Mezzanine Cards

The small footprint and low power of the ExpressLane PEX 8114 make it ideal for use in mezzanine products based on the latest

PICMG standards for PCI Express (see Figure 6).

Figure 6. Advanced Mezzanine Card and Carrier

Standardized PCI/PCI-X Expansion

The ExpressLane PEX 8114 is the ideal bridge for facilitating remote I/O expansion in computing, communications, or data

acquisition applications (see Figure 7). The PCI SIG cabling specification work for PCI Express technology along with the

ExpressLane PEX 8114 can offer a standards-based extender for the parallel PCI or PCI-X bus. Because the bridge supports reverse

bridging operation, the PCI or PCI-X host system is able to remotely configure the PCI Express link and remote system.

Figure 7. Remote Expansion of PCI/PCI-X-Based Systems