DPC2 Pentium III 6U VME Processor Module
DPC2 Product
Features
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System
Architecture
| · Single-slot VMEbus operation with on-board CompactFlash disk for bootable mass storage and single PMC expansion slot | |
| · Two slot option allows for mounting of IDE hard drive and floppy drives and provides more front panel I/O interfaces | ||
| · Option allows adding up to 3 PMC expansion boards | ||
| · Form/fit/function compatible with SimTech DPC1 and DRC1 | ||
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CPU support |
· Supports Intel's low power EMC2 module (LPM) which includes a Pentium III with on-die cache | |
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| · A large heat sink cools the module | |
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Main Memory | ·128 MB SDRAM installed | |
| · DIMM module for up to 256 MB additional memory | ||
| · Maximum 384 MB SDRAM available | ||
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Auxilliary
Memory |
· 2 MB of SRAM, which can be accessed from the VMEbus or the on-board Pentium III without byte-swapping or bus contention issues | |
| · Optional 8 MBFlash for fast booting of RTOS | ||
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BIOS
| · General Software's flash-based system BIOS, upgradeable via floppy | |
| · Upgradeable via floppy | ||
| · BIOS can be customized to customer specifications | ||
Chip
Set |
· High performance Intel BX chipset (northbridge component on the EMC2) | |
| DRAM controller | ||
| PCI bus arbitration logic and interface | ||
| AGP graphics interface | ||
| High performance PCI IDE interface | ||
| RTC and standard PC timers | ||
| Ultra DMA | ||
| Interrupt logic | ||
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VGA |
· Asiliant's 69030 AGP compatible graphics controller | |
| · 4 MB of SDRAM is built into the chip | ||
| · Maximum Resolution/Color/Refresh Rate: | ||
| 1600 x 1200 x 64K colors @ 60 Hz | ||
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LAN
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· Intel's 82559 Fast Ethernet Controller with 10/100Base-TX support | |
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Optional
Ultra 2 SCSI |
· Symbios' 53C875 Ultra SCSI Controller with data transfer rates to 40 MB/sec | |
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IDE
Support |
· Primary Ultra DMA IDE Interface with improved transfer rates | |
| · PIO and Bus Master support | ||
| · Secondary IDE port for CompactFlash | ||
| · CompactFlash supports on-board booting for flash-based and mechanical storage | ||
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Floppy
Support |
· Floppy drive controller, with support for drives up to 2.88 MB | |
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Serial
I/O |
· COM1 and COM2 serial ports, based on 16C550 compatible UARTs | |
| · 16-byte transmit and receive FIFOs | ||
| · Either port can be configured for RS232 or RS422/485 operation. | ||
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Parallel
I/O |
· LPT1 parallel port, capable of standard, bidirectional, enhanced parallel port (EPP), and enhanced capabilities port (ECP) operation | |
| · IEEE 1284 compliant | ||
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Device
Support |
· On-chip keyboard, mouse controller | |
| · One PS/2 connector supports both keyboard and mouse | ||
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Watchdog |
· Programmable watchdog timer for system recovery | |
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PMC
Expansion |
· One PCI Mezzanine Card (PMC) position in VMEbus single-slot form factor | |
| · Optional PMC carrier (XPMC3) provides three PMC positions (requires additional slot) | ||
| · PMC I/O can be accessed via front panel or P2 | ||
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VME
Interface |
· Tundra Universe IIBB PCI-VMEbus Interface provides 64-bit VMEbus transfer rates over 30 MB/sec | |
| · Integral FIFO's permit write-posting to maximize available PCI and VMEbus bandwidth | ||
| · Full Slot 1 (System Controller) functions provided | ||
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Low Cost
Versions |
· Low cost versions available without the VMEbus interface | |
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Front Panel
Switches/LEDs |
The DPC2 contains a recessed reset switch, accessible from the front panel | |
| · Three LEDs representing: | ||
| Link - Indicates Ethernet link established | ||
| Active - Indicates Ethernet data being transmitted or received | ||
| Speed - Indicates Ethernet operating at 100BaseTX | ||
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Front Panel
Connectors |
· COM1 (9-pin D-type) | |
