RE: Backpan or backplane?

["Bill Darnall" <billdarnall -at- writingandtraining -dot- com>]

The SCADA industry uses the term backpan. Backpans are usually made of
plywood. Electronic units can be physically mounted on the backpan.
Consequently, there may be associated cables and connectors. However, one
does not plug anything into the backpan the way one does for a wired
backplane.

Search "scada AND backpan" for many references.

-Bill


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Subject: Re: Backpan or backplane?

I've only ever seen "backplane," which is an industry-standard term
correctly used. Gene sees an existing definition for "backpan" which
clashes.

Is there a difference between the backplane that servers or blades connect
to and the backplane that cards within a server/blade connect to? Does the
engineer dream of making a product of and trademarking "backpan"? If not, I
say stick with "backplane."


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