Product category: VMEbus Boards and Assemblies
News Release from: Actis Computer | Subject: VSBC-6872
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 1 April 2005
Double performance given
at two-thirds price
Second generation single board computer offers more than twice the performance for two thirds the price of its predecessor and features the PowerQUICC 2, using 0.13um technology
Actis Computer has released its second generation PowerQUICC 2 VME single board computer, with more than twice the performance for two thirds the price. The VSBC-6872 is a much more powerful solution than its predecessor, even if it is sold 33% less. As an example, the new board features the latest design of the PowerQUICC 2, using 0.13um technology, the MPC-8270 which is rated at 855DMIPS at 450MHz clock, instead of the previous 200MHz clock for the MPC-8260 used in the previous board.
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 1 April 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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The VSBC-6872 provides three Fast Ethernet ports instead of two, and supports in the standard version two SATA ports and a CompactFlash socket.
Furthermore, four serial RS232 or RS422/485/V.35 ports are available on the front panel.
Another key change is the replacement of the slower 16bit IP module slots by a faster 32bit PMC slot.
The VSBC-6872 includes 128Mbyte of SDRAM, 16Mbyte of Flash memory, as well as 1Mbyte of SRAM.
A 32Kbyte SRAM integrated with the clock/calendar device is backed up with a small onboard lithium battery.
The interface to the VMEbus is designed around a complex FPGA device and supports the 32bit VME rev C standard.
The VSBC-6872 is supplied with an on board monitor ECMON, and several BSP including VxWorks and Linux are available.
The VSBC-6872 is announced with a price of CHF 2500 (about US $1950 or Eur 1650) for one-offs, and CHF 1500 ( about US $1170 or Eur 990) in OEM quantities (1000 and more).
For applications using CompactPCI bus, there is an equivalent product, the CSBC-6872, which will simplify migration between the two common platforms.
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