2 board overview, 1 board-specific information, 2 board variants – Kontron VSBC-32 User Manual

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VSBC-32

Introduction

ID 21168, Rev. 04

Page 1 - 4

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PEP Modular Computers GmbH

1.2 Board Overview

1.2.1

Board-Specific Information

The VSBC-32(E) is a 3U (Enhanced) CXC combined system and communications con-
troller board that can operate in either a VMEbus or a mixed VMEbus+CXC environ-
ment. The board is based on the Motorola Quad Integrated Communications Controller
“QUICC” MC68(EN)360. Therefore, it is particularly suitable for system control functions
within applications with communications requirements. Depending on the controller chip
used, there are two board variants with different CPU frequencies. The board’s external
interfacing consists of a twin RS232 interface connector, which can be extended by
means of a variety of serial interface piggybacks and/or external serial interface mod-
ules. Other piggybacks provide DRAM/flash memory.

Some of the outstanding features of the product described in this manual are:

VMEbus system and communications controller board

Both VMEbus and eCXC connectivity

Master/slave system controller functionality

32-bit Motorola MC68(EN)360 integrated CPU and communications controller

25Hz or 33Hz CPU frequency

CPU on-chip background debugging

1, 4, 16, 32 or 64 MB DRAM

0, 0.5, 1, 2 or 4 MB flash memory

256kB or 1 MB SRAM

2kbit serial EEPROM

256kB or 1MB DIP (flash) EPROM

Real-time clock (backed-up)

Six different communication standards possible:

Serial I/O (RS232, RS485; RS422 on request)

Ethernet (10Base2, 10Base5 or 10BaseT Ethernet)

Up to six frontpanel serial interface connectors

Compatibility with external serial interface module CXM-SIO3

Reset and Abort control (frontpanel buttons)

Halt, watchdog and general-purpose status indicators (frontpanel LED’s)

OS-9 and VxWorks

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drivers

1.2.2

Board Variants

Two basic variants of the VSBC-32(E) with different processors are available. Depend-
ing on the controller chip used and the SRAM size, there are four variants of the VSBC-
32(E) system and serial communications controller board. The distinctive features of the
variants are listed in the following

Ethernet capability

CPU frequency

SRAM size

The following basic board variants are available:

VSBC-32: MC68360 processor, no Ethernet control capability.

VSBC-32E:MC68EN360 processor, Ethernet control capability.

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