Efficient heat dissipation

MicroTCA.4 incorporates additional rear I/O and precision timing enhancements to the MicroTCA base specification for performing and evaluating experiments on particle acceleration, photon behavior, etc. at physical research centers.

Applications of this nature require additional rear transition modules (RTMs) to accommodate the large number of I/Os on the rear front panels and to physically separate digital and analog I/Os, as well as high-precision clock and trigger signals.

This specification is  also of interest to other market segments in industry, such as in test and measurement situations, where the same requirements often arise.