Advantech offers several half-size backplane choices which are compatible with half-size single board computers. For PCI half-size SBCs, customers can choose pure PCI backplanes or ISA/PCI backplanes, and for ISA half-size SBCs, pure ISA backplanes are suggested. There are also industrial chassis provided to meet customers’ requirements.

Advantech’s SHB Express (PICMG 1.3) design policy provides clear guidelines that ensure system compatibility. Customers can easily recognize specific solutions based on product naming. For example, server grade PCE-7XXX SHB are compatible with PCE-7BXX backplanes. Mainstream PCE-5XXX SHB are compatible with PCE-5BXX backplanes. This precise naming policy help prevent incompatible SHB and SHB Express backplane combinations.

A wide range of Advantech backplanes are available for PICMG single board computers (SBC). They range from four to twenty slots, and allow optimal system configurations with flexible combinations of 64-bit/32-bit PCI and ISA slots. Advantech also provides a low-cost, yet professional design service that tailors backplanes to meet expansion requirements within a short time frame.