MXP509 PXIe PCIe 5.0 Transparent Peripheral Module

PXIe PCIe 5.0 Transparent Peripheral Module

Dolphin’s MXP509 PXIe / CompactPCI Express card is a powerful building block for PXIe systems. This PCIe 5.0 board enables PXIe systems to connect to other PXIe, CompactPCI Serial or and IO expansion systems.


  • 8 Lane PCIe backplane port
  • Up to 32 GT/S per lane
  • Dual PCIe x4 or single x8 cable port
  • Transparent PXIe expansion
  • PCIe 5.0 SFF-8614 cables
  • 3U rack mountable
  • Port status LEDs
  • Copper and Fiber-optic cables
  • Microchip Gen 5.0 PFX chipset

MXP509 Product Data


The 3U MXP509 PXIe Peripheral  Module is designed to create a flexible and scalable CompactPCI Express / PXIe expansion solution. The MXP509 enables connectivity to other PXIe chassis utilizing the MXP526 PXIe System Slot Module or to other compliant IO devices.

MXP509 PXIe Peripheral Module PCIe 5.0

PCI Express Gen 5.0

The MXP509 is designed for PCIe Gen 5.0 link speeds in the backplane and via the front panel PCIe cable port. It will auto negotiate to the highest speed supported (PCIe Gen5 - Gen1) by each component connected to individual port. This allows you to mix various generation of equipment without scarifying performance between high speed components.

PCIe IO Expansion

Several PXIe systems can be interconnected to multi rack system using direct PCIe 5.0 cables. The host PXIe chassis uses one or more MXP509 cards. Each target PXIe system uses a MXP526 or a MXP528 in the system slot. The MXP509 can also connect directly to other PCIe target devices compliant to the PCI-SIG External Cabling Specification 3.0/4.0/5.0. The MXS524 1 U Rack mount switch enables scale out to larger transparent PCIe networks. Please contact Dolphin for details.

PCIe Cable ports

The MXP509 module has a physical quad SFF-86144 PCIe cable connector to allow connectivity to external PCIe devices but only the two upper ports are available for connectivity. Both ports can be used as two independent x4 links or one x8 links. Each SFF-8644 connector has a protected 3.3V supply to support AOCs. The MXP509 is carefully designed for maximum copper cable lengths. Fiber optics extends this distance to 100 meters. More info on cables for the MXP509.

Backplane support

The MXP509 follows the PXISA PXIE-1 rev 2.3 and PXISA PCIE-5 Hardware specification 1.1.

Preliminary - contact Dolphin for updates.

Feature Description
Link Speed 32 GT/s per PCIe Lane.
Cut through latency 100ns port latency
PCIe Switch Microchip PFX Switchtec ® PCI Express Gen4
PCI Express Base Specification 5.0
PCIe Backplane Single PCIe x1- x8 link
PCIe Cable Connections Quad SFF-8614 x4 cable Ports
Copper cables and Fiber-Optic cable support 0.5 to to 100 meters
Mechanical Dimensions 3U Single width PXIe
Operating Environment DBD
Storage Environment Storage Temperature: -25°C - 70°C
Relative Humidity: 10% - 95% (non- condensing)
Software Dolphin Transparent Board Management software
Pending Regulatory CE Mark
FCC Class A
RoHS
Pending EMC test TBD
Operating System All ( no driver required)

MXP508 - PXIe PCIe 5.0 x8 SFF-8614 NTB Peripheral Module w/ eXpressWare license

MXP509 - PXIe PCIe 5.0 x8 SFF-8614 Transparent Peripheral Module

MXP526 - PXIe PCIe 5.0 x16 SFF-8614 System Switch/Target Module

MXH532 - PCIe 5.0 x16 SFF-8614 Transparent/Target HBA

Please contact Dolphin for availability.

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