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P517 - Graphics Accelerator PMC

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Main Features

Graphics controller SM731
16 MB integrated graphics RAM
4 Mbit video BIOS ROM
Up to 1600 x 1200 pixels
Up to 16.7 M colors
Up to 85 Hz refresh rate
LCD (up to UXGA) and CRT via DVI-I (front)
PanelLink via DVI-I (front)
S-Video I/O and Composite Video out via D-Sub (front)
2x LVDS via on-board connector

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The P517 is a high-performance graphics controller suitable for any PMC compliant host carrier board in any type of bus system, i.e. CPCI, VME or on any type of stand-alone SBC. A similar functionality is also available on PC-MIP®, a PCI-based mezzanine card in a smaller form factor. Appropriate PMC and PC-MIP® carrier cards in 3U, 6U and other formats are available from MEN or other manufacturers.

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Graphics Control

SM731 controller

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Video
• Zoom video port
• Video filtering
• Multiple independent hardware video windows

Memory
• 16MB embedded SGRAM
• 64-bit memory interface
• Various on-chip DRAM memory configurations

DVI via PanelLink transmitter
• Integrated Dual Channel LVDS transmitters
• Single or dual pixel per clock
• DualMon support
• Up to 1600x1200 resolution
• Up to 16.7M colors

RAMDAC
• 235 MHz
• 24 bits
• Up to 1600x1200 resolution
• Up to 16.7M colors

Video BIOS ROM
• 4 Megabit (512K x 8 bits)

Interfaces

DVI-I via front-panel connector

S-Video Output/Input and Composite Video Output via front-panel connector

LVDS1 and LVDS2 via onboard connectors

PMC Characteristics (PCI)

Compliant with PCI Specification 2.2

32-bit/33-MHz, 3.3V V(I/O)

Target

Peripheral Connection

Via front panel on one DVI-I connector and one standard 9-pin D-Sub receptacle connector

Via onboard 50-pin plug connector

Electrical Specifications

Isolation voltage: tbd.

Supply voltage/power consumption:
• +5V (4.85V..5.25V), 900 mA max.
• +3.3V (3.0V..3.6V), 1.4 A typ.

Mechanical Specifications

Dimensions: conforming to IEEE 1386.1

Weight: 84 g

Environmental Specifications

Temperature range (operation):
• 0..+60°C
• Industrial temperature range on request
• Airflow: min. 10 m³/h

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): 2 g/10..150 Hz

Conformal coating on request

MTBF

Approx. 240,000 h @ 50°C (derived from MIL-HDBK-217F)

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)

Software Support

Driver support for Windows® 2000/XP, OS-9® (incl. C library and shared library module for XiBase9)

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

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Peripheral Connection

Via P4 rear I/O connector

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Standard P517 Models

Article No.	Description
15P517-00	Graphics accelerator, 16MB integrated SGRAM, 4 Mbit Flash BIOS, S-Video In/Out and Composite Video Output, 0..+60°C, no RoHS

Software

Article No.	Description	More
Windows
This product is designed to work under Windows®. See below for potentially available separate software packages from MEN.
13P017-71	Windows® 2000: Graphics driver for P517 (SMI, object code)	Download Details
13P017-72	Windows® XP: Graphics driver for P517 (SMI, object code)	Download Details
OS-9
This product is designed to work under OS-9®. For details regarding supported/unsupported board functions please refer to the corresponding software data sheets.
13P017-01	OS-9®: C library for P517 for simple portations of various graphics packages based on a frame buffer interface	Download Details
13P017-02	OS-9®: Shared library module XiGfx.dll. for P517 for XiBase9	Download Details

For operating systems not mentioned here contact MEN sales.

Documentation

Article No.	Description	More
15P517-DS	P517 Data Sheet (PDF)	Download
20P517-00	P517 User Manual (PDF)	Download