Aitech C101

Introduction

The C101 is high performance derivative of the Aitech C100 VME SBC. The C101 combines a powerful processing engine with versatile and flexible I/O capabilities for harsh environment applications. Powered by Motorola's advanced PowerPC® G4+ MPC7457 microprocessor with its integrated on-chip L2 cache and supporting L3 cache, the C101 provides unmatched processing capability.

Two versions are available for the C101 – full performance configuration utilizing the standard PowerPC® G4+ MPC7457 and reduced power version (C101L) utilizing the PowerPC® G4+ MPC7457 low power variant. The reduced power version is intended for application requiring high performance and processing power while sensitive to power consumption.

To further support the high performance processor a large and fast SDRAM array is also implemented in the C101. Additional memory arrays are provided, such as Flash for user application storage, high-density Flash File for mass storage purposes and NVRAM for user/application specific parameters storage.

In addition to its high performance processor architecture the C101 provides unparalleled I/O capabilities all integrated on board. I/O interfaces include three Ethernet ports (one Gigabit and two Fast Ethernet ports), two dual redundant MIL-STD-1553B interfaces, two IEEE1394a (FireWire) ports, two USB 2.0 ports, eight serial ports (six of which are high-speed ports and two are standard UART ports) and up to 16 general-purpose discrete I/O channels.

To complete its extensive capabilities and further expand them, the C101 is equipped with 2 PMC slots allowing installation of additional modules on top.

The C101 internal architecture is based on two separate PCI buses, one operating at 66 MHz while the other at 33 MHz, allowing separation of the slow PCI devices from the faster ones and thus enabling each PCI device to operate at its top speed. In order to achieve maximum bus utilization multiple advanced programmable DMA engines are available for data transfer over the PCI buses.

The C101 implements a VME64x compliant interface using Tundra's Universe II PCI to VME Bridge.

The C101 highly integrated design guarantees unmatched performance and versatility currently available on any rugged conduction or air-cooled PowerPC® VME SBC.

For more details, refer to datasheet.