F218 - 3U CompactPCI® MPC8314 Slave CPU Board

Memory

256 MB SDRAM system memory
• Soldered
• 133 MHz memory bus frequency

16 MB Flash

1 MB non-volatile FRAM optional

Serial EEPROM 2 KB for factory settings

4 MB SPI Flash (FPGA-controlled)

I/O

Ethernet
• Two 10/100/1000Base-T Ethernet channels
• One 10/100Base-T Ethernet channel (optional, FPGA-controlled, on 4-pin Lemo connector)
• RJ45 connector at front panel
• Two status LEDs for each channel

One RS232 or RS422 UART via SA-Adapter™
• D-Sub connector at front panel
• Via 10-pin onboard connector
• Data rates up to 230,400 bit/s
• Handshake lines: DTR, RTS, CTS

80 GPIO lines from FPGA
• Accessible via J2 rear I/O connector

Front Connections

Two Ethernet (RJ45)

COM1 (D-Sub)

Rear I/O

80 GPIO lines from FPGA

FPGA

The FPGA offers the possibility to realize additional I/O functionality. See Options

Miscellaneous

Supply voltage supervision

Four programmable user LEDs

CompactPCI® Bus

Compliance with CompactPCI® Core Specification PICMG 2.0 R3.0

Peripheral slot

32-bit/33-MHz

V(I/O): +3.3 V

Busless Operation

Board can be supplied with +5 V only, all other voltages are generated on the board

Backplane connectors used only for power supply

Electrical Specifications

Supply voltage/power consumption:
• +5 V (-3%/+5%), tbd typ./max.

Mechanical Specifications

Dimensions: conforming to CompactPCI® specification for 3U boards

Front panel: 4 HP / 8 HP with ejector

Weight: 166 g (w/o heat sink and SA-Adapter™)

Environmental Specifications

Temperature range (operation):
• -40..+85°C (qualified components)
• Airflow: min. 1.0 m/s

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

Bump: 10 g, 16 ms

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

Conformal coating on request

MTBF

427,994h @ 40°C according to IEC/TR 62380 (RDF 2000)

Safety

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

EMC

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

BIOS

U-Boot Universal Boot Loader

Software Support

Linux (in preparation)

VxWorks® (in preparation)

QNX® (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® Cyclone® III EP3C40
• 39,600 logic elements
• 1,134 Kbits total RAM

Connection
• Total available pin count: 80 pins
• Functions available via rear I/O connector J2
• SA-Adapters™ are used to realize the physical lines.

I/O

Third Ethernet interface (10/100MBit/s) at front via 4-pin Lemo connector
• Controlled via FPGA

All three Ethernet (10/100MBit/s) interfaces via 4-pin Lemo connectors (up to 3 on 4HP front panel)

2 additional FPGA interfaces via MEN SA-Adapters™ (e.g. CAN, IBIS, UART, binary I/O) on 8HP front panel

80 I/O lines from FPGA for user-defined functionality on CompactPCI® J2 connector

Mechanical

4HP or 8HP

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

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02F218-00	PowerPC® MPC8314, 2x Gigabit Ethernet, 256 MB DRAM, 16 MB Flash, -40..+85°C with qualified components	Photo

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08SA01-00	RS232, not optically isolated, 0..+60°C	More info Photo
08SA02-01	RS422/485, full duplex, optically isolated, 0..+60°C	More info Photo
08SA02-07	RS422/485, full duplex, optically isolated, -40..+85°C screened	More info Photo
08SA03-00	RS232, optically isolated, 0..+60°C	More info Photo
08SA03-01	RS232, optically isolated, -40..+85°C screened	More info Photo

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Firmware/BIOS
This product uses the U-Boot bootloader available from DENX together with an MEN-specific patch file for board-specific changes.
14F218-00	U-Boot Bootloader (MEN) for F218	Download Details

For operating systems not mentioned here contact MEN sales.

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02F218-DS	F218 Data Sheet (PDF)	Download
20F218-00	F218 User Manual (PDF)	Download