GE Intelligent Platforms VMIVME-7750* Specifications ® ® Intel Pentium III Processor- Based VME Single Board Computer Features: ® • Up to 1.26 GHz Pentium III processor with 512 Kbyte advanced transfer cache • Up to 512 Mbyte PC133 SDRAM using a single SODIMM • Internal AGP SVGA controller with 4 Mbyte display cache ® • 133 MHz system bus via Intel 815E chipset • Dual Ethernet controllers supporting 10BaseT and 100BaseTX • interfaces • Remote Ethernet booting • PMC expansion site ® • Operating system support for Windows XP, Windows 2000, ® ® ® ® ® VxWorks , Solaris , QNX , LynxOS , and Linux ® ® VMIVME-7750 Intel Pentium III Processor-Based VME Single Board Computer BIOS: System and video BIOS are provided in reprogrammable Ordering Options flash memory. Sept. 13, 2010 800-007750-000 V A B C D E F Super VGA Controller: High resolution graphics and VMIVME-7750 – 0 0 multimedia-quality video are supported on the VMIVME-7750 by A = Processor a built-in 815E chipset AGP graphics adapter. The adapter is 2 = 733 MHz Pentium III (Extended Temperature Range: 0 to 60º C) complemented by 4 Mbyte external synchronous DRAM cache 3 = 733 MHz Pentium III with a high-bandwidth 64-bit data interface. Screen resolutions 4 = 866 MHz Pentium III up to 1,600 x 1,200 x 256 colors (single view mode) are 5 = Reserved supported by the graphics adapter. 6 = 1 GHz Pentium III (0 to 40° C) 7 = 1.26 GHz Pentium III with 512 Kbyte Cache Table 1. Partial List of Display Modes Supported 8 = Reserved 9 = Reserved Bits Per Pixel (Frequency in Hz) G = 733 MHz Pentium III with Fansink (0 to 40° C) Resolution B = SDRAM Memory 8-bit Indexed 16-bit 24-bit 2 = Reserved 320 x 200 70 70 70 3 = 64 Mbyte 4 = 128 Mbyte 320 x 240 70 70 70 5 = 256 Mbyte 6 = 512 Mbyte 352 x 480 70 70 70 C = CompactFlash 352 x 576 70 70 70 1 = Reserved 4 = 64 Mbyte 400 x 300 70 70 70 5 = Reserved 512 x 384 70 70 70 6 = 128 Mbyte 8 = Reserved 640 x 400 70 70 70 9 = 256 Mbyte 640 x 480 60, 70, 72, 75, 85 60, 70, 72, 75, 85 60, 70, 72, 75, 85 G = 512 Mbyte H = 1 Gbyte 720 x 480 75, 85 75, 85 75, 85 D = 0 (Option reserved for future use) E = 0 (Option reserved for future use) 720 x 576 60, 75, 85 60, 75, 85 60, 75, 85 F = Special Sales Order 800 x 600 60, 70, 72, 75, 85 60, 70, 72, 75, 85 60, 70, 72, 75, 85 0 = VME Standard 1 = 1101.10 Front Panel 1,024 x 768 60, 70, 72, 75, 85 60, 70, 72, 75, 85 60, 70, 72, 75, 85 Note 1,152 x 864 60, 70, 72, 75, 85 60, 70, 72, 75, 85 60, 70, 72, 75, 85 All VME single board computer products come standard with a VME 1,280 x 720 60, 75, 85 60, 75, 85 60, 75, 85 specification compliant front panel. For Ordering Information, Call: 1,280 x 960 60, 75, 85 60, 75, 85 60, 75, 85 1-800-322-3616 or 1-256-880-0444 • FAX (256) 882-0859 1,280 x 1,024 60, 70, 72, 75, 85 60, 70, 72, 75, 85 60, 70, 75, 85 Email: info.embeddedsystems.ip@ge.com Web Address: www.ge-ip.com 1,600 x 900 60, 75, 85 60, 75, 85 Copyright © 2010 GE Intelligent Platforms Embedded Systems, Inc. 1,600 x 1,200 60, 70, 72, 75 All Rights Reserved. Specifications subject to change without notice. Ethernet Controller: The VMIVME-7750 supports Ethernet LANs with two Intel Ethernet controllers (one 82559 and the other Functional Characteristics internal to Intel’s chipset ICH2). 10BaseT and 100BaseTX options Microprocessor: The VMIVME-7750* brings the Intel Pentium III are supported via two RJ45 connectors. Remote LAN booting is processor to VME, offering processor speeds up to 1.26 GHz. The supported. Pentium III processor has 32-bit addressing and a 64-bit data Remote Ethernet Booting: The VMIVME-7750 utilizes Lanworks bus. Its superscalar architecture allows three instructions to be ® Technologies, Inc.’s BootWare . BootWare provides the ability to executed per clock cycle. A dynamic branch prediction unit, remotely boot the VMIVME-7750 using NetWare, TCP/IP, or RPL separate instruction and data caches, and MMX™ technology network protocols. also increase the processor’s performance. The Pentium III BootWare Features: processor also provides 256 Kbyte (1.26 GHz has 512 Kbyte) of advanced transfer cache (on-die, full speed level 2 cache) using • NetWare, TCP/IP, RPL network protocol support dual independent bus architecture for high bandwidth and • Unparalleled boot sector virus protection performance. This L2 cache operates at the same clock • Detailed boot configuration screens frequency as the processor, thus improving performance. • Comprehensive diagnostics DRAM Memory: The VMIVME-7750 accepts one 144-pin SDRAM • Optional disabling of local boots SODIMM for a maximum memory capacity of 512 Mbyte. The • Dual-boot option lets users select network or local booting DRAM is dual ported to the VME. 2 ® ® VMIVME-7750 Intel Pentium III Processor-Based VME Single Board Computer Serial Ports: Two 16550-compatible serial ports are featured on VMEbus Requester: The microprocessor can request and gain the VMIVME-7750 front panel. The serial channel has a 16-byte control of the bus using any of the VMEbus request lines (BR3* FIFO to support baud rates up to 115 Kbaud. Requires two to BR0*) under software control. The requester can be micro-DB9 to standard DB9 adapters, GE P/N 360-010050-001. programmed to operate in any of the following modes: Keyboard and Mouse Ports: The VMIVME-7750 has a combined Release-On-Request (ROR) PS/2 keyboard and mouse connector. A Y-adapter cable is Release-When-Done (RWD) included. VMEbus Capture and Hold (BCAP) Flash Memory: The VMIVME-7750 provides up to 1 Gbyte of IDE Mailboxes: The VMEbus interface provides four 32-bit CompactFlash memory accessible through the secondary IDE mailboxes, which are accessible from both the microprocessor port. The VMIVME-7750 BIOS includes an option to allow the and the VMEbus providing interprocessor communication. The board to boot from the Flash memory. mailboxes have the ability to interrupt the microprocessor when accessed by VMEbus. Timers: The VMIVME-7750 provides the user with two 16-bit timers and two 32-bit timers (in addition to system timers). Interrupt Handler: The interrupt handler monitors, and can be These timers are mapped in I/O space, and are completely programmed to respond to any or all VMEbus IRQ* lines. All software programmable. normal-process VMEbus-related interrupts can be mapped to PCI INTA# or SERR# interrupts. These include: Watchdog Timer: The VMIVME-7750 provides a software- programmable watchdog timer. The watchdog timer is enabled Mailbox interrupts under software control. Once the watchdog timer is enabled, VMEbus interrupts software must access the timer within the specified timer period VMEbus interrupter IACK cycle (acknowledgment of or a timeout will occur. A user jumper allows the timeout to VMIVME-7750 VMEbus-issued interrupts) cause a reset. Independent of the jumper, software can enable All error processing VMEbus-related interrupts can be mapped the watchdog timeout to cause a nonmaskable interrupt (NMI) to PCI INTA# or SERR#. Note: PCI SERR# initiates a SBC NMI. or a VMEbus SYSFAIL. These include: Nonvolatile SRAM: The VMIVME-7750 provides 32 Kbyte of ACFAIL* interrupt nonvolatile SRAM. The contents of the SRAM are preserved when BERR* interrupt +5V power is interrupted or removed from the unit. SYSFAIL* interrupt PMC Expansion Site: The VMIVME-7750 supports IEEE P1386 The interrupt handler has a corresponding STATUS/ID register common mezzanine card specification with a 5V PCI mezzanine for each IRQ* interrupt. Once the handler receives an IRQ*, it card (PMC) expansion site. The PMC site provides for standard requests the VMEbus and, once granted, it performs an IACK I/O out the VMEbus front panel. An optional I/O connection to cycle for that level. Once the IACK cycle is complete and the the VMEbus P2 connection can be provided. STATUS/ID is stored in the corresponding ID register, an Contact GE for more information concerning PMC modules and appropriate interrupt status bit is set in an internal status compatibility. register, and a PCI interrupt is generated. The PCI interrupt can be mapped to PCI INTA# or SERR#. Universal Serial Bus (USB): The VMIVME-7750 provides a front panel dual connection hub host controller for the USB. Interrupter: Interrupts can be issued under software control on