measures to counteract electro-magnetic interferences and incompatibilities; training, support and consultancy. This paper summarizes intermediate results and lessons learned at project half-time.

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Novel Crate Standard MTCA.4 for Industry and Research

3633

T. Walter, F. Ludwig, K. Rehlich, H. Schlarb
DESY, Hamburg, Germany

Funding: This project is funded by the Helmholtz Association (Helmholtz Validation Fund HVF-0016).
MTCA.4 is a novel electronic standard derived from the Telecommunication Computing Architecture (TCA) and championed by the xTCA for physics group, a network of physics research institutes and electronics manufacturers. MTCA.4 was released as an official standard by the PCI Industrial Manufacturers Group (PICMG) in 2011. Although the standard is originally physics-driven, it holds promise for applications in many other fields with equally challenging requirements. With substantial funding from the Helmholtz Association for a two-year validation project, DESY currently develops novel, fully MTCA.4-compliant components to lower the barriers to adoption in a wide range of industrial and research use scenarios. Core activities of the project are: refinement, test and qualification of existing components; market research, market education (web information services, workshops); coordinated development of missing MTCA.4 components; further advancement of the standard beyond the current PICMG specification; investigation of measures to counteract electro-magnetic interferences and incompatibilities; training, support and consultancy. This paper summarizes intermediate results and lessons learned at project half-time.