X-ES' introduces XPort3200 Precision Time Protocol Board

Metromatics are very excited to introduce a new product from our Supplier Extreme Engineering Solutions (X-ES) - the XPort 3200, an IEEE1588v2/Precision Time Protocol (PTP) Grandmaster designed to provide clocking and time synchronisation to multiple slaves via Ethernet.

The XPort3200’s clocking and synchronisation is useful in many different applications that range from industrial applications such as assembly lines and printing presses to military applications such as multi-sensor data time-stamping, control system synchronisation, and telemetry. IEEE 1588 uses a standard Ethernet network to transfer clock and time information, providing accurate nanosecond-level synchronisation with minimal software overhead and without introducing a secondary method of communication to slaves.

 

The XPort3200 leverages Freescale's QorIQ P1020 processor to perform the IEEE 1588 time-stamping. The P1020 processor incorporates hardware time stamping providing an accurate egress and ingress timestamp with a resolution of 8 ns.


The P1020 processor includes external GPIO time stamp pins. These pins can be used to synchronise the XPort3200 to a Pulse Per Second (PPS) input, if available, to provide accurate clock synchronisation.

If an application requires an absolute time reference, the XPort3200 can source a time reference from a serial port or a GPS receiver. In cases where no external time reference is available, the XPort3200 features a Stratum 3-compliant, oven-controlled oscillator to provide IEEE 1588 slaves an accurate time reference.

The XPort3200 is designed with other X-ES products in mind. The XChange3013, XChange3018, and XChange3100 VPX Ethernet switches can host the XPort3200, and all three switch products feature transparent IEEE 1588 clocking that ensures accurate synchronisation to all devices connected to the switch. This allows very accurate distribution of the XPort3200 IEEE 1588 time to many different slaves. The XPort3200 can be supplied as an XMC or PMC with P14 or P16 I/O connectors, allowing for installation in nearly any mezzanine site.

For further information or pricing about the X-ES XPort 3200 or any of their VPX Ethernet Switches in Australia or New Zealand, please contact Metromatics on +61 7 3868 4255 or sales@metromatics.com.au

For outside the above mentioned area, please contact X-ES directly on +1 608 833 1155 or sales@xes-inc.com