40-610-021-S-2/32/1 Pickering PXI Very High Density Screened Multiplexer Module

The Pickering 40-610 Series PXI Very High Density Multiplexer Modules feature a wide range of switching configurations, especially useful where a large number of small multiplexers are required. Typical applications include signal routing in ATE and data acquisition systems.

The module has been manufactured in a variety of multiplexer formats. User connections are made via a front panel 200-pin LFH socket.

The majority of 40-610 Series allow multiple channels to be simultaneously selected. Alternatively, product variants can be manufactured that operate as a conventional multiplexer with break-before-make action when a new channel is selected.

Automatic isolation switching connects only the active multiplexer bank to the common, thereby keeping capacitive loading and leakage current in large multiplexer systems to a minimum. Larger multiplexers may be constructed by daisy chaining the common signals from multiple modules.

The screened version (40-610-021-S) is suitable for improved noise performance.

The 40-610 is part of a family of high density PXI multiplexer modules that share a similar architecture and the same 200-pin connector, other members include the 40-615 and 40-670A high density multiplexer series.

Any multiplexer module with more that one bank can be used as a multi-pole multiplexer. For example, a 2-bank, 32-channel, 2-pole multiplexer can be used as a single bank, 32-channel, 4-pole multiplexer. The software driver switches both banks simultaneously.

The 40-610 is fitted with high quality reed relays, these offer very long life with good low level switching performance and excellent contact resistance stability. Spare reed relays are built onto the circuit board to allow easy maintenance with minimum downtime.