A17 - 6U MPC8548 VMEbus 2eSST CPU Board

Memory

2x32 KB L1 data and instruction cache, 512 KB/256 KB L2 cache integrated in MPC8548/MPC8543

Up to 2 GB SDRAM system memory
• Soldered
• DDR2 with or without ECC
• Up to 300 MHz memory bus frequency, depending on CPU

Up to 4 GB soldered Flash disk (SSD solid state disk)
• Higher capacity possible if components are available
• FPGA-controlled

16 MB boot Flash

128 KB non-volatile FRAM

Serial EEPROM 8 kbits for factory settings

Mass Storage

Up to 4 GB soldered ATA Flash disk (SSD solid state disk)
• Higher capacity possible when components are available
• FPGA-controlled

I/O

Ethernet
• Up to four 10/100/1000Base-T Ethernet channels
• Two RJ45 connectors at front panel
• Two front LEDs per channel to signal LAN Link and Activity
• Two channels accessible via rear I/O on connector P0 complying with ANSI/VITA 31.1-2003 (option)

Two RS232 UARTs (COM1/2)
• Two RJ45 connectors at front panel
• Data rates up to 115.2 kbit/s
• 16-byte transmit/receive buffer
• Handshake lines: CTS, RTS

GPIO
• 31 GPIO lines
• FPGA-controlled
• Connection via PMC1 board-to-board connector J4

Front Connections

Two Ethernet (RJ45)

COM1/COM2 (RJ45)

XMC/PMC 0 and PMC 1

Rear I/O

Two 10/100/1000Base-T Ethernet on P0 (option)

Mezzanine rear I/O: PMC 0 on P2

Mezzanine Slots

Two slots total, one slot usable for PMC or XMC

One XMC slot
• Compliant with XMC standard VITA 42.3-2006
• PCI Express® links: one x1 or one x2 or one x4

Two PMC slots
• Compliant with PMC standard IEEE 1386.1
• Up to 64-bit/64-MHz, 3.3 V V(I/O)
• PMC I/O module (PIM) support through J4 complying with VITA 35 (PMC 0)

Miscellaneous

Real-time clock with battery backup

Temperature sensor, power supervision and watchdog

Reset button in ejector handle

One power good LED, three user-configurable LEDs at front

Local PCI Bus

64-bit/66-MHz, 3.3 V V(I/O)

Compliant with PCI Specification 2.2

VMEbus

TSI148 controller

Compliant with VME64 Specification

Supports VME32, VME64, 2eVME and 2eSST (VITA 1.5)
• Optional single 5V supply for operation in VME32 systems

Slot-1 function with auto-detection

Master
• D08:D16:D32:D64:A16:A24:A32:A64:BLT:MBLT:RMW

Slave
• D08:D16:D32:D64:A16:A24:A32:A64:BLT:MBLT

DMA

Mailbox functionality

Bus timer

Location Monitor

Interrupter D08(O):I(7-1):ROAK

Interrupt handler D08(O):IH(7-1)

Single level 3 fair requester

Single level 3 arbiter

Electrical Specifications

Supply voltage/power consumption:
• +5 V (-3%/+5%), approx. 2.2 A
• +3.3 V (-3%/+5%), approx. 1.1 A
• +12 V (-5%/+5%), only provided for PMCs that need 12 V
• -12 V (-5%/+5%), only provided for PMCs that need 12 V

Mechanical Specifications

Dimensions: standard double Eurocard, 233.3 mm x 160 mm

Weight: 490 g (incl. heat sink, without XMC/PMC modules)

Environmental Specifications

Temperature range (operation):
• -40..+85°C (screened)
• Airflow: min. 10 m³/h

Temperature range (storage): -40..+85°C

Relative humidity (operation): max. 95% non-condensing

Relative humidity (storage): max. 95% non-condensing

Altitude: -300 m to +3,000 m

Shock: 15 g, 11 ms

Bump: 10 g, 16 ms

Vibration (sinusoidal): 1 g, 10..150 Hz

Conformal coating on request

MTBF

220,017 h @ 40°C according to IEC/TR 62380 (RDF 2000)

Safety

PCB manufactured with a flammability rating of 94V-0 by UL recognized manufacturers

EMC

Conforming to EN 55022 (radio disturbance), IEC1000-4-2 (ESD) and IEC1000-4-4 (burst)

BIOS

MENMON™

Software Support

Linux

VxWorks®

QNX® (on request; support of the FPU is currently not provided by QNX®)

OS-9® (on request)

For more information on supported operating system versions and drivers see Downloads.

MPC8548 or MPC8548E
• 1 GHz, 1.2 GHz, 1.33 GHz or 1.5 GHz

MPC8543 or MPC8543E
• 800 MHz or 1 GHz

Memory

System RAM
• 512 MB, 1 GB or 2 GB
• With or without ECC

Flash Disk
• 0 GB up to 4 GB (and more, if components are available)

FRAM
• 0 KB or 128 KB

I/O

Ethernet
• Two additional Gigabit Ethernet channels on VMEbus P0 rear connector for ANSI/VITA 31.1-2003 support (only with MPC8548)
• Only two channels (at front) instead of four with MPC8543

PCI Express® links: one x8 link
• Reduces operation temperature range because of higher DDR SDRAM clock

FPGA

The onboard FPGA offers the possibility to add customized I/O functionality.

FPGA Altera® Cyclone® II EP2C35
• 33,216 logic elements
• 483,840 total RAM bits

Connection
• Total available pin count: 31 pins
• Functions available via PMC slot 1 connector Pn4

You can find more information on our web page "User I/O in FPGA"

VMEbus

Single 5V supply for operation in VME32 systems

Please note that some of these options may only be available for large volumes. Please ask our sales staff for more information.

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Description

MEN delivers turn-key systems completely installed (hardware, operating system, accessories), wired and tested. Different rack sizes, power supplies and backplanes on request. For details please contact your local sales representative.

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Linux
This product is designed to work under Linux. See below for potentially available separate software packages from MEN.
10EM09-91	General Linux BSP for A17, EM9, EM9A, EK9, F50C, F50P and XM50	Download Details
13Z014-90	Linux device driver (MEN) for PCI-to-VME bridge on A12, A13, A14, A15, A17, A19, A20 and B11	Download Details
13Z017-06	MDIS5™ low-level driver sources (MEN) for 16Z034_GPIO and 16Z037_GPIO Requires an MDIS4™/2004 or MDIS5™ system package	Download Details
VxWorks
This product is designed to work under VxWorks®. For details regarding supported/unsupported board functions please refer to the corresponding software data sheets.
10EM09-60	VxWorks® BSP (MEN) for A17, EK9, EM9, EM9A, F50C, F50P and XM50	Download Details
13Z017-06	MDIS5™ low-level driver sources (MEN) for 16Z034_GPIO and 16Z037_GPIO Requires an MDIS4™/2004 or MDIS5™ system package	Download Details
Firmware/BIOS
MENMON™ is MEN's firmware/BIOS for PowerPC® platforms.
14A017-00	MENMON™ (Firmware) (MEN) for A17 (object code)	Download Details

For operating systems not mentioned here contact MEN sales.

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