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MEN Mikro XM50

ESMexpress® with PowerPC® MPC8548

Up To 2 GB (ECC) DDR2 SDRAM, -40°C to +85°C Screened, Conductive Cooling
 
MEN Mikro XM50
  
  • RSE, Rugged System-On-Module Express (ANSI-VITA 59 in process)
  • MPC8548 (or MPC8543), up to 1.5 GHz
  • Up to 2 GB (ECC) soldered DDR2 SDRAM
  • Up to 128 KB FRAM, 2 MB SRAM
  • 3 (or 2) Gb Ethernet ports
  • 6 USB 2.0, 1 USB client
  • 3 SATA ports
  • 1 PCI Express® x4
  • MENMON™ BIOS for PowerPC® cards
  • -40°C to +85°C screened
  • Conductive cooling



Datasheet/Manual:

MEN Mikro XM50 datasheet in PDF format MEN Mikro XM50 Datasheet - PDF
Manual available on request Manual available on request

 

Introduction

The XM50 is a Computer-On-Module of the ESMexpress® family in accordance with a proposed ANSI standard currently under development (ANSI-VITA 59, RSE Rugged System-On-Module Express). Together with an application-specific carrier board it forms a semi-custom solution for industrial, harsh, mobile and mission-critical environments.

The XM50 is controlled by an integrated PowerPC® MPC8548 or MPC8543 processor (optionally with encryption unit) running at clock frequencies between 800 MHz and 1.5 GHz.

The XM50 accommodates up to 2 GB of directly soldered ECC main memory and supports other memory like USB Flash on the carrier board. It also features industrial FRAM and SRAM.

Interfaces from the MPC8548 are all routed from the XM50 for availability on any ESMexpress® carrier board. Those interfaces include up to three Gigabit Ethernet channels, 8 PCI Express® lanes for one link (x4, x2 or x1, or x8 as an option), triple SATA, 6 USB host ports and one USB client realized using a UART-to-USB converter. Additional COM interfaces can be made available on the carrier board via USB to COM conversion.

The XM50 comes with MENMON™ support. This firmware/BIOS can be used for bootstrapping operating systems (from disk, Flash or network), for hardware testing, or for debugging applications without running any operating system.

The XM50 is screened for operation in a -40°C to +85°C conduction or convection cooled environment. As all ESMexpress® modules it is embedded in a covered frame. This ensures EMC protection and allows efficient conductive cooling. Air cooling is also possible by applying a heat sink on top of the cover. Where operation temperatures are moderate, the module may even do without the frame and cover, with a suitable low-power processor and airflow. ESMexpress® modules are firmly screwed to a carrier board and come with rugged industry-proven connectors supporting high frequency and differential signals. Only soldered components are used to withstand shock and vibration, and the design is optimized for conformal coating. All ESMexpress® modules support a single 95x125mm form factor.

For evaluation and development purposes an ATX carrier board is available. The ESMexpress® module can be evaluated on a COM Express™ carrier board via an adapter from ESMexpress® to COM Express™.
 
 

Specification
CPU:

PowerPC® PowerQUICC™ III MPC8548, MPC8548E, MPC8543 or MPC8543E
• 800MHz up to 1.5GHz
• e500 PowerPC® core with MMU and double-precision embedded scalar and vector floating-point APU
• Integrated Northbridge and Southbridge

Memory:

2x32KB L1 data and instruction cache, 512KB/256KB L2 cache integrated in MPC8548/MPC8543
Up to 2GB SDRAM system memory
• Soldered
• DDR2 with or without ECC
• Up to 300 MHz memory bus frequency, depending on CPU
16MB boot Flash
2MB non-volatile SRAM
• With GoldCap or battery backup on the carrier board
128KB non-volatile FRAM
Serial EEPROM 8kbits for factory settings
Serial ATA (SATA):

Three ports via ESMexpress® connector
Transfer rates up to 150MB/s (1.5 Gbits/s)
Via PCI-to-SATA bridge
USB:

Six USB 2.0 host ports via ESMexpress® connector
• OHCI and EHCI implementation
• Data rates up to 480Mbits/s
One USB client port via ESMexpress® connector
• Via UART-to-USB converter
• Data rates up to 115.2kbits/s
• 16-byte transmit/receive buffer
• Handshake lines: none

Ethernet :

Three 10/100/1000Base-T Ethernet channels with MPC8548/E
Two 10/100/1000Base-T Ethernet channels with MPC8543/E
Accessible via ESMexpress® connector
Two LED signals per channel for LAN link, activity status and connection speed
PCI Express®:

One x1 or one x2 or one x4 link via ESMexpress® connector
Data rate 250MB/s in each direction (2.5 Gbits/s per lane)

GPIO :

1 line from board controller via ESMexpress® connector
Usable for LED

Miscellaneous:

Real-time clock (with GoldCap or battery backup on the carrier board)
Temperature sensor, power supervision and watchdog

ESMexpress®:

In accordance with proposed standard ANSI-VITA 59 RSE Rugged System on Module Express

Electrical:

Supply voltage/power consumption:
• +12V (9..16V), 12W approx
Mechanical:

Dimensions: 95mm x 125mm (conforming to ESMexpress® specification)
ESMexpress® PCB mounted between a frame and a cover
Weight: 250g (incl. cover and frame)

Environmental:

Temperature range (operation):
• -40 to +85°C Tcase (screened)
Temperature range (storage): -40..+85°C
Relative humidity (operation): max. 95% non-condensing
Relative humidity (storage): max. 95% non-condensing
Altitude: -300m to + 3,000m
Shock: 15g/11ms
Bump: 10g/16ms
Vibration (sinusoidal): 1g/10..150Hz
Conformal coating on request

MTBF:

tbd. @ 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 (ELinOS tbd.)
VxWorks®
QNX® (in preparation; support of the FPU is currently not provided by QNX®)
OS-9® (on request)

ROHS Status:

This product is lead free/ROHS compliant

Ordering Details:
Board:

15XM50-00 MPC8548, 1.33 GHz, 512 MB DDR2 RAM, 2 MB SRAM, 128 KB FRAM, -40..+85°C screened

Please refer to datasheet for further information.
Accessories:

08AE12-00 ESMexpress® module to COM Express™ carrier adapter, 0..+60°C

08XC01-00 Evaluation and development board for all ESMexpress® modules (coming with top cover and frame), incl. faceplate, 4GB USB Flash Disk and USB cable type A to A
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