- Freescale MPC8540 System-on-Chip processor
- 256MB/512MB DDR ECC SDRAM; 64MB/128MB of Flash memory
- Dual Gigabit, one 10/100 Ethernet ports, USB 2.0 and SATA
controllers
- Tsi148 PCI-X bus to VMEbus bridge with 320MB/sec 2eSST
VMEbus protocol
- Dual PMC-X sites
- Five serial ports, RTC, four tick timers, watchdog timer,
and Rear Transition Module (RTM)
- Board support packages for VxWorks and Linux
The MVME3100 is Motorola's second VMEbus single-board
computer (SBC) designed with the Tundra Tsi148™ VMEbus interface
chip offering 2eSST VMEbus performance. The MVME3100 has been
optimized for performance, flexibility and price and addresses a
wide range of applications including industrial control,
test/measurement and image processing. The MVME3100 delivers a
4x or better performance advantage, at a similar price point,
compared to the MVME162 and MVME2300 products.
The MVME3100 is built around the MPC8540 system-on-chip (SoC)
processor, which allows the MVME3100 to offer lifecycle,
power/thermal and reliability advantages not typically found in
industrial PCs. The MPC8540 integrates the processor, memory
controller, PCI-X controller and dual GigE interfaces into a
single, low-power (<7W) device. Utilizing the 2eSST VMEbus
protocol interface, the MVME3100 is capable of transferring data
across the VMEbus at 320MB/s. The combination of the 2eSST
VMEbus, GigE, USB 2.0 and SATA interfaces, along with dual PMC-X
sites, enables customers to cost-effectively build systems with
real-world interfaces, while strategically leveraging their
existing investments in VMEbus infrastructure and longer
lifecycle products.
The MVME3100 is a cost-effective SBC for industrial control
applications. In addition to these traditional control
applications, the MVME3100 can be used in conjunction with the
MVME6100 to deliver very high performance solutions. For
instance, the MVME3100 can be utilized as an intelligent PMC
carrier that can perform front-end processing of the data before
it is transferred across the VMEbus utilizing the 320MB/s of
2eSST bandwidth to an MVME6100 board for back-end processing
utilizing the AltiVec-enabled processor on the MVME6100 board.
The MVME3100 series supports booting a variety of operating
systems including a complete range of real-time operating
systems and kernels. A VxWorks Board Support Package (BSP) and
Linux support are available for the MVME3100 series.
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MVME6100:
VMEbus single-board computer
MVME3100
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