Product Information PPC7A PowerXtreme SBC with Certifiable BSP to DO-178B Level A Latest PowerPC processors Latest PowerPC Processors High performance Architecture High performance architecture Extensive Radstone software support Extensive Radstone software support – PowerPC 7410 or 7457 – 64 bit 66 MHz PCI Extended feature set – 200 MHz L3 Cache Bus – PowerPC 7410 or 7457 – 133 MHz Main Memory Bus – 64-bit 66 MHz PCI – 6 Serial Ports – 200 MHz L3 cache bus – 2 Ethernet Ports – 133 MHz main memory bus – SVGA Graphics – 6 serial ports – 2 USB Ports – 2 Ethernet ports – Graphics accelerator – 2 USB Ports (or keyboard/mouse) – Digitial I/O (or parallel port) – SCSI interface PPC7A is a cornerstone of Radstone’s PowerXtreme family of single board computers (SBCs) offering a powerful combination of the latest technology plus full compatibility with the PowerXtreme feature set, first defined in 1995. PPC7A is fully supported by a comprehensive range of Radstone software products including our Deployed Test modules (BIT [built- in test] and BCS [background condition screening]), plus support for VxWorks and VxWorks6 from Wind River Systems, LynxOS from LynuxWorks, and INTEGRITY from Green Hills Software Inc. PPC7A offers a choice of the latest PowerPC processors. Two PMC sites via 64-bit 66 MHz PCI provide access to further incremental system expansion if required. In addition to PowerXtreme standard interfaces (SCSI, parallel, keyboard and mouse) the number of serial ports has been expanded to six and the number of Ethernet ports to two. New features for PowerXtreme include on-board integrated graphics accelerator, two USB ports, 16-bit digital I/O and a reserved board area which can accommodate custom design features for large volume production programs. In addition to support for the standard (non certifiable) COTS operating systems above, the PPC7A is supported by a BSP for the certifiable VxWorksAE653 operating system from Wind River Systems. Up to ** Up to * 128 MBytes 1 GByte Flash SDRAM Graphics SCSI Integrated L3 Cache Accelerator PowerPC System 2 MBytes 7410/7457 Controller 64-bit 33 MHz PCI Bus 64-bit 66 MHz PCI Bus PMC PMC South- 32 KBytes Tundra Customizer Slot 2 Slot 1 bridge NVRAM Universe II (reserved for additional features or customer specific requirements UART RTC P0 P2 P1 256 MBytes SDRAM fitted as standard with 7410 processor, 512 MBytes SDRAM fitted as standard with 7457 processor * 64 MBytes Flash fitted as standard with 7410 processor, 128 MBytes Flash fitted as standard with 7457 processor. ** Figure 1: PPC7A Functional Block Diagram PPC7A PMC1 I/O VME64 P1 PMC2 I/O PMC1 I/O Ethernet 1, 2 SCSI COM 1,2 COM 3,4 (or PMC2 I/O) COM 5,6 Parallel (or Discrete I/O) Kbd, mouse (or USB) Analog Graphics JTAG Header Figure 2: PPC7A Input/Output Options 2 SCSI SVGA VME Digital I/O Parallel USB 1/2 Mouse Keyboard COM 1/2 COM 5/6 Ethernet COM 3/4 Processor Memory Flash Video Operating System Support A number of mission- critical, real-time operating systems PPC7A10 7410 256 MBytes 64 MBytes 69000 are supported on the PPC7A:- PPC7A5x 7457 512 MBytes 128 MBytes 69030 Table1: Key Feature Summary of PPC7A10 and PPC7A5x VxWorks is a highly scalable and deterministic run-time system, distributed backplane and networking support and with a large base of third-party support. The PowerX BSP & I/O P2 PMC E’net COM COM 5/6 ESP from Radstone both run PPC1A/2A/4/4A/4B/6/7A from Options Rear I/O 3/4 RS232 RS422 one object code. ✔ - 1 2 - - VxWorks, the run-time component of the Tornado II ✔ ✔ B - 2 embedded development platform, is the most widely ✔ ✔ C - 2 - adopted real-time operating system (RTOS) in the embedded Primary I/O options are selected by the 5th digit (X) in the order code industry. Tornado II also includes a comprehensive suite of i.e. PPC7Axx-xxxxXxx core and optional cross-development tools and utilities, and Table2: Summary of Primary I/O Option a full range of communications options for the target connection to the host. Keyd IO Options USB GPIO Parallel Mouse ✔ ✔ 0 - - ✔ ✔ 1 - - ✔ ✔ 2 - - LynxOS is a hard real-time Unix with