Advantech’s SHB Express (PICMG 1.3) design policy provides clear guidelines that ensure system compatibility. Customers can easily recognize specific solutions based on product naming. For example, server grade PCE-7XXX SHB are compatible with PCE-7BXX backplanes. Mainstream PCE-5XXX SHB are compatible with PCE-5BXX backplanes. This precise naming policy help prevent incompatible SHB and SHB Express backplane combinations.

A wide range of Advantech backplanes are available for PICMG single board computers (SBC). They range from four to twenty slots, and allow optimal system configurations with flexible combinations of 64-bit/32-bit PCI and ISA slots. Advantech also provides a low-cost, yet professional design service that tailors backplanes to meet expansion requirements within a short time frame.