Methode Electronics Ireland manufactures a range of High Speed SCSI cable assemblies for internal and external use. 

The cable is the single most critical item in the installation of a successful, high-reliability, maximum throughput SCSI system. The longer the cable and the faster the data throughput, the more critical the cable becomes and the greater its contribution to the overall system performance. 

With today's ever faster switching and transfer speeds the characterization of the SCSI cable is essential. High speed effects like reflections and crosstalk can degrade or render a system inoperable Methode tests and characterises its SCSI products for Impedance, Crosstalk, Skew and EMI to ensure its compliance with the SCSI standard. Methode's years of expertise in SCSI terminators complements the cable range and allows us to integrate the terminator into the cable shell/connector if required.

Features

  • Impedance Controlled Complies with SCSI Parallel Interface SPI-3.
  • Impedance -110ohms nominal (range in connector neighborhood 90 to 150 ohms).
  • Crosstalk - Typically < 3% @ 500pS (all signals to REQ and ACK respectively).
  • Pair to Pair Skew < 82pS per Meter + 50pS. 
  • EMI - 360 Degree Shielding with Die-Cast shells CMPT < 40dB. 

SCSI Trade Association (STA)-endorsed Terms & Terminology 
for SCSI Parallel Interface Technology.

 

STA Terms

Bus Speed (Mb/Sec Max.) Bus Width, bits

  Max. Bus Lengths (m)

Max. Device Support

Single-ended LVD
SCSI-1 * 5 8 6 ** 8
Fast SCSI * 10 8 3 ** 8
Fast Wide SCSI * 20 16 3 ** 16
Ultra SCSI * 20 8 1.5 ** 8
Ultra SCSI * 20 8 3 - 4
Wide Ultra SCSI 40 16 - ** 16
Wide Ultra SCSI 40 16 1.5 - 8
Wide Ultra SCSI 40 16 3 - 4
Ultra2 SCSI *,*** 40 8 *** 12 8
Wide Ultra2 SCSI *** 80 16 *** 12 16
Ultra3 SCSI **** 160 16 *** 12 16

 
* Use of the word 'Narrow', preceding SCSI, Ultra SCSI or Ultra2 SCSI is optional.
** LVD was not defined in the original SCSI standards for this speed. If all devices on the bus support LVD, then 12m operation is possible at this speed. However, if any device on the bus is single-ended only, then the entire bus switches to single-ended mode and the distances in the single-ended column apply. 
*** Single-ended is not defined for speeds beyond Ultra.
**** After Ultra2, all new speeds are wide only.

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