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A14C - 6U VME64 MPC8540 CPU Board

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Main Features

PowerPC® MPC8540 / 800MHz
FPGA 12,000 LEs (approx.144,000 gates)
1-slot 64-bit VMEbus master and slave
Up to 2 GB (ECC) DRAM
NAND Flash, FRAM
Graphics via PMC or FPGA
2 Gigabit/1 Fast Ethernet
Up to 6 COMs
Parallel ATA for onboard hard disk
Further I/O individually via FPGA
2 PMC slots
MENMON™ BIOS for PowerPC® cards

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The A14C is an advanced PowerPC® based single-board computer for embedded applications. It features full VME64 support and it can be used as a master or a slave in a VMEbus environment. The CPU card provides 1 MB local shared SRAM for slave access and communication between the local CPU and another VMEbus master.

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CPU

PowerPC®
• MPC8540 PowerQUICC™ III
• 800MHz (666..833MHz optional)
• e500 PowerPC® core with SPE APU and MMU
• Integrated Northbridge and Southbridge
• High memory bandwidth

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Memory

2x32KB L1 data and instruction cache, 256KB L2 cache / SRAM integrated in MPC8540

Up to 2GB SDRAM system memory
• SO-DIMM slot for SDRAM modules
• DDR2100 with or without ECC
• 133MHz memory bus frequency

Up to 1GB soldered NAND Flash (and more), FPGA-controlled

Up to 16MB additional SDRAM, FPGA-controlled, e.g. for video data and NAND Flash firmware

8MB boot Flash

32KB non-volatile FRAM

Serial EEPROM 4kbits for factory settings

Mass Storage

Parallel IDE (PATA)
• One port for hard-disk drives
• Drive can be connected via ribbon cable or mounted directly on the CPU board using MEN adapter kit (instead of PMC modules)
• Only one VMEbus slot needed even with hard disk
• PIO mode 0 support

Up to 1GB soldered ATA NAND Flash (and more), FPGA-controlled

I/O

Three Ethernet channels
• Two 10/100/1000Base-T Ethernet channels
• One 10/100Base-T Ethernet channel
• Three RJ45 connectors at front panel
• Two onboard LEDs to signal LAN Link and Activity

One RS232 UART (COM1)
• One RJ45 connector at front panel
• Data rates up to 115.2kbit/s
• 16-byte transmit/receive buffer
• Handshake lines: CTS, RTS

One LVTTL UART (COM10)
• FPGA-controlled
• Accessible via rear I/O
• Data rates up to 115.2kbit/s
• 60-byte transmit/receive buffers
• Handshake lines: CTS, RTS; DCD, DSR, DTR; RI

Quad UART (COM20..COM23)
• Physical interface using SA-Adapters™ via 10-pin ribbon cable on I/O connector
• RS232..RS485, isolated or not: for free use in system (e. g. cable to front)
• Data rates up to 115.2kbit/s
• 128-byte transmit/receive buffer
• Handshake lines: CTS, RTS; DCD, DSR, DTR; RI

GPIO
• 39 GPIO lines
• FPGA-controlled
• Accessible via rear I/O

Front Connections

Three Ethernet (RJ45)

COM1 (RJ45)

COM20..COM23 (optional, instead of PMC modules, or in second front-panel slot)

PMC 0 and 1

Rear I/O

COM10

GPIO

Mezzanine rear I/O: PMC 0

FPGA

Standard factory FPGA configuration:
• Main bus interface
• 16Z070_IDEDISK - IDE controller for NAND Flash
• 16Z043_SDRAM - Additional SDRAM controller (16MB)
• 16Z023_IDENHS - IDE controller (PIO mode 0; non-hot-swap)
• 16Z025_UART - UART controller (controls COM10)
• 16Z034_GPIO - GPIO controller (40 lines, 5 IP cores)

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

Mezzanine Slots

Two PMC slots
• Compliant with PMC standard IEEE 1386.1
• Up to 64-bit/64-MHz, 3.3V V(I/O)
• PMC I/O module (PIM) support through J4

Miscellaneous

Real-time clock with GoldCap backup

Power supervision and watchdog

Reset button, GPIO-controlled, in ejector handle

Local PCI Bus

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

Compliant with PCI Specification 2.2

VMEbus

Compliant with VME64 Specification

Slot-1 function with auto-detection

Master
• D08(EO):D16:D32:D64:A16:A24:A32:ADO:BLT:RMW

Slave
• D08(EO):D16:D32:D64:A16:A24:A32:BLT:RMW

1MB shared fast SRAM

DMA

Mailbox functionality

Interrupter D08(O):I(7-1):ROAK

Interrupt handler D08(O):IH(7-1)