Supported USB features include: isochronous data transfers, any or all of the seven VMEbus interrupt lines (IRQ7* to IRQ1*). A asynchronous messaging, self-identification and configuration common ID register is associated with all interrupt lines. During of peripherals, and dynamic (hot) attachment. the interrupt acknowledge cycle, the interrupter issues the ID to the interrupt handler. VMEbus Interface: The VMIVME-7750 VMEbus interface is based on the Universe IIB high performance PCI-to-VME interface from The interrupter can be programmed to generate a PCI INTA# or Newbridge/Tundra. SERR# interrupt when a VMEbus interrupt handler acknowledges a software-generated VMEbus interrupt. System Controller: The VMEbus system controller capabilities Byte Swapping: The Intel 80x86 family of processors use little- allow the board to operate as a slot 1 controller, or it may be disabled when another board is acting as the system controller. endian format. To accommodate other VMEbus modules that The system controller may be programmed to provide the transfer data in big-endian format such as the 680x0 processor following modes of arbitration: family, the VMIVME-7750 incorporates byte-swapping hardware. This provides independent byte swapping for both Round Robin (RRS) the master and slave interfaces. Both master and slave Single Level (SGL) interface byte swapping are under software control. Priority (PRI) The VMIVME-7750 supports high throughput DMA transfers of The system controller provides a SYSCLK driver, IACK* daisy- bytes, words, and longwords in both master and slave chain driver, and a VMEbus access timeout timer. The system configurations. controller also provides an arbitration timeout if BBSY* is not seen within a specified period after a BGOUT* signal is issued. This period is programmable for 16 or 256 µs. 3 ® ® VMIVME-7750 Intel Pentium III Processor-Based VME Single Board Computer If endian conversion is not needed, we offer a special “bypass” Operating System and Software Support mode that can be used to further enhance throughput. (Not The VMIVME-7750 provides embedded features beyond PC/AT available for byte transfers.) functionality. These features are supported by GE software Master Interface: MA32:MBLT32:MBLT64 products aimed at developers who are incorporating GE SBCs, (A32:A24:A16:D32:D16:D8 (EO):BLT32) I/O boards, and workstations into systems. Windows XP/ Windows 2000 and VxWorks are the most common operating The VMEbus master interface provides nine separate memory systems supported by GE software products. windows into VMEbus resources. Each window has separate ® configuration registers for mapping PCI transfers to the VMEbus Windows XP/Windows 2000: The IOWorks software family is a (that is, PCI base address, window size, VMEbus base address, set of software components that can work together or VMEbus access type, VMEbus address/data size, etc.). The separately to provide a total development environment for any maximum/minimum window sizes for the nine windows are as application in a Windows XP/Windows 2000 OS. follows: VMISFT-9422* VMEbus Access™ for Windows XP/Windows Window Minimum Size Maximum Size 2000: The VMEbus Access product is specifically designed for accessing the advanced VMEbus Access architecture of the 0, 4 4 Kbyte 4 Gbyte VMIVME-7750. Running on Windows XP/Windows 2000, VMEbus Access is both sophisticated and easy to use. 1 to 3, 5 to 7 64 Kbyte 4 Gbyte The function library, VMEbus toolset and open architecture Special Cycle 64 Mbyte 64 Mbyte VMEbus Access offers make it one of the most powerful products on the market today. It provides compatibility with existing GE VME PC platforms and compatibility within the future Slave Interface: Memory Access VME PC platforms GE creates. SAD032:SD32:SBLT32:SBLT64 The VMEbus Access development package gives you everything (A32:A24:A16:D32:D16:D8 (EO): BLT32) you need to develop applications for your VME operations. This The VMEbus slave interface provides eight separate memory package includes the VMEmanager™ function library and four windows into PCI resources. Each window has separate