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B11 - 3U VMEbus MPC8245 CPU Board

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Main Features

PowerPC® MPC8245 up to 400 MHz
1-slot VMEbus master/slave
1 MB ultra-fast DPRAM
512 MB DRAM, CompactFlash®
Graphics via PC-MIP®
Ethernet via PC-MIP®
2 COMs, IDE, USB, keyboard/mouse
PC-MIP® slots
MENMON™ BIOS for PowerPC® cards
-40 to +85°C screened versions

Description Open

The B11 is a high-speed PowerPC® based VMEbus SBC with complete single-board computing functionality. It is optimized for industrial requirements in control and instrumentation in terms of functionality, environmental conditions and cost. The CPU card is especially prepared for all types of industrial qualification such as extended temperature range (-40..+85°C), shock, vibration, humidity etc.

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The computing core of the B11 is the MPC8245 processor with its internal PowerPC® 603 that speeds up to 400MHz clock frequency. The Single-Board Computer is equipped with one SO-DIMM SDRAM slot, a CompactFlash® slot and soldered boot Flash. This guarantees maximum flexibility in memory configuration. The B11 hosts two serial interfaces, IDE hard-disk controller, keyboard, mouse and USB as well as a real-time clock and watchdog. Two local PC-MIP® mezzanine slots are available for flexible and individual workstation I/O extensions such as Ethernet, graphics, SCSI, additional serial lines, field busses etc.

The non-transparent PCI-to-VME bridge is a very fast and cost-competitive in-house design. Using a dual-ported SRAM, the B11 speeds up to a transfer rate of 7MB/s for master single cycle operations and up to 13MB/s for slave burst operations.

Despite the full functionality of the B11 and even with 2 PC-MIP® slots, the complete CPU card needs only one 3U slot in a VMEbus system.

The B11 comes with MENMON™ support. MENMON™ is a sort of BIOS which can be used for bootstrapping operating systems (from disk, flash or network), for hardware testing, or for debugging applications without running any operating system.

Technical Data Open

CPU

PowerPC®
• MPC8245
• 300MHz

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Memory

32KB L1 Cache integrated in MPC8245

Up to 256MB SDRAM system memory
• One 144-pin SO-DIMM slot for SDRAM modules

2MB Flash

Serial EEPROM 2KB for factory settings

CompactFlash® card interface
• Via onboard IDE
• Type I
• True IDE

Mass Storage

Fast IDE ports
• One IDE hard-disk/CD-ROM port via onboard connector
• One IDE port for local CompactFlash®

I/O

USB
• One USB 1.1 port
• Accessible via I/O connector
• OHCI implementation
• Data rates up to 12Mbit/s

Two UARTs (COM1/COM2)
• Accessible via I/O connector
• Physical interface using SA-Adapter™ via 10-pin ribbon cable on I/O connector
• RS232..RS485, isolated or not: for free use in system (e.g. cable to front)
• 16-byte transmit/receive buffer
• Handshake lines: CTS, RTS; DCD, DSR, DTR; RI

PS/2 keyboard/mouse
• Accessible via I/O connector

Mezzanine Slots

Two PC-MIP® slots
• Compliant with PC-MIP® specification
• Type I/II slots

Miscellaneous

Real-time clock

Watchdog and hardware monitor for onboard temperature control

Hex switch for user settings

Local PCI Bus

32-bit/33-MHz, 3.3V V(I/O)

Compliant with PCI Specification 2.1

VMEbus

Slot-1 function with auto-detection

Master
• D08(EO):D16:A24:A16:RMW
• Transfer rate max. 7MB/s

Slave
• D08(EO):D16:A24:BLT
• Transfer rate max. 30MB/s

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

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

Single level 3 fair requester / arbiter

Bus timer, arbitration timer

Utility functions

Electrical Specifications

Supply voltage/power consumption:
• +5V (-3%/+5%), 6W

MTBF: 124,000h @ 50°C (derived from MIL-HDBK-217F)

Mechanical Specifications

Dimensions: standard single Eurocard, 100mm x 160mm

Weight: 138g

Environmental Specifications

Temperature range (operation):
• 0..+60°C or -40..+85°C
• Airflow: min. 10m³/h

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

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

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

Altitude: -300m to + 3,000m

Shock: 15g/11ms

Bump: 10g/16ms

Vibration (sinusoidal): 2g/10..150Hz

Conformal coating on request

Safety

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

EMC

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

BIOS

MENMON™

Software Support

Linux

VxWorks®

QNX®

OS-9®

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

Options

CPU

Type
• MPC8245

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Clock
• 300 MHz
• 400 MHz

Memory

System RAM
• 64 MB, 128 MB, 256 MB or 512 MB

CompactFlash®
• 0 MB up to maximum available

Boot Flash
• 2 MB

Operation Temperature

0..+60°C

-40..+85°C

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

Standard Configurations

Article No.	CPU Type	Clock	System RAM	CFlash	Boot Flash	Operation Temperature
01B011-00	MPC8245	300 MHz	0 MB	0 MB	2 MB	0..+60°C
01B011-01	MPC8245	300 MHz	0 MB	0 MB	2 MB	-40..+85°C
01B011-03	MPC8245	400 MHz	0 MB	0 MB	2 MB	0..+60°C

