VMEbus board accelerates data throughput

Advanced technology offers exceptional performance levels while maintaining backwards compatibility with older standards, such as VME64X and VME.

MEN Micro now offers a 2eSST 6U VMEbus single board computer that reaches a data transfer rate up to 320Mbyte/s using a Tundra TSI148 bridge controller.

Built around Freescale's new PowerQUICC-III PowerPC MPC8548 consisting of a highly integrated e500 core with a floating point unit and memory management unit as well as L2 cache support, the new A17 provides clock frequencies up to 1.5GHz.

The board's advanced technology offers exceptional performance levels while maintaining backwards compatibility with older standards, such as VME64X and VME.

Using only one slot, the A17 can function as either a master or slave in legacy VME environments to provide embedded designers with maximum flexibility.

Its flexibility, coupled with the SBC's high performance, makes the board ideal for a variety of applications including industrial control, medical equipment and mobile communications.

The soldered 2Gbyte of fast ECC-controlled DDR2 SDRAM memory firmly withstands shock and vibration, making the A17 suitable for mobile applications.

The Flash disk for program storage is also soldered, and the fast, nonvolatile FRAM is ideal for applications that require low power consumption.

The A17's front panel has two Gigabit Ethernet and two COM interfaces accessible via an RJ45 connection.

Two additional Gigabit Ethernet channels are available at the optional P0 rear connector.

The board offers two PMC slots that operate at up to 64bit/66MHz.

One of the mezzanine slots supports rear I/O and can be used for XMC modules with a PCI Express x1, x2, x4 or x8 link.

The second PMC-only slot, connected to the onboard FPGA, can also be used for individual additional functions implemented in the FPGA.

The two mezzanine slots extend the A17's functionality, enabling the incorporation of additional graphics capability, mass storage and further Ethernet or fieldbus interfaces as well as a variety of industrial I/Os, including binary and analogue channels.

As an alternative to or an extension of PMC modules currently available, other I/O functions can be implemented as IP cores in the FPGA for specific application needs.

The SBC operates over an extended temperature range of -40 to +85C.

The RoHS-compliant board offers a standard availability that extends to at least 2017 guaranteeing against obsolescence.

The A17 comes with comprehensive board support packages (BSPs) for Linux, VxWorks and QNX based on MEN's own "BIOS" for PowerPC processors (MENMON).

Pricing for the A17 starts at US $2397.

Delivery is six weeks ARO.

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