Technical Specifications

Board Specification:
ExpressCard/54 extended module (54mm x 118.5mm x 18mm)

Host Bus Interface:
PCI Express r1.0a, single lane, 2.5 Gbps data rate
Hot-pluggable
32-bit burst DMA

Network Interfaces:
Thor-4-ExpressCard: 2/4 T1, E1, or J1 (2 TX + 4 RX) Monitoring of 2 spans or terminating 2 spans

Line Termination:
75ohm, 100/120 Ohm, high-Z termination, monitor amplifier (-20dB and -30dB modes)

DSP:
1 x TI TMS320VC5510 (400 MIPS processing power)

DSP Programming Interface:

Software development kit in ANSI C and C++
Open interface with standard third-party tools

DSP Applications:
DTMF, MF, and generic tone (e.g., dial-tone and call progress tone) generation and detection
G.711 Speech compression, encoding and decoding
HDLC processing
BERT, G.723.1, G.729 (as part of add-on SDK)

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

T1/E1 Line Codes:
HDB3
B8ZS
AMI
AMI with ZCS

T1/E1 Signaling Types:
Channel Associated (e.g. robbed bit)
Common Channel

Clocking sources:
On-board oscillator
Incoming T1/E1/J1 span (either span)

Testing Features:
Full access to F, Y, Si, and Sa bits in E1 mode
Full access to FS/DL-bits in T1 mode (including support for the DL-channel protocol according to T1.403-1989 ANSI or to AT&T TR54016 specification), and programmable line build-out in T1/J1 mode
Transparent mode and programmable transmit pulse shape and input threshold
Alarm insertion and detection
Loop codes, channel loopback and PRBS

Power Requirements:
Power Consumption: TBD

Environmental Data, Temperature:
Operating, 0° C to +50° C
Non-operating, -40° C to +60° C

Environmental Data, Humidity:
Operating, 5% to 80% RH (%relative humidity) at up to +30° C, and 5% to 30% RH above +30° C up to +50° C non-condensing;
Non-operating, 5% to 80% RH at up to +30° C, and 5% to 30%
RH above +30° C up to +50° C non-condensing

Environmental Data, Altitude:
Operating, up to 4,600 meters (15,333 feet);
Non-operating, up to 12,192 meters (50,000 feet)