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title: PCI Express Expansion Product Family Extends I/O Capability
description: Trenton's family of PCI Express Expansion products deliver a simplified yet high-speed method of securely adding system I/O cards to an existing host server.
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# [PCI Express Expansion Product Family Extends I/O Capability](https://www.trentonsystems.com/en-us/resource-hub/blog/pci-express-expansion-product-family-extends-io-capability)

 Written by [Will Shirley](https://www.trentonsystems.com/en-us/resource-hub/blog/author/will-shirley) | Jan 8, 2018 3:17:25 PM

[Trenton's family of PCI Express Expansion products](https://www.trentonsystems.com/3u-4u-5u-expansion-chassis?hsLang=en-us) deliver a simplified yet high-speed method of securely adding system I/O cards to an existing host server. These new products provide a x16 PCIe link from your host server to any of Trenton's PCIe Expansion chassis. Industry standard PICMG 1.3 backplanes are used in the PCIe Expansion chassis to offer maximum inter-operability and the widest selection of PCI Express, PCI-X and PCI I/O option card support available today.

## **Key Features of Trenton's x16 PCIe Expansion Products:**

- Your choice of 3U, 4U and 5U rackmount expansion chassis
- Expansion solutions plug-n-play with existing host servers
- Wide choice of industry standard PICMG 1.3 backplanes
- High-speed / high-bandwidth x16 PCIe link to server
- Maximum x16 PCI Express signal integrity
- Made In USA / 5-year factory warranty

> *"Trenton's PED8044 target card employs the latest x16 PCI Express switch technology to ensure low data packet delivery latencies and end-to-end data protection*, said Brad Trent, Director of Engineering at Trenton Systems. "*Likewise the x16 PCIe Gen2 link re-drivers employed on the PEU8039 host card ensures maximum x16 PCIe signal integrity over the one or three meter cable length between the host server and the PCIe expansion chassis."*

### **[TTX3100 Expansion Chassis](https://www.trentonsystems.com/ttx3100-expansion-chassis-tech-specs-downloads?hsLang=en-us)**

<https://3455205-hs-sites-com.sandbox.hs-sites.com/3u-4u-5u-expansion-chassis?hsLang=en-us>

<https://www.trentonsystems.com/hubfs/PCIe%20Expansion%20Products%20Overview%20Datasheet.pdf?hsLang=en-us>

- Shallow depth, 3U rackmount solution
- PED8044 target card factory installed
- Accommodates 14-slot backplanes
- Option for a redundant power supply
- 1 or 3 meter PCIe expansion cables

### [TTX4102 Expansion Chassis](https://www.trentonsystems.com/ttx4102-expansion-chassis-tech-specs-downloads?hsLang=en-us)

<https://3455205-hs-sites-com.sandbox.hs-sites.com/ttx4102-expansion-chassis-tech-specs-downloads?hsLang=en-us>

<https://3455205-hs-sites-com.sandbox.hs-sites.com/ttx4102-expansion-chassis-tech-specs-downloads?hsLang=en-us><https://www.trentonsystems.com/hubfs/TTX4102%20Data%20Sheet.pdf?hsLang=en-us>

- Shallow depth, 4U rackmount solution
- PED8044 target card factory installed
- Accommodates 14-slot backplanes
- Option for a redundant power supply
- 1 or 3 meter PCIe expansion cables

### [TTX5100 Expansion Chassis](https://www.trentonsystems.com/ttx5100-expansion-chassis-tech-specs-downloads?hsLang=en-us)

<https://3455205-hs-sites-com.sandbox.hs-sites.com/3u-4u-5u-expansion-chassis?hsLang=en-us>

<https://3455205-hs-sites-com.sandbox.hs-sites.com/3u-4u-5u-expansion-chassis?hsLang=en-us><https://www.trentonsystems.com/hubfs/PCIe%20Expansion%20Products%20Overview%20Datasheet.pdf?hsLang=en-us>

- Shallow depth, 5U rackmount solution
- PED8044 target card factory installed
- Accommodates 20-slot backplanes
- Option for a redundant power supply
- 1 or 3 meter PCIe expansion cables

Trenton's new PCI Express expansion solutions are ideal for [communications, industrial automation, test & measurement, video processing and government & defense applications](https://www.trentonsystems.com/industry-applications?hsLang=en-us) that require more I/O capability than is offered within a commercial-grade rackmount server.

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