Single level 3 fair requester

Single level 3 arbiter

Bus timer

Location Monitor

Performance
• Coupled read/write D32 non-block transfer rate 6.5 MB/s
• DMA read/write D32 BLT transfer rate 12.1 MB/s
• DMA read/write D64 MBLT transfer rate 25 MB/s

Electrical Specifications

Supply voltage/power consumption:
• +5V (-3%/+5%), 3A typ.
• +12V (-5%/+5%), only provided for PMCs that need 12V
• -12V (-5%/+5%), only provided for PMCs that need 12V

MTBF: 92,800h @ 40°C (derived from MIL-HDBK-217F)

Mechanical Specifications

Dimensions: standard double Eurocard, 233.3mm x 160mm

Weight (without PMC modules): 450g

Environmental Specifications

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

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): 2g/10..150Hz

Conformal coating on request

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

VxWorks®

Linux (ELinOS)

QNX®

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

FPGA

This product offers the possibility to add customized I/O functionality in FPGA.

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CPU

Type
• MPC8540
• MPC8560

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Standard Configurations

Article No.	CPU Type	Clock	System RAM	NAND Flash	Additional SDRAM	FRAM	Boot Flash	Mezzanine Slots	Operation Temperature
01A014C00	MPC8540	800 MHz	512 MB (no ECC)	128 MB	16 MB	32 KB	8 MB	2 PMC	0..+60°C

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Description
MEN delivers turn-key systems completely installed (hardware, operating system, accessories), wired and tested. Different rack sizes, power supplies and backplanes on request. For details please contact your local sales representative.

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Software

Article No.	Description	More
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.
This product is designed to work under ELinOS Embedded Linux by Sysgo. For more information and product support please contact www.sysgo.com.
13Z014-90	Linux device driver (MEN) for PCI-to-VME bridge on A12, A13, A14, A15, A17, A19, A20 and B11	Download Details
13Z025-90	Linux native driver (MEN) for 16Z025_UART, 16Z057_UART and 16Z125_UART	Download Details
13Z100-91	Linux FPGA update tool (MEN)	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.
10EM03-60	VxWorks® BSP (MEN) for EM3, EM3A, EM8, EM8A, EK7, A14C and F13	Download Details
13P010-60	VxWorks® UART driver (MEN) for P10 and P11	Download Details
13Z025-60	VxWorks® native driver (MEN) for 16Z025_UART, 16Z057_UART and 16Z125_UART	Download Details
13Z100-60	VxWorks® FPGA update tool (MEN)	Download Details
QNX
This product is designed to work under QNX®. For details regarding supported/unsupported board functions please refer to the corresponding software data sheets.
10EM03-40	QNX® BSP (MEN) for EM3, EM3A, EM8, EM8A, EK7, A14C and F13	Download Details
13Z025-40	QNX® 6.3 native driver (MEN) for 16Z025_UART and 16Z125_UART	Download Details
13Z025-41	QNX® 6.4 native driver (MEN) for 16Z025_UART and 16Z125_UART	Download Details
13Z025-42	QNX® 6.5 native driver (MEN) for 16Z025_UART and 16Z125_UART	Download Details
13Z100-40	QNX® FPGA update tool (MEN)	Download Details
Firmware/BIOS
MENMON™ is MEN's firmware/BIOS for PowerPC® platforms.
14EM03-00	MENMON™ (Firmware) for EM3, EM3A, EM8, EM8A, A14C and F13 (object code)	Download Details

For operating systems not mentioned here contact MEN sales.

Documentation Open

Article No.	Description	More
05A013-00	Mounting kit for 4 SA-Adapters™ for 6U VME/cPCI boards, incl. 1-slot front panel and ribbon cable, without SA-Adapters™	Photo
For more functions realized with SA-Adapters™, see the listing on MEN's website. View listing of SA-Adapters™ Please contact sales to make sure that these SA-Adapters™ can be used in the board configuration you are looking for.
08SA01-00	RS232, not optically isolated, 0..+60°C	More info Photo
08SA02-00	RS422/485, half duplex, 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

Article No.	Description	More
01A014CDS	A14C Data Sheet (PDF)	Download
20A014CER	A14C Errata (PDF)	Download
20A014-00	A14C User Manual (PDF)	Download
21MENM-00	MENMON™ 2nd Edition User Manual (PDF)	Download
21Z025-90	16Z025_UART and 16Z125_UART under Linux User Manual (PDF)	Download
22Z025-ER	16Z025_UART Errata (PDF)	Download