F50C - Conduction Cooled 3U CompactPCI® MPC8548 CPU Board

Memory

2x32KB L1 data and instruction cache, 512KB/256KB L2 cache integrated in MPC8548/MPC8543

Up to 2GB SDRAM system memory
• Soldered
• DDR2 with or without ECC
• Up to 300 MHz memory bus frequency, depending on CPU

Up to 16GB soldered Flash disk (SSD solid state disk)

Up to 32MB additional DDR2 SDRAM, FPGA-controlled, e.g. for video data

16MB boot Flash

2MB non-volatile SRAM
• With GoldCap backup

128KB non-volatile FRAM

Serial EEPROM 4kbits for factory settings

Mass Storage

Parallel IDE (PATA)
• Up to 16GB soldered ATA Flash disk (SSD solid state disk)

Serial ATA (SATA)
• Up to two ports via rear I/O J2
• Transfer rates up to 150MB/s (1.5 Gbits/s)
• Via PCI-to-SATA bridge
• See interface configuration matrix showing possible I/O combinations (PDF)

I/O

USB (host)
• Four USB 2.0 host ports
• Via rear I/O J2
• OHCI and EHCI implementation
• Data rates up to 480Mbits/s

USB (client)
• One USB client port on series A connector at front panel
• Via UART-to-USB converter
• For first operation and service
• Data rates up to 115.2kbits/s
• 16-byte transmit/receive buffer
• Handshake lines: none

Ethernet
• Up to three 10/100/1000Base-T Ethernet channels with MPC8548/E (two channels with MPC8543/E)
• Via rear I/O J2
• See interface configuration matrix showing possible I/O combinations (PDF)

User-defined I/O
• FPGA-controlled
• Up to 64 I/O lines
• Connection via rear I/O J2
• Standard version provides 4 UARTs and 16 GPIO lines
• See interface configuration matrix showing possible I/O combinations (PDF)

Rear I/O

Four USB 2.0

Up to three 1000Base-T Ethernet

Up to two SATA

Up to 64 I/O lines, FPGA-controlled
• Reduces Ethernet/SATA interfaces
• See interface configuration matrix showing possible I/O combinations (PDF)

FPGA

Standard factory FPGA configuration:
• Main bus interface
• 16Z043_SDRAM - Additional SDRAM controller (32 MB)
• 16Z034_GPIO - GPIO controller (rear I/O 14 lines, 2 IP cores)
• 16Z125_UART - UART controller (controls rear I/O COM1..4)

The FPGA offers the possibility to add customized I/O functionality. See FPGA.

Miscellaneous

Real-time clock with GoldCap backup

Temperature sensor, power supervision and watchdog

CompactPCI® Bus

Compliance with CompactPCI® Core Specification PICMG 2.0 R3.0

System slot

32-bit/32-MHz PCIe®-to-PCI bridge

V(I/O): +3.3V (+5V tolerant)

Busless Operation

Board can be supplied with +5V, +3.3V and +12V from backplane, all other voltages are generated on the board

Backplane J1 connector used only for power supply

Electrical Specifications

Supply voltage/power consumption:
• +5V (-3%/+5%), 800mA approx.
• +3.3V (-3%/+5%), 350mA approx.
• ±12V (-5%/+5%), 1A approx.

Mechanical Specifications

Dimensions:
• CompactPCI® 3U board embedded in MEN-standard 3U-CCA frame
• For use with MEN's conduction cooled subrack, 0701-0054

Front panel: 9HP with cut-out for USB

Weight: 620g

Environmental Specifications

Temperature range (operation):
• -40..+85°C Tcase (CCA frame) (screened)
• 0..+60°C Tcase (CCA frame) (screened, with 16 GB SSD Flash disk)
• Convection cooled variety F50P also available

Temperature range (storage): -40..+85°C

Relative humidity (operation): max. 95% non-condensing

Relative humidity (storage): max. 95% non-condensing

Altitude: -300m to + 3,000m

Shock: 15g/11ms

Bump: 10g/16ms

Vibration (sinusoidal): 1g/10..150Hz

Conformal coating on request

MTBF

150,290h @ 40°C according to IEC/TR 62380 (RDF 2000)

Safety

PCB manufactured with a flammability rating of 94V-0 by UL recognized manufacturers

EMC

Tested according to EN 55022 (radio disturbance), IEC1000-4-2 (ESD) and IEC1000-4-4 (burst)

BIOS

MENMON™

Software Support

Linux

VxWorks®

QNX® (on request; support of the FPU is currently not provided by QNX®)

INTEGRITY® (Green Hills® Software) support available. Please contact Green Hills® for further information.