utilities that enable you to easily configure a VMEbus, configuration registers for mapping VMEbus transfers to the PCI dynamically monitor VMEbus activities, manage VMEbus data, bus (that is, VMEbus base address, window size, PCI base and use DDE-client applications. address, VMEbus access type, VMEbus address/data size, etc.). VMEbus Access provides powerful tools for developing, The maximum/minimum window sizes for the eight windows debugging and monitoring VMEbus applications and increasing are as follows: VMEbus performance. The flexible design of VMEbus Access Window Minimum Size Maximum Size enables you to incorporate it as a standalone solution or use it to open your VMEbus operations to the IOWorks product suite. 0, 4 4 Kbyte 4 Gbyte VMEbus Access manipulates the hardware behind the scenes. With VMEbus Access, you can develop applications in or use 1 to 3, 5 to 7 64 Kbyte 4 Gbyte existing applications developed in most programming environments. For example, VMEbus Access enables your In addition, each window can be programmed to operate in VMEbus to recognize applications developed in these popular programming environments: coupled or decoupled mode. In decoupled mode, the window utilizes a write-posting FIFO and/or a read prefetching FIFO for • IOWorks Manager™ increased system performance. In coupled mode, the FIFOs are • LabVIEW bypassed and VMEbus transactions are directly coupled to the • Citect PCI bus (that is, transfers on VMEbus are not completed until they are completed on the PCI bus). • Wonderware InTouch ® • Visual IOWorks Enhanced Bus Error Handling: Enhancements over the ® • Visual Basic Universe chip’s bus error handling features are provided. A latch ® • Visual C++ and register are provided to allow the SBC to read the VMEbus address that caused the bus error in all modes. The Universe VxWorks OS Support — VMISFT-7418* Board Support Package: chip’s support is limited to decoupled mode. The VMISFT-7418 is a Wind River Systems, Inc.’s certified board support package (BSP) for GE’s series of VME Pentium processor- Support for bus cycle timeout and assertion of bus error is based computers, which is required to run the VxWorks OS. With provided. The board may be configured to assert bus error upon the SBC, VxWorks, the BSP, and other VME equipment from GE, timeout regardless of its status as system controller. The implementations can be created for a wide variety of Universe chip asserts bus error only if it is system controller. In applications, including real time factory automation, simulation, addition, this board may be configured to assert an interrupt instrumentation and control, and process control and upon bus cycle timeout. monitoring. 4 ® ® VMIVME-7750 Intel Pentium III Processor-Based VME Single Board Computer The BSP is linked with VxWorks OS, thus allowing software IOWorks board drivers contain both a C++ class library and a C applications created with Wind River Systems, Inc.’s function library that provide a common interface to GE I/O development system to load and run on the particular GE SBC products for reading, writing and configuring. You do not need hardware being used. Serial ports, parallel ports, keyboard, text to know the details of how an individual board is programmed. mode video, and Ethernet transceivers are all supported, as well For instance, you can use the SetAttributes function on any as floppy and IDE hard disk drives that can be connected to the supported GE board; the WriteAnalog function controls the computer boards. The BSP provides Flash boot, NVRAM and output from any GE analog output board; or the GetScanMode timer support. function retrieves the scan mode for any GE analog board. The BSP allows VxWorks applications to have access to the Physical/Environmental Specifications VMEbus. When hardware includes single cycle and block Dimensions: 6U single slot Eurocard format transfers using DMA devices, they are supported by the BSP, as are interprocessor communications with mailbox registers. Height 9.2 in. (233.4mm) VMEbus interrupt handling and error handling are supported. Depth 6.3 