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Zephyr CompactPCI 1U and 2U chassis offer storm force performance
Released 11 June 2004

Designed for 19" rack mount or desktop use, the first two versions of APW Electronic Solutions' Zephyr family of horizontal CompactPCI chassis to be released are the 1U 2 Slot and the 2U 4 Slot; the 3U and 4U sizes will follow later in the year.  Optimised for both the development and production environment, the Zephyr family provides high packaging density for space limited rack mount applications or a self-contained integrated enclosure for stand-alone use.

Both sizes are fitted with 6U CompactPCI backplanes conforming to PICMG 2.0 Rev 3.0; the 2U 4 Slot version can optionally be fitted with a H110 CT bus compliant backplane.  Zephyr supports 160mm deep front mounted modules and rear transition modules.  In the 2U size, 3.5" or 5.25" HDD mounting plates are provided for systems requiring mass storage outside the active module area.  Thermal management, using APW's Patent Pending Hybrid Serial-Parallel arrangement, is provided as an integral element of the 1U version; in the 2U version, a hot-swappable front-loading fan tray gives left-to-right cooling with an optional LED fan status indication.  

2U power options are a fixed ATX PSU giving 250W, a 200W pluggable supply or, for high availability systems, dual 200W hot-swappable pluggable units.  The 1U version is powered by a fixed ATX PSU with PFC, rated at 110W.  

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APW is a technically enabled manufacturing services ("TEMS") company that designs and manufactures large, complex infrastructure products for OEMs in the communications, computing and Internet markets. APW has particular skills in the areas of manufacturing enclosures, thermal management, power supplies and backplanes; as well as core competencies in product and system design, integration and supply chain management. APW operates in more than 14 locations throughout the Americas, Europe and Asia.