| · Keyboard/Mouse on one mini-DIN | ||
| · VGA (15-pin D-type) | ||
| · RJ-45 (for 10/100BaseTX) | ||
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P2
I/O |
· SCSI, COM2, LPT1, PMC I/O routed out a five row VME64 P2 connector | |
| · Optionally, IDE and FDC are also routed out the five row VME64 P2 connector (this option is only available when SCSI-2 is not populated) | ||
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Software
Support |
· Operating System and driver support, including Windows NT, Embedded NT, RTX, QNX, VxWorks, Linux, Solaris, and pSOS+ | |
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Dimensions |
· 233.5 mm (L) x 160 mm (W) | |
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DPC2 shown with support
hardware |
| DPC2 Support Hardware | ||
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XPC2TB
Transition Board |
· Can be offered with two slot wide front panel (in combination with DPC2) or two separate front panels so that it can be separated from DPC2 for embedded environment | |
| · Supports 2.5" IDE hard drive and floppy drive up to 2.88 MB | ||
| · Transition board which provides SCSI2 connector and COM2 connector (DB9) on frontpanel | ||
| · Other interfaces include LPT1 connector (26-pin dual-row ribbon cable connector), flat panel interface (60-pin dual row header) | ||
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XPC2PTB
Peripheral Transition Board |
· Rear plug-in peripheral transition board with connectors for Ultra SCSI, COM2 and LPT1 | |
| · The DPC2 allows routing of IDE and to SCSI connector (when SCSI option not used) | ||
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XPMC3 PMC
Carrier |
· Carrier for 3 PMC cards (requires additional slot) | |
| · Can be provided with single front panel, double-wide front panel (in combination with DPC2) or three-slot wide front panel (in combination with DPC2 and DRC1TB) | ||
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Ordering
Information: | |
| Part# | Description |
| XPC2xxMKx | Pentium III CPU board with 500 MHz Pentium III, 10/100Base-TX, SVGA video, 2 COM ports, PMC expansion slot, KB, mouse, bi-directional parallel I/O, single slot, with 128 MB of surface mount SDRAM and 2 MB shared SRAM. Supports CompactFlash. With no SCSI installed. With BIOS installed. Without VMEbus installed. |
| xPC2Jxxx | 64 MB Flash for DPC2 |
| xPC2Oxxx | 192 MB Flash for DPC2 |
| xPC2Qxxx | 256 MB Flash for DPC2 |
| (CompactFlash can be special ordered in versions up to 1.456 GB) | |
| xPC2xFxx | Optional 8 MB BootFlash (for booting RTOS kernel) |
| xPC2xxNx | Upgrade to 256 MB (128 MB DIMM module) |
| xPC2xxOx | Upgrade to 384 MB (256 MB DIMM module) |
| xPC2xxxS | With fast/wide SCSI-2 (add to price) |
| xPC2xxxI | Without SCSI-2 but with IDE and floppy routed to backplane |
| DPC2xxxx | With VMEbus (add to price) |
| Support Hardware | |
| XPC2TBxx | Transition board which provides SCSI2 connector and COM2 connector (DB9) on frontpanel. Other interfaces include LPT1 connector (26-pin dual-row ribbon cable connector), flat panel interface (60-pin dual row header). A standard PC speaker is also included. This configuration includes a double-wide front panel for the processor board and transition board. 40-pin IDE connector also provided. |
| XPC2TBxx-S | As above but the processor board and transition board will each have separate single-slot front panels instead of one double wide front panel. |
| xxxxxxFx | 1.44 MB floppy drive installed on Transition Board |
| xxxxxxx4 | 4 GB IDE hard disk drive installed on transition board |
| xxxxxxx8 | 8 GB IDE hard disk drive installed on transition board |
| XPC2PTBN | Rear plug-in peripheral transition board with connectors for Ultra SCSI, COM2 and LPT1. The DPC2 allows routing of IDE to SCSI connector (when SCSI option not used) |
| XPC2PTB | Rear plug-in peripheral transition board for DPC2 with PMC output connector. |
| XPMC3 | Carrier for 3 PMC cards (requires additional slot) |
| DPC2 Software | |
| DSW-500- DPC | VxWorks Tornado BSP (one time charge includes upgrades) |
| DSW-700-DPC | Drive VME, a high performance VME to Windows/NT Systems Software Link (Development version) |
| DSW-701-DPC | Run-time copy of Drive VME |
| DSW-WINNT | Windows NT Version 4.0 |
| DSW-WIN2000 | Windows 2000 |
| DSW-800-DPC | BSP for Lynx-OS (includes BSP support) |
| DSW-900-DPC | BSP for QNX (includes BSP support) |
| DSW-A00-DPC | BSP for Solaris |
| DSW-B00-DPC | BSP for Linux (includes Redhat 6.1 operating system) |
| ETNT40-10FW | Embedded NT Toolkit with 10 Class 2 licenses (class 2 is a "headed" license with video support) |
| TLNT4-10FW | Embedded NT 10 pack Class 2 licenses |
| TLNT4-100FW | Embedded NT 100 pack Class 2 licenses |
| TLNT4-1KFW | Embedded NT 1000 pack Class 2 licenses |
