GE VMIVME-7696 Pentium II Processor-Based VMEbus

GE VMIVME-7696 Pentium II Processor-Based VMEbus

MICROPROCESSOR

The VMIVME-7696 brings  Intel® Pentium II processor with MMX™ to VMEbus. The  Pentium II processor has 32-bit addressing and a 64-bit data  bus. Its superscalar architecture allows three instructions to  be executed per clock cycle. A dynamic branch prediction  unit, separate instruction and data caches, and MMX  technology also increase the Pentium II processor’s  performance. The Pentium II processor also provides  512 Kbyte of internal L2 cache using dual independent bus  architecture for high bandwidth and performance.

FEATURES

• Pentium® II processor-based single-board computer (SBC) 

• Special features for embedded applications 

— 8 to 96 Mbyte bootable flash on secondary IDE (optional) 

— Three programmable 32-bit timers 

— 128 Kbyte of battery-backed SRAM 

— Software-selectable watchdog timer with reset 

— Remote Ethernet booting 

— Supports VMEbus P2 connection to HD/floppy drive 

— PMC mezzanine expansion site (IEEE-P1386 common mezzanine card  standard, 5 V) 

— VME64 modes supported: A32/A24/D32/D16/D08(EO)/MBLT64/BLT32 

— VMEbus interrupt handler, interrupter, and system controller 

— Includes real-time endian conversion hardware for little-endian and  big-endian data interfacing (patent no. 6,032,212) 

— Enhanced bus error handling 

— Passive heat sink 

• Standard features include 

— 333 or 450 MHz Pentium II processor 

— Up to 512 Mbyte SDRAM using 144-pin SODIMM 

— 64-bit AGP SVGA controller with 4 Mbyte SGRAM 

— On-board Fast Ethernet controller supporting 10BaseT and 100BaseTX  interfaces 

— On-board Ultra-DMA-33 hard drive and floppy drive controllers (use  VMEbus P2 for connection to IDE/floppy) 

— PCI fast/wide SCSI-2 with VMEbus P2 I/O (requires P2 SCSI terminator  cards, VMIACC-0561) 

— Two high-performance 16550-compatible serial ports 

— Enhanced parallel port with ECP/EPP modes supported 

— PS/2-style keyboard and mouse ports on front panel 

— Real-time clock and miniature speaker included 

— Front panel universal serial bus (USB) connection 

• Operating system support available: 

— Windows NT®/Windows® 2000 

— VxWorks 

— Solaris 

— QNX 

— Linux

APPLICATIONS 

• Simulation 

• Instrumentation 

• Industrial control 

• Process control and monitoring 

• Factory automation 

• Intelligent networked PLC controllers 

• Automated test 

• Data acquisition

REMOTE Ethernet BOOTING

The  VMIVME-7696 utilizes Lanworks Technologies, Inc.’s  BootWare®. BootWare provides the ability to remotely boot  the VMIVME-7696 using NetWare, TCP/IP, or RPL network  protocols.

BootWare Features: 

• NetWare, TCP/IP, RPL network protocol support 

• Unparalleled boot sector virus protection 

• Detailed boot configuration screens 

• Comprehensive diagnostics 

• Optional disabling of local boots 

• Dual-boot option lets users select network or local booting

PMC EXPANSION SITE

The VMIVME-7696  supports IEEE P1386 common mezzanine card specification  with a 5 V PCI mezzanine card expansion site. This expansion  capability allows third-party devices to be used with the  VMIVME-7696. The following is a partial list of commercially available  PMC modules:

• Fibre Channel 

• Reflective Memory 

• Analog and digital I/O 

• High-speed serial and parallel I/O 

• Networking adapters: FDDI, ATM, 100BaseTX Ethernet,  Fast Ethernet 

• PMC-to-PC Card adapter 

• MIL-STD-1553 bus interface 

• SRAM 

• Flash 

• Solid-state disk 

• Data acquisition cards 

• SCSI-2 adapter 

• Parallel links 

• Octal DSP 

• Quad SIO 

• GPIB 

• FAX/modem 

• Second Ethernet 

• PMC-to-PMC expanders