full memory ✔ ✔ 3 - - management support. Conforming to full POSIX standards, Secondary I/O options are selected by the 4th digit (X) in the order code LynuxOS features Linux binary compatibility at 4.0. The i.e. PPC7Axx-xxxXxxx PowerX BSP & ESP from Radstone both run Table3: Summary of Secondary I/O Option PPC1A/2A/4/4A/4B/6/7A from one object code. Summary: LynuxOS offers hard real-time determinism; Ruggedization Levels complete MMU-based protected address spaces for tasks; PPC7A is available in Radstone’s five ruggedization levels Linux application binary interface (ABI) personality; Linux for use in both convection- and conduction-cooled binaries run unchanged on LynxOS v4.0; comprehensive environments. See Radstone’s Ruggedization data sheet POSIX API conformance 1003.1, .1b & .1c; LynxOS 4.0 (RT184) for further details. also exhibits true linear scalability. Ruggedization INTEGRITY; is a maximum reliability, royalty-free real-time 1 2 3 4 5 Levels operating system. Support for Radstone boards including Cooling Convection - - Conduction Method Conformal Optional Standard Standard Standard Coat the PPC1A/2A/4/4A/4B/6/7A is available direct from our 75ºC 85ºC technology partner, Green Hills Software Inc. High Temp 55ºC @ 65ºC @ 75ºC @ At card Operational 300ft/min 300ft/min 300ft/min edge The royalty-free INTEGRITY RTOS uses hardware memory Low Temp protection to isolate and protect itself, and user tasks, from 0ºC -20ºC -40ºC -40ºC Operational incorrect operation caused by accidental errors or Table4: Ruggedization Levels Table malicious tampering. 3 Deployed Test Software Background Condition Screening (BCS) PPC7A features the most effective deployed test strategy in BCS provides continuous, online health monitoring. It runs the industry, highly adapted to the characteristics of as a task thread, featuring non-intrusive tests that are modern COTS silicon and COTS operating systems. This specifically designed to be co-operative with the normal strategy is implemented through our built-in test (BIT) and functioning of the COTS OS that is running the background condition screening (BCS) components. application. In addition to providing minimal impact on system latency, this method avoids a difficulty that arises To facilitate smooth technology insertion, the object code when ‘calling back’ into a traditional, stand-alone test modules for BIT and BCS run on all PowerX board family firmware, written in ignorance of the OS and probably members of any age and variant produced since the assuming exclusive use of board resources. Such firmwares family’s inception in 1995. may not gaurantee the restoration of the entire and complex machine state as the OS left it. BCS works chiefly Built-In Test (BIT) through OS mechanisms and does not compromise the BIT provides an initialization test for all on-board machine state imposed by the OS. functional areas of PPC7A. Highest possible coverage, 95%, is achieved by the use of intrusive testing, with BIT Radstone’s BCS for VxWorks is downloadable or can be assuming exclusive use of device resources. BIT executes linked to the VxWorks OS executable image. It can be before any COTS OS, and passes control to the OS upon launched from the VxWorks shell or from an application. completion. Testing in conjunction with a COTS OS is Configuration can be static, via the Tornado Project Tool, accomplished by BCS: see top of page. or dynamic via an interactive menu. BIT is a highly configurable component, with options for Configurable parameters include the thread priority to run individual tests and sub-tests. System-wide coverage to BCS at, plus various test options and other characteristics. Radstone PMCs or other Radstone VME boards is handled. An error log is stored in Flash, in addition to visual Custom tests for bespoke equipment can readily be added. indication of a detected failure. An application interface is provided for immediate invocation of individual tests, in Test results are stored in Flash for later analysis by the application, addition to the default running of tests in background mode. in