GE V7768 single board computers

GE V7768 single board computers

Overview

GE’s V7768/V7769* are single board computers (SBCs) in a dual-slot, passively  cooled, VME Eurocard form factor.

The V7768* is a full featured Intel® CoreTM 2 Duo or Celeron® M-based SBC, and  the V7769* is a full featured Intel Core 2 Duo-based SBC. The V7768/V7769 utilize  the advanced technology of Intel’s 945GM chipset and the ICH7-M I/O Controller  Hub. The 945GM chipset runs on a 533 MHz front-side bus with the Celeron M  processor and a 667 MHz front-side bus with the Core 2 Duo processor.

The V7768/V7769 are compliant with the VMEbus Specification VITA 1-1994 and  feature a transparent PCI-to-VME bridge, allowing your board to function as a  system controller or peripheral CPU in multi-CPU systems.

The V7768 is a single-slot board, and the V7769 is a dual-slot board. The V7769  has the same functionality as the V7768 and also connects to the ACC-0623*  (which will be referred to as the mezzanine board throughout this manual),  making it a dual-slot board. Because the functionality is so similar, this manual  will refer to both boards (V7768/V7769) throughout unless the material is  referring to the V7768 or V7769 only.

Desktop Features of the V7768/V7769

• Up to 2.0 GByte DDR2 SDRAM (One SODIMM) 

• SVGA port (front I/O) 

• Dual Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) (front I/O) 

• One RS232/422 COM port (front I/O) 

• One RS232/422 COM support (rear I/O) 

• Two USB 2.0 ports (front I/O) 

• Four USB 2.0 support (rear I/O) 

• Supports two SATA connections (rear I/O) 

• One 2.5-in. SATA hard drive (optional for V7769 only) 

• Dual SAS connector (front I/O on V7769 only) 

• Real-Time clock/calendar 

• Front panel reset switch 

• PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse connection (front I/O) 

• Onboard parallel connector

Embedded Features of the V7768/V7769

• Remote booting out the front panel only 

• Up to 8 GByte of bootable CompactFlash (optional) 

• PCI-X capable PMC site with VITA 35 P2 I/O (factory populated on V7768  and main board of V7769) 

• VITA 1-1994 with byte swap 

• 32 KByte NVRAM 

• Software-selectable Watchdog Timer with reset 

• PMC expansion site Chapter 3: Embedded PC/RTOS Features

Intel 945GM Chipset

The V7768/V7769 incorporate the latest Intel chipset technology, the 945GM. The  Intel 945GM chipset is an optimized integrated graphics solution with up to a  667 MHz system bus. The chipset has a low power design, advanced power  management, supporting up to 2 GByte of DDR2 system memory. The 945GM is a  Memory Controller Hub (MCH) component, providing the processor interface,  system memory interface (DDR2 SDRAM) and SVGA port.

Key features for the 945GM:

• 533 MHz Processor system bus controller for the Celeron M 

• 667 MHz Processor system bus controller for the Intel Core 2 Duo 

• Up to 2 GByte DDR2 Memory via SODIMM 

• High-speed DMI architecture interface for communication with the ICH7-M  (I/O controller)