XM50 - ESMexpress® COM with PowerPC® MPC8548

Memory

2x 32 KB L1 data and instruction cache, 512 KB / 256 KB L2 cache integrated in MPC8548/MPC8543

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

16 MB boot Flash

2 MB non-volatile SRAM
• With GoldCap or battery backup on the carrier board

128 KB non-volatile FRAM

Serial EEPROM 8 kbits for factory settings

Serial ATA (SATA)

Three ports via ESMexpress® connector

SATA Revision 1.x support

Transfer rates up to 150 MB/s (1.5 Gbit/s)

Via PCI-to-SATA bridge

USB

Six USB 2.0 host ports via ESMexpress® connector
• OHCI and EHCI implementation
• Data rates up to 480 Mbit/s

One USB client port via ESMexpress® connector
• Via UART-to-USB converter
• Data rates up to 115.2 kbit/s
• 16-byte transmit/receive buffer
• Handshake lines: none

Ethernet

Three 10/100/1000Base-T Ethernet channels with MPC8548/E

Two 10/100/1000Base-T Ethernet channels with MPC8543/E

Two LED signals per channel for LAN link and activity status and connection speed

Accessible via ESMexpress® connector

PCI Express®

One x1 or one x2 or one x4 link via ESMexpress® connector

PCIe® 1.x support

Data rate 250 MB/s in each direction (2.5 Gbit/s per lane)

GPIO

1 line from board controller via ESMexpress® connector

Usable for LED

Miscellaneous

Real-time clock (with GoldCap or battery backup on the carrier board)

Temperature sensor, power supervision and watchdog

ESMexpress® Specifications

In accordance with proposed standard ANSI/VITA 59 RSE: Rugged System-On-Module Express

Electrical Specifications

Supply voltage/power consumption:
• +12V (9..16 V), 12 W approx.

Mechanical Specifications

Dimensions: 95 mm x 125 mm (conforming to ESMexpress® specification)

ESMexpress® PCB mounted between a frame and a cover

Weight: 250 g (incl. cover and frame)

Environmental Specifications

Temperature range (operation): -40..+85°C Tcase (ESMexpress® cover/frame) (screened)

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

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

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

Altitude: -300 m to +3,000 m

Shock: 15 g, 11 ms (EN 60068-2-27)

Bump: 10 g, 16 ms (EN 60068-2-29)

Vibration (sinusoidal): 1 g, 10 Hz - 150 Hz (EN 60068-2-6)

Conformal coating on request

MTBF

209,732h @ 40°C according to IEC/TR 62380 (RDF 2000)

Safety

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

EMC

EMC behavior depends on the system and housing surrounding the ESMexpress® module. MEN has performed general, successful EMC tests for ESMexpress® using the XC1 evaluation carrier according to EN 55022 (radio disturbance), IEC 61000-4-2 (ESD), IEC 61000-4-3 (electromagnetic field immunity), IEC 61000-4-4 (burst), IEC 61000-4-5 (surge) and IEC 61000-4-6 (conducted disturbances)

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.

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

SRAM
• 0 MB or 2 MB

FRAM
• 0 KB or 128 KB

I/O

Ethernet
• Only two channels instead of three with MPC8543

PCI Express® links: one x8 link
• Reduces operation temperature range because of higher DDR SDRAM clock

Software Support

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

OS-9® (on request)

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
15XM50-00	MPC8548 / 1.33 GHz, 512 MB DDR2 DRAM, 2 MB SRAM, 128 KB FRAM, -40..+85°C screened

Article No.	Description	More
08AE12-00	ESMexpress® module to COM Express™ carrier adapter, 0..+60°C	More info Photo
08XC01-00	Evaluation and development board for all ESMexpress® modules (coming with top cover and frame), 0..+60°C, incl. faceplate, 4 GB USB Flash Disk and USB cable type A to A	More info

Article No.	Description
0712-0019	Standard ATX PSU, 350 W, 0..+40°C

Article No.	Description	More
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
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
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
15XM50-DS	XM50 Data Sheet (PDF)	Download
You can find general literature on MEN computer-on-modules, including presentations about ESMexpress®, ESMini™ and their cooling concept, in our Download Library.
20XM50-ER	XM50 Errata (PDF)	Download
20XM50-00	XM50 User Manual (PDF)	Download