Standard B11 Models Open

Article No.	Description	More
01B011-00	MPC8245/300MHz (from hardware rev. 01.xx), 2MB Flash, 0..+60°C	Photo
01B011-01	MPC8245/300MHz (from hardware rev. 01.xx), 2MB Flash, -40..+85°C screened	Photo
01B011-03	MPC8245/400MHz, 2MB Flash, 0..+60°C	Photo

Memory

Article No.	Description
0751-0042	CompactFlash® card, 4 GB, Type I, fixed bit set, -40..+85°C
0751-0053	CompactFlash® card, 2 GB, Type I, fixed bit set, -40..+85°C
0751-0055	CompactFlash® card, 8 GB, Type I, fixed bit set, -40..+85°C
0751-0058	CompactFlash® card, 16 GB, Type I, fixed bit set, -40..+85°C
0752-0031	256MB DRAM 0..+60°C for 01B011-00
0752-0210	256MB DRAM -40..+85°C for 01B011-01

SA-Adapters Open

Article No.	Description	More
You can find a more detailed overview of possible carrier board/SA-Adapter™ combinations along with software support in our option matrix (PDF).
08SA01-00	RS232, not optically isolated, 0..+60°C	More info Photo
08SA01-03	For F1N/B11: RS232, not optically isolated, for direct mounting on CPU board, 0..+60°C (N.B.: Standard adapters can only be mounted using MEN's mounting kit)	More info Photo
08SA02-00	RS422/485, half duplex, optically isolated, 0..+60°C	More info Photo
08SA02-01	RS422/485, full duplex, optically isolated, 0..+60°C	More info Photo
08SA02-07	RS422/485, full duplex, optically isolated, -40..+85°C screened	More info Photo
08SA03-00	1 RS232, optically isolated, 0..+60°C	More info Photo
08SA03-01	1 RS232, optically isolated, -40..+85°C screened	More info Photo

Systems & Card Cages Open

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.

Software

Article No.	Description	More
Linux
This product is designed to work under Linux. See below for potentially available separate software packages from MEN.
This product is designed to work under ELinOS Embedded Linux by Sysgo. For more information and product support please contact www.sysgo.com.
13Z014-90	Linux device driver (MEN) for PCI-to-VME bridge on A12, A13, A14, A15, A17, A19, A20 and B11	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.
10F001N60	VxWorks® BSP (MEN) for A15, F1N, B11, A12, D3, SC13 and Kahlua Box	Download Details
QNX
This product is designed to work under QNX®. For details regarding supported/unsupported board functions please refer to the corresponding software data sheets.
10F001N40	QNX® BSP (MEN) for F1N, B11, A12, A15, D3, SC13 and Kahlua Box	Download Details
OS-9
This product is designed to work under OS-9®. For details regarding supported/unsupported board functions please refer to the corresponding software data sheets.
10F001N01	OS-9®(000) V.2.2/3.x BSP (object code, MEN) for F1N, B11, A12, D3, SC13 and Kahlua Box	Download Details
10F001N02	OS-9®(000) V4.2 BSP (object code, MEN) for F1N, B11, A12, A15, D3, SC13 and Kahlua Box	Download Details
Firmware/BIOS
MENMON™ is MEN's firmware/BIOS for PowerPC® platforms.
14B011-00	MENMON™ (Firmware) for B11 (object code)	Download Details
Miscellaneous
XiBase9, a graphical user interface for Linux and OS-9® from XiSys, is running on the MEN graphics controller PC-MIP® and PMC modules P1, P17 and P517 in combination with the PowerPC®-based single-board computers A11, A12, D3, F1N, B11 and SC13 (further SBCs on request). For more information, purchase and support please go to www.xisys.de.

For operating systems not mentioned here contact MEN sales.

Documentation Open

Article No.	Description	More
01B011-DS	B11 Data Sheet (PDF)	Download
Compare Chart 3U VMEbus CPU and I/O cards		Download
20B011-00	B11 User Manual (PDF)	Download
21APPN003	Application Note: Using P1/P501 Graphics on MEN 824x/ALI boards under ELinOS (PDF)	Download