A21C - 6U VMEbus QorIQ™ P1013/P1022 CPU (PMC/XMC)New!

Memory

32 KB L1 instruction cache and 32 KB L1 data cache per processor core

256 KB L2 cache with ECC

Up to 2 GB SDRAM system memory
• Soldered
• DDR3 with ECC support
• 333 MHz memory bus clock frequency (667 MT/s, 5.33 GB/s data rate)

Up to 64 MB boot/program Flash

128 KB non-volatile FRAM

Serial EEPROM 4 kbits for factory settings

Mass Storage

microSD™ card slot
• Directly accessible on the board
• Connected to SDHC controller

mSATA disk slot
• Directly accessible on the board (via small adapter card)
• Connected via one SATA channel

I/O

Ethernet
• Two 10/100/1000Base-T Ethernet channels at the front
• RJ45 connectors at front panel
• Two front LEDs for each port to signal LAN link and activity status

One RS232 UART (COM1)
• RJ45 connector at front panel
• Data rates up to 230.4 kbit/s
• 16-byte transmit/receive buffer
• Handshake lines: CTS, RTS

Front Connections

Two Ethernet (RJ45)

One RS232 COM (RJ45)

PMC / XMC front I/O if populated

Rear I/O

PMC 0 and 1

Mezzanine Extensions

Two slots usable for PMC or XMC

XMC slots
• Compliant with XMC standard VITA 42.3-2006
• Two x1 PCI Express® links for slot 0, data rate 250 MB/s per link in each direction (2.5 Gbit/s per lane)
• Two x1 PCI Express® links for slot 1, data rate 125 MB/s per link in each direction (1.25 Gbit/s per lane)
• PCIe® 1.0a support (PCI Express® Base Specification)

PMC slots
• Compliant with PMC standard IEEE 1386.1
• PCI / PCI-X 32/64 bits, 33/66/133 MHz, 3.3 V V(I/O)
• PMC I/O module (PIM) support through J4 for both slots

Miscellaneous

Real-time clock, buffered by a supercapacitor or battery (optional)
• Data retention of supercapacitor: typically up to one week

Watchdog

Voltage monitor and temperature sensor

Reset button and status LEDs at the front panel

VMEbus

Compliant with VME64 Specification

Slot-1 function with auto-detection

Master
• D08(EO):D16:D32:D64:A16:A24:A32:ADO:BLT:RMW

Slave
• D08(EO):D16:D32:D64:A16:A24:A32:BLT:RMW

1 MB shared fast SRAM

DMA

Mailbox functionality

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

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

Single level 3 fair requester

Single level 3 arbiter

Bus timer

Location Monitor

Performance
• Coupled read/write D32 non-block transfer rate tbd. MB/s
• DMA read/write D32 BLT transfer rate tbd. MB/s
• DMA read/write D64 MBLT transfer rate tbd. MB/s

Electrical Specifications

Supply voltage/power consumption:
• +5 V (-3%/+5%), 1.3 A typ.
• +3.3 V (-3%/+5%), 1 A typ.
• ±12 V (-5%/+5%), only provided for mezzanines that need 12 V

Mechanical Specifications

Dimensions: standard double Eurocard, 233.3 mm x 160 mm

Weight (without mezzanines): 412 g

Environmental Specifications

Temperature range (operation):
• -40..+85°C (screened)
• Airflow: min. 1.0 m/s

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

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

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

Altitude: -300 m to +3000 m

Shock: 50 m/s², 30 ms (EN 61373)

Vibration (function): 1 m/s², 5 Hz - 150 Hz (EN 61373)

Vibration (lifetime): 7.9 m/s², 5 Hz - 150 Hz (EN 61373)

Conformal coating on request

MTBF

286 910 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 Conformity

EN 55022 (radio disturbance)

IEC 61000-4-2 (ESD)

IEC 61000-4-3 (electromagnetic field immunity)

IEC 61000-4-4 (burst)

IEC 61000-4-5 (surge)

IEC 61000-4-6 (conducted disturbances)

BIOS

U-Boot Universal Boot Loader

Software Support

Linux (in preparation)

VxWorks®

OS-9® (on request)

QNX® (on request)

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

All processors available with 600 MHz, 800 MHz or 1.067 GHz

Memory

System RAM
• 1 GB or 2 GB

Boot/program Flash
• 32 MB or 64 MB

FRAM
• 0 KB or 128 KB

Mass Storage

Serial ATA (SATA)
• Onboard SATA connector for one additional port possible
• SATA Revision 2.x support
• Transfer rates up to 300 MB/s (3 Gbit/s)
• For connection of an in-system hard-disk drive

I/O

Various additional I/O possible using onboard mezzanine card
• Partly fixed set of interfaces, plus 16 pins for custom I/O
• One USB 2.0 port, EHCI implementation
• Additional UART COM interface
• Display interface
• Custom I/O functions can be implemented as FPGA IP cores (16 pins usable)
• Occupies the space of PMC/XMC slot 1
• Please note that the mezzanine card is always completely customized, including front I/O, no standard cards are available.

Mezzanine Slots

3 M-Modules™ instead of PMC/XMC (A21B variety)

Miscellaneous

Back-up battery holder for real-time clock (RTC) (may be in mechanical conflict with PMC/XMC slot 0)

Software Support

OS-9®

QNX®

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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