P598 - Conduction-Cooled FPGA-based USM Main PMC
PCI Mezzanine Card
This product has been discontinued.The P598 is a conduction-cooled USM main mezzanine PMC with onboard FPGA.
Main Features
Technical Data
Functionality
- User-defined through FPGA
- Line drivers and/or additional hardware implemented on USM Universal Submodule (not included)
Memory
- 32MB SDRAM memory
- Soldered
- DDR2
- 132MHz memory bus frequency
- FPGA-controlled
- 2MB non-volatile Flash
- For FPGA data and Nios firmware
- FPGA-controlled
FPGA
- Standard factory FPGA configuration:
- Main bus interface
- Altera SOPC Unit incl. Nios II/f soft processor, GPIO, UART and DDR2 SDRAM control
- Wishbone-to-Avalon/Avalon-to-Wishbone bridges
- Chameleon Table V2
- Interrupt controller, SMBus controller
- PCI to Wishbone bridge, ID EEPROM emulation
- 16Z045_FLASH - Flash interface
- 16Z034_GPIO - GPIO controllers (2 IP cores, for onboard LEDs and 8-bit I/O)
- The FPGA offers the possibility to add customized I/O functionality. See FPGA.
USM Slot
- One slot for a standard USM module
- For implementation of line drivers and/or additional hardware
Miscellaneous
- Eight onboard LEDs, FPGA-controlled
- I²C interface to detect the USM module
PMC Characteristics (PCI)
- Compliant with PCI Specification 2.2
- 32-bit/33-MHz, 3.3V V(I/O)
- Target
Peripheral Connections
Via Pn4 rear I/O connector
Electrical Specifications
- Isolation voltage:
- Voltage depends on implementation and signal routing of USM
- Supply voltage/power consumption:
- +5V (-3%/+5%), FPGA idle / US0 plugged: approx. 118mA, memory test / US0 plugged: 122mA
- +3.3V (-5%/+5%), FPGA idle / US0 plugged: 76mA, memory test / US0 plugged: 82mA
- MTBF: 848,597h @ 40°C according to IEC/TR 62380 (RDF 2000)
Mechanical Specifications
- Dimensions: conforming to IEEE 1386.1
- In accordance with VITA 20 (proposed Draft Standard for Conduction Cooled PMC)
- Weight: 36g (w/o USM module)
Environmental Specifications
- Temperature range (operation):
- -40..+85°C, conduction-cooled
- 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
Safety
PCB manufactured with a flammability rating of 94V-0 by UL recognized manufacturers
EMC
- Radio disturbance: no connection outside housing, therefore radio disturbance not relevant
- ESD/burst: no external interface connector, therefore ESD and burst not relevant
Software Support
- Flash update tools for Linux, Windows, VxWorks, QNX
- Driver software depending on implemented FPGA functions
- For more information on supported operating system versions and drivers see Software.
FPGA
FPGA Capabilities
- FPGA Altera Cyclone II EP2C35
- 33,216 logic elements
- 483,840 total RAM bits
- Supports Nios II soft processor
- Connection
- Functions can be linked to Wishbone or Avalon bus
- Available pin count: 46 pins (FPGA to USM)
- Functions available via USM at rear I/O connector
- MEN offers an FPGA Development Package as well as Flash update tools for different operating systems.
- Package comes with function-identical convection-cooled PMC module with front I/O
- Only for development of FPGA, independent of conduction cooling
Ordering Information
Software

13MD05-90
MDIS5 System (and Device Driver) Package (MEN) for Linux. This software package includes most standard device drivers available from MEN.
13Z100-91
Linux FPGA update tool (MEN)

13Y018-70
Windows 64-bit FPGA update tool (MEN)

13Z017-06
MDIS5 low-level driver sources (MEN) for 16Z034_GPIO, 16Z037_GPIO and 16Z127_GPIO
13Z100-60
VxWorks FPGA update tool (MEN)

13Z017-06
MDIS5 low-level driver sources (MEN) for 16Z034_GPIO, 16Z037_GPIO and 16Z127_GPIO
13Z100-40
QNX FPGA update tool (MEN)
FPGA
16P599-00
Nios PMC USM FPGA Development Package (MEN) (without Altera Quartus II) (license included in PMC USM FPGA Development Kit)
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