Technical Specifications

Board Specification
Gimle-16-PCIe: Full-size PCIe board (12.25" x 3.88")

Host Bus Interface
Supports PCI Express r1.0a (single channel)
32-bit burst DMA

Network Interfaces
Gimle-16-PCIe: 16 T1/J1 or E1 receive interfaces (software switchable)
Both: 75 Ohm, 100/120 Ohm, 300 ohm, and High-z termination, monitor amplifier

H.100 Interface
32 x 2, 4, or 8 Mbit/s board-to-board highways
256 duplex channels switchable between adapters, 1024 channels switchable locally

DSP Resources (with optional ASM daughterboard)
Alvis-4-ASM: 4 x TI TMS320DM6443; 19008 DSP MIPS + 4 x 297 MHz ARM9
Vidar-55x4-ASM: 4 x TI TMS320VC5510 (400 MIPS) with 16MB SDRAM each

HDLC Resources
1 HDLC channel per access port.
ASM modules offer additional HDLC channels with support for super- and sub-channels

T1/E1/J1 Frame Formats
Doubleframe, CRC Multiframe (E1 mode)
F4, SF (or D4), ESF (or F24), SLC96 (T1/J1 mode)

T1/E1/J1 Line Codes
HDB3, B8ZS, AMI, AMI with ZCS

T1/E1/J1 Signaling Types
Channel associated (robbed bit) and Common Channel

Clocking Sources
On-board oscillator (50ppm), and high-stability (0.5ppm) oscillator available as an option
Incoming T1/E1/J1
H.100 Clock
External clock

Connector
50-pin Centronix, 3-foot cable to harmonica with eight RJ45/RJ48C connectors for E1/T1/J1