addition to visual indication. Radstone BIT features ‘Fast Start’, whereby if BIT detects a state change of a particular backplane BCS offers: pin, it skips all tests. The backplane pin is usually connected to • Logging and scrubbing of single bit errors an electro-mechanical ‘brown-out’ detector. • Comprehensive main memory test. By dedicating Coverage methodolgy and proofs for PowerX boards are small segments per bank for exclusive BCS usage, available. Please request our brochure ‘BIT Coverage – A and in conjunction with ECC circuitry, all failure Straightforward guide’. modes throughout all the memory can be detected without destructive action outside of the BCS segments. • System and user background Flash checksummin Application • NVRAM checksum • PCIbus error condition monitoring COTS Operating System • Preset PCI configuration verification • Temperature monitoring (board and CPU) • Temperature throttling Radstone Drivers • Network connectivity BCS Board • SCSI connectivity Support Package ESP • Bus memory probing SilverChip • Real-time clock test BIT • Global hardware register verification • Tests of 8250-compatible COM port devices Radstone PowerPC Hardware Platforms • AltiVec and FPU tests • Custom tests can be integrated Figure 3: Software Support Model 4 Standard Ordering Information Sales Code 500 MHz PowerPC 7410 – 256 MB of SDRAM PPC7A10-1C40B0X 500 MHz PowerPC 7410, 6U VME SBC, Level 1; 256 MBytes SDRAM, 2 MBytes L2 cache, 64 MBytes Flash, RTC, 2 x 10/100 Base-T, Ultra SCSI, 2 x USB, 17 bits GPIO, 4 x RS232 & 2 x RS422 ports, SVCA, 2 PMC slots, 5 Row P1 & P2 (no P0) PPC7A10-2C40B0X Air-cooled level 2 as above with conformal coating PPC7A10-3C40B0X Air-cooled level 3 as above with conformal coating PPC7A10-4C40B0X Conduction-cooled level 4 as above PPC7A10-5C40B0X Conduction-cooled level 5 as above 1.1 GHz PowerPC 7457 – 512 MBytes of SDRAM PPC7A5X-1D54B0X 1.1 GHz PowerPC 7457, 6U VME SBC, Level 1; 512 MBytes SDRAM, 2 MBytes L2 Cache, 128 MBytes Flash, RTC, 2 x 10/100 Base-T, Ultra SCSI, 2 x USB, 17 bits GPIO, 4 x RS232 & 2 x RS422 ports, SVCA, 2 PMC slots, 5 Row P1 & P2 (no P0) PPC7A5X-2D54B0X Air-cooled level 2 as above with conformal coating PPC7A5X-3D54B0X Air-cooled level 3 as above with conformal coating PPC7A5X-4D54B0X Conduction-cooled level 4 as above PPC7A5X-5D54B0X Conduction-cooled level 5 as above PPC7A Accessories I/O kit to support the PPC7 range of boards. Comprises of the following PPC7-IOKIT1 components: P25X606-11200: P2 transition module with 5 Row VME connector. Provides headers for 2 x Ethernet (RJ45 to ETHX600), Ultra SCSI, COM 1,2,3,4,5 & 6 serial, parallel, mouse & keyboard ports, floppy, GPIO, video and USB SIOX600-S: 3U Serial I/O panel with 2 x 9 way D type connectors and 0.5m internal ribbon cable. For use on COM 1 & 2 ports on all PPC paddle cards. Requires 3 to access all ports SIO2X600-S: 3U Serial I/O panel with 2 x 25 way D type connectors and 0.5m internal ribbon cable. For use on COM 1 & 2 ports (all PPCs) and on COM 3 & 4 (PowerXtreme boards) when RS323 is specified. Requires 3 to access all ports SIO3X600-S: 3U Serial I/O panel with 1 x 25 way D type connectors and 0.5m internal ribbon cable. Complies with RS530 pin out and sig- nal set. May be used with COM 3 & 4 ports when RS422 is specified. Requires 2 to access all ports PMKX600-S: 3U Panel for parallel, mouse & keyboards ports with 0.5m internal ribbon cable. For use with all PPC paddle cards SCSIX600-S: 3U Honda SCSI panel with 0.5m internal ribbon cable. For use with all PPC paddle cards USA Telephone: +1 (800) 368-2738 10BTX600-S:3U 10/100 Base-T Panel with 1 metre cable to provide E-mail: sales@radstone.com RJ45 plug to RJ45 socket on 3U mounting plate for use with all PPC paddle cards. Requires 2 for both Ethernet ports EUROPE USBX606-11: 3U panel for 4 USB ports Telephone: +44 (0) 1327 359444 E-mail: sales@radstone.co.uk X = software option. Note: The standard ordering information (above) defines the standard build Visit www.radstone.com for a full list of variant. 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