Training

MicroTCA.4 Training for Beginners

The Basic Training in MTCA.4 is meant for absolute beginners in the world of MTCA.

Content:

• Specification & History of MicroTCA
• Components of MicroTCA
• AMC, RTM, MCH, Backplane, RF-Backplane, Crate, Power Supply, Cooling Unit, JSM and Chassis
• Remote Management
• IPMI
• MCH Configuration
• Data Plane Overview & Configuration
• PCIe
• Gigabit Ethernet
• Point-to-Point connections
• Timing, Triggers and Interlocks
• Troubleshooting

Hands-On Sessions:

• Mechanical
• Management in MicroTCA
• PCI Express

Course Fee:

• Standard fee: 650,00 EUR
• Student fee: 400,00 EUR

Upcoming Events:

• March 5-6, 2025
• July 2-3, 2025
• November 5-6, 2025

MicroTCA.4 Advanced Training

The Advanced Trainings aims at users, who have done MicroTCA.4 Beginners Training or have deep MicroTCA.4 knowledge.

Content:

• MicroTCA Basic Training recap
• System architectures in MicroTCA
• IPMI, ipmitool, ipmiconsole
• Clock Module Configuration on MCH
• JTAG Switch Module (JSM)
• Redundancy in MicroTCA
• Advanced PCIe
• MicroTCA.4.1
• Designing HW boards in MicroTCA
• FPGA Development Tips on MicroTCA
• Next generation MicroTCA

Hands-On Sessions:

• IPMI, ipmitool
• PCI Express, Hot Plug and Hot Swap

Upcoming Courses:
We will keep you informed about next dates here.

MicroTCA Workshop

The MicroTCA Workshop for Research and Industry is firmly established as a platform for interdisciplinary exchange. The next workshop will take place in December 2024.

Main topics of the workshop:

• Applications in research facilities
• Applications in industry
• New Products
• New Technologies
• Future of standard and interoperability
• Software and firmware
• Industry Exhibition – presentation of modules and systems from industry and research

Important dates:

• Next MicroTCA Workshop in Dezember 2024.

In-house Trainings

We also offer in-house trainings at your company for you. Remote training can be booked as well. For more information, feel free to contact us.