modular card rack for the option boards discussed below the pod 400 may include a control board 404 which may manage and process signals received from the option boards as discussed further below the control board 404 may include one or more processors 406 which may include microprocessors cpu 39 s field programmable gate arrays etc to provide applications management and processing the processor 406 may include or be associated with a memory having applications for operating the control board 404 the option boards in the pod 400 or any other device in the motor drive for example the processor 406 may include applications such as an interface torque control vector control drive logic ethernet logic etc the control board 404 may also include a field programmable gate array for communication and simple processing tasks for example in an embodiment the field programmable gate array may perform transfer size and crc frame adders and receive frame stripping crc verification error handling and communication status without processor intervention additionally the control board 404 may include additional interfaces for connection to other motor drives or devices in accordance with certain data exchange standards such as ieee 1588 ethernet etc the pod chassis 402 may include a one or more backplanes 408 which generally support and provide the physical interconnect between the control board 404 and various option boards the backplanes 408 may include a printed circuit board having any number of slots plugs connectors or other interface structures the backplane 408 provides for distribution of power and data signals and enables the option cards to be interfaced with.