OS-9® (on request)

For more information on supported operating system versions and drivers see Software.

Flexible Configuration

Customized I/O functions can be added to the FPGA.

It depends on the board type, pin counts and number of logic elements which IP cores make sense and/or can be implemented. Please contact MEN for information on feasibility.

You can find more information on our web page "User I/O in FPGA"

FPGA Capabilities

FPGA Altera® Arria® GX AGX35C
• 33,520 logic elements
• 1,348,416 total memory bits
• Connected to CPU via PCI Express® x1 link

Connection
• Available pin count: 64 pins
• Functions available via rear I/O J2 connector

MPC8548 or MPC8548E
• 1 GHz, 1.2 GHz, 1.33 GHz or 1.5 GHz

MPC8543 or MPC8543E
• 800 MHz or 1 GHz

Memory

System RAM
• 512 MB, 1 GB or 2 GB
• With or without ECC

Flash Disk
• 2 GB, 4 GB, 8 GB or 16 GB
• Please note that the 16 GB Flash disk component only supports a temperature range of 0..+60°C!

FRAM
• 0 KB or 128 KB

Additional SDRAM
• 0 MB or 32 MB
• With FPGA

I/O

See interface configuration matrix showing possible I/O combinations (PDF)

Ethernet
• Up to three channels at rear
• Only two channels total with MPC8543

SATA
• Up to two channels at rear

Up to 64 user-defined I/O lines
• With optional FPGA
• Reduces number of Ethernet/SATA channels

Cooling concept

Convection cooled variety F50P also available, for up to -40..+85°C

Please note that some of these options may only be available for large volumes. Please ask our sales staff for more information.

Article No.	Description
02F050C00	MPC8548, 1.33 GHz, 2 GB SSD Flash, 512 MB DDR2 RAM, 2 MB SRAM, 128 KB FRAM, FPGA, rear I/O (2 GbE, 4 USB, 2 SATA, 14 GPIO, 4 UARTs), 9 HP, -40..+85°C Tcase screened - conduction cooled board within CCA frame

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02F050P00	MPC8548, 1.33 GHz, 2 GB SSD Flash, 512 MB DDR2 RAM, 2 MB SRAM, 128 KB FRAM, front I/O and PICMG 2.30 rear I/O (2 SATA, 4 USB), 8 HP, no FPGA, -40..+70°C screened	More info

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0701-0054	CompactPCI® rack for 3U cards in CCA frames, 3 slots, incl. wide-range PSU 24VDC, -40..+70°C(+85°C) qualified (Tx), IP65	More info

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OS independent
To use MDIS™ low-level drivers, you also need one of the MDIS4™ or MDIS5™ system packages available for Linux, VxWorks®, QNX® or OS-9® (MDIS™ = MEN Driver Interface System).
13Z017-06	MDIS5™ low-level driver sources (MEN) for 16Z034_GPIO and 16Z037_GPIO Requires an MDIS4™/2004 or MDIS5™ system package	Download Details
Linux
This product is designed to work under Linux. See below for potentially available separate software packages from MEN.
10EM09-91	General Linux BSP for A17, EM9, EM9A, EK9, F50C, F50P and XM50	Download Details
13Z025-90	Linux native driver (MEN) for 16Z025_UART, 16Z057_UART and 16Z125_UART	Download Details
VxWorks
This product is designed to work under VxWorks®. For details regarding supported/unsupported board functions please refer to the corresponding software data sheets.
10EM09-60	VxWorks® BSP (MEN) for A17, EK9, EM9, EM9A, F50C, F50P and XM50	Download Details
13Z025-60	VxWorks® native driver (MEN) for 16Z025_UART, 16Z057_UART and 16Z125_UART	Download Details
INTEGRITY
This product is designed to work under the INTEGRITY® RTOS from Green Hills® Software. An INTEGRITY® Board Support Package for this board is provided by Green Hills® Software. For more information and product support please contact Green Hills® Software (www.ghs.com).
Firmware/BIOS
MENMON™ is MEN's firmware/BIOS for PowerPC® platforms.
14XM50-00	MENMON™ (Firmware) for XM50, F50C and F50P (object code)	Download Details
Miscellaneous
A Windows® USB2UART driver from FTDI is available for XM50, XM51 and F50P/F50C Windows® hosts. More info & downloads

For operating systems not mentioned here contact MEN sales.

Article No.	Description	More
02F050CDS	F50C Data Sheet (PDF)	Download
20F050C00	F50C User Manual (PDF)	Download
20SYST016	3U CompactPCI® CCA Rack User Manual (PDF)	Download
22Z125-ER	16Z125_UART Errata (PDF)	Download