Medusa currently offers the following courses:

PCI Express™ Overview Training

Course Description

This comprehensive overview of the PCI Express architecture explains the bus from a high level perspective, highlighting what has been changed in the migration from older bus architectures to PCI Express. Architectural features as well as bus performance are covered in detail, and the mechanism for completing a data transfer is described. The device configuration process is also explained from a software perspective.



Course Length - 1 Day

Who Should Attend?

Field Application Engineers, Sales Application Engineers, Technicians, Higher-Level Managers, Operations Personnel, Engineering Production Staff, Engineering Marketing, and those personnel interested in a comprehensive overview of PCI Express architecture that does not get into highly technical details.

Course Content

* PCI Express features and definitions
* PCI Express system block diagram
* PCI Express transaction types
* Posted verses non-posted transaction model
* Layered approach to PCI Express device design
* Address space and packet routing
* Reliable packet transport (ACK/NAK protocol)
* Quality of Service overview
* Flow control overview
* Interrupt Handling overview
* Error Handling overview
* Overview of physical layer features
* Add-in cards and connectors
* Configuration space (4KB extended space) overview

Recommended Prerequisites - None

Contact Gillaspy Assocates at 805-987-1959 to schedule an on-site class.




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