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Men Mikro A17

6U PowerPC® VME Bus SBC With 2eSST Performance Levels

Up To 1.5GHz , Up To 2GB Soldered DDR2 ECC DRAM, Quad Gigabit Ethernet
 
Men Mikro A17 6U VME SBC
  
  • MPC8548 (or MPC8543), up to 1.5 GHz
  • 1-slot 2eSST VME bus master and slave
  • Up to 2 GB (ECC) DDR2 RAM
  • Flash Disk, FRAM
  • 2 Gb Ethernet, 2 COMs at front
  • 2 Gb Ethernet via P0
  • 2 PMC slots (1 slot also XMC)
  • FPGA for individual I/O functions
  • MENMON™ BIOS for PowerPC® cards
  • -40 to +85°C screened



Datasheet/Manual:

MEN A17 datasheet in PDF format Datasheet in PDF format
Manual available on request Manual available on request

 

Introduction

The A17 is an advanced PowerPC® based single-board computer for embedded applications and can act as a master or a slave in a legacy VME bus environment. Using the new Tundra TSI148 bridge controller it provides 2eSST performance levels while maintaining backwards compatibility with older standards such as VME64 and VME32. The 2eSST protocol is based on synchronous data transfer and thus doubles the theoretical VME transaction bandwidth to transfer rates of up to 320 MB/s.

The A17 is controlled by an MPC8548, or optionally an MPC8543 PowerPC® processor (alternatively with encryption unit) with clock frequencies between 800 MHz and 1.5 GHz. The SBC is equipped with ECC controlled DDR2 RAM for data storage, with a Flash disk for program storage as well as with non-volatile FRAM. The board provides front-panel access for two Gigabit Ethernet and two COM interfaces via four RJ45 connectors. Another two Gigabit Ethernet channels are available at the optional P0 rear connector to support Ethernet on the backplane complying with ANSI/VITA 31.1-2003.

The two PMC slots on the A17 support PMC modules working with 32-bit/33-MHz up to 64-bit/66-MHz. One of the mezzanine slots supports rear I/O and can also be used for XMC modules with a PCI Express® x1, x2, or x4 link. The second (PMC only) slot is connected to the on-board FPGA and can thus act as the physical layer for additional functions implemented in the FPGA. The PMC/XMC slots allow flexible extension to the A17, adding functions such as graphics, mass storage, further Ethernet, or a simple FPGA-backed physical layer.

Even more I/O functions such as graphics, touch, CAN, binary I/O etc. can be realized as IP cores in FPGA for the needs of the individual application. The A17 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.
 
 

Specification
CPU:

PowerPC® PowerQUICC™ III MPC8548, MPC8548E, MPC8543 or MPC8543E
o 800MHz up to 1.5GHz
o Please see Configuration & Options for available standard versions.
o e500 PowerPC® core with MMU and double-precision embedded scalar and vector floating-point APU
o 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
o Soldered
o DDR2 with or without ECC
o Up to 300 MHz memory bus frequency, depending on CPU
Up to 4GB soldered Flash disk (SSD solid state disk)
o Higher capacity possible when components are available
o FPGA-controlled
32MB additional DDR2 SDRAM, FPGA-controlled, e.g. for video data
16MB boot Flash
128KB non-volatile FRAM
Serial EEPROM 8kbits for factory settings
Mass Storage:

Up to 4GB soldered ATA Flash disk (SSD solid state disk)
o Higher capacity possible when components are available
o FPGA-controlled
I/O:

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

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

GPIO
o 31 GPIO lines
o FPGA-controlled
o 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
o Compliant with XMC standard VITA 42.3-200x
o PCI Express® links: one x1 or one x2 or one x4
Two PMC slots
o Compliant with PMC standard IEEE 1386.1
o Up to 64-bit/64-MHz, 3.3V V(I/O)
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, 3.3V V(I/O)
Compliant with PCI Specification 2.2
VME bus:

Tundra TSI148 controller
Compliant with VME64 Specification
Supports VME32, VME64, 2eVME and 2eSST (VITA 1.5)
o Optional single 5V supply for operation in VME32 systems
Slot-1 function with auto-detection
Master
o D08:D16:D32:D64:A16:A24:A32:A64:BLT:MBLT:RMW
Slave
o 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:
o +5V (-3%/+5%), approx. 2.2A
o +3.3V (-3%/+5%), approx. 1.1A
o +12V (-5%/+5%), only provided for PMCs that need 12V
o -12V (-5%/+5%), only provided for PMCs that need 12V
Mechanical Specifications:

Dimensions: standard double Eurocard, 233.3mm x 160mm
Weight: 490g (incl. heat sink, without XMC/PMC modules)
Environmental:

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

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

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

Tested according to EN 55022 Class A (radio disturbance), EN 61000-4-2 (ESD), EN 61000-4-4 (burst)
BIOS:

MENMON™
Software Support:

VxWorks® (in preparation)
Linux (ELinOS) (in preparation)
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:

01A017-00 MPC8548 1.33GHz, 1 GB ECC DRAM,2 GB Flash, 128kB FRAM, no P0 Ethernet, -40 to +85°C

Please refer to datasheet for further information.
Accessories:

N/A
Further Information:

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