Re: New project...PCI based servo control board

["Dave Engvall" <dengvall-at-charter.net>]

Hi all,
Remember there is not only the pc104 which is ISA compatible but pc104+
which is PCI compatible. :-)

Dave Engvall
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul" <paul-at-bdiemc.fslife.co.uk>
To: "Multiple recipients of list" <emc-at-nist.gov>
Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2003 7:35 AM
Subject: Re: New project...PCI based servo control board


>
>
> hi Craig
>
> Whilst it doesn't have the low pin count, the PC104 bus will allow the use
of
> a wide range of alternative IO modules. An added bonus is the format will
> *just* fit in to the allowable board size for Eagle-lite.
>
> With a little care, the design of the PCI card may also appeal to the guys
> over at www.freeio.org.
>
> Regards, Paul.
>
>
>
> On Saturday 29 March 2003 2:50 am, Craig Edwards wrote:
> > One closing thought on board #2, I'd like to consider a SIMPLE bus
expander
> > be included on it, the rational being that connectors / cables / FPGA
pins
> > are costly and we don't want to burden simple machine applications with
> > functionality they won't use.... while at the same time there are
> > applications that could use a lot of discrete I/O.
>
> --
>
> "To err is human...to really f*** things up requires the root password."
> >From a collection of quotes at http://www.indigo.org/quotes.html
>