Kontron VMP3 - Manual (Page 37)

VMP3 Functional Description
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P R E L I M I N A R Y
2. Functional Description
The following chapters present more detailed, board level information about the VMP3
E²Brain™ High Performance PowerPC Processor VME board whereby the board components
and their basic functionality are discussed in general.
2.1 General Information
The VMP3 is comprised basically of the EB8541 E²Brain™ module and the EBC-VME3 carrier
board.
The EB8541 E²Brain™ module consists of the following:
• a Motorola MPC8541E Integrated Processor, Power QUICC III with a PPC e500 core
• a Board Process/Communications Controller (BPCC)
• System and Communications interfacing to the EBC-VME3 for:
• I²C bus
• LPC bus
• PCI bus
• CompactFlash (CF) interface
• Terminal and Console (T/C) serial interfacing
• Monitor and Control (M/C) interfacing
• Test and Programming (T/P) interfacing
• High Speed Serial (HSS) communications
• Communications Area Network (CAN) bus
• Fast Ethernet (FE)
• Gigabit Ethernet (TSE)
• Memory elements:
• Main memory DDR-I-SDRAM, soldered
• Soldered SRAM, backed-up using an auxiliary power line
• Soldered FLASH
• Serial EEPROM
• a BrainCAP™ heat sink for the EB8541
• Software
• Operating system
• Board support package
• Boot strap loader (NetBootLoader)
The EB8541 carrier board, EBC-VME3, consists of the following:
• a Tundra Universe II PCI-to-VME bridge and VME-bus connector for VME-bus system
interfacing
• PHYs, magnetics, and connectors for Gigabit Ethernet interfacing
• magnetics and connector for Fast Ethernet interfacing
• a Terminal connector for serial interfacing
• a PCI expansion connector for PCI peripheral interfacing
• an I/O expansion connector for additional system and communications interfacing
• two test and programming connectors for JTAG and ISP logic interfacing
• switches and LEDs for Monitor and Control interfacing
• an optional CompactFlash socket for Type I and II CF cards