Spectrum Brands MC.31XX - Manual (Page 14)

14 MC.31xx Manual
System Requirements Hardware Installation
Hardware Installation
System Requirements
All Spectrum MC.xxxx instrumentation boards are compliant to the CompactPCI 6U standard and require in general one free slot. Depending
on the installed options additional free slots can be necessary.
Warnings
ESD Precautions
The boards of the MC.xxxx series contain electronic components that can be damaged by electrostatic discharge (ESD).
Before installing the board in your system or even before touching it, it is absolutely necessary to bleed of
any electrostatic electricity.
Cooling Precautions
The boards of the MC.xxxx series operate with components having very high power consumption at high speeds. For this reason it is abso-
lutely required to cool this board sufficiently. It is strongly recommended to install an additional cooling fan producing a stream of air across
the boards surface. In most cases CompactPCI systems are already equipped with sufficient cooling power. In that case please make sure
that the air stream is not blocked.
During longer pauses between the single measurements the power down mode should be called to reduce the heat production.
Sources of noise
The boards of the MC.xxxx series should be placed far away from any noise producing source (like e.g. the power supply). It should espe-
cially be avoided to place the board in the slot directly adjacent to another fast board (like the graphics controller).
Installing the board in the system
Installing a single board without any options
The locks on the top and bottom side of CompactPCI boards need to be unlocked and opened before installing the board into a free slot of
the system. Therefore you need to press the little buttons on the inside of the fasteners and move them outwards (see figure). Now slowly insert
the card into the host system using the key ways until both locks snap in with a „click“.
While inserting the board take care not to tilt it.
After the board’s insertion fasten the two screws carefully, without overdoing.