in. (160mm) Since the VMEbus environment often contains a mixture of Thickness 0.8 in. (20.3mm) devices from various manufacturers, the byte-swapping feature Power Requirements: is provided to allow big-endian and little-endian devices to share data correctly. +5VDC (±5 percent), 6A (typical), 7A maximum +12VDC (±5 percent), 105mA (typical), 200mA maximum QNX OS Support — VMISFT-7417* Board Support Package: -12VDC (±5 percent), 50mA (typical), 75mA maximum VMISFT-7417 BSP provides QNX support and includes a VMEbus manager, user API and configuration files needed to run the Note: The currents at +12 and -12VDC are specified with the QNX BSP on GE’s VMIVME-7xxx SBC products. This BSP provides serial connectors open. customizable VMEbus access. Using the QNX OS on the VMIVME-7xxx SBCs provides a computing platform suitable for Operating Temperature: 0 to 50° C real time applications. QNX provides the applications Extended operating temperature is available for the following programmer with a real time extensible POSIX OS. GE’s options: VMISFT-7417 is designed to tailor QNX’s x86 OS to the A=2 (733 MHz, 0 to 60° C) VMIVME-7xxx platform. This combination provides a self-hosted A=9 (1.26 GHz, 0 to 55° C) development environment that runs entirely on the A=6 (1 GHz, 0 to 40° C) VMIVME-7xxx SBC boards without requiring any external host systems. (Air flow requirement as measured at outside of heatsink is to be greater than 350 LFM) Solaris OS Support — VMISFT-7416* Board Support Package: VMISFT-7416 BSP includes everything necessary to allow Storage Temperature: -25 to 80° C installation of the Solaris Intel edition OS (available separately Relative Humidity: 10% to 90%, noncondensing from Sun Microsystems, Inc.) onto the VMIVME-7750 SBC. This BSP includes a nexus driver for VMEbus access. It allows military VMEbus Interface: and telecommunications and other applications to take DTB Master: BLT32/BLT64, A32/D32, A24/D32, A16/D32 advantage of Sun Microsystems, Inc.’s Solaris OS on a VME- DTB Slave: BLT32/BLT64, A32/D32, A24/D32, A16/D32 based Intel SBC. This BSP and the Solaris OS provides POSIX- Requester: Programmable, BR(3 to 0), ROR, RWD, BCAP compliant real time characteristics. Interrupt Handler: IH(1 to 7) D8(O) Interrupter: Programmable, IRQ7* to IRQ1* LynxOS x86 OS Support — VMISFT-7419* Board Support Arbiter: SGL, PRI, RRS Package: The VMISFT-7419 BSP includes all of the device drivers BTO: Programmable (4 to 1,024 µs) and configuration tables needed to install the LynxOS x86 Compliance: Rev. C.1 development system (available separately from Lynx Real-Time Systems, Inc.) onto GE’s VMIVME-7750. PMC Expansion Site Connector: 5V signaling, types 1 and 2 32-bit PCI bus, 33 MHz maximum Using the LynxOS on the GE SBCs provides a computing platform suitable for hard real time applications. LynxOS MTBF: Contact factory provides the applications programmer with a stable development environment based on industry-wide standards such as POSIX and Motif. I/O Support — VMISFT-9450* IOWorks Board Drivers: This driver supports GE’s extensive line of VME I/O boards and is available for Windows XP/Windows 2000 and VxWorks. IOWorks board drivers take advantage of all the key benefits and features of each supported I/O board and new I/O boards are constantly being added. 5 ® ® VMIVME-7750 Intel Pentium III Processor-Based VME Single Board Computer VME: The VMIVME-7750 enables access to GE’s wealth of VME Compatible Products products. If you have real world control, monitoring and real The VMIVME-7750 can be used with a number of GE PMC and time networking requirements, GE has a solution for you. VME products. Today’s system requirements demand state of the art solutions. Our advanced I/O features such as built-in-test, self-test, Floppy/Hard Disk: GE produces floppy/hard drive modules to isolation, digital autocalibration, and intelligent DSP processing support the built-in IDE and floppy controller ports. The give our customers those solutions. VMIVME-7452* provides hard disk storage and a 3.5-inch 1.44 Mbyte floppy drive. Contact Sales for availability. The unit The I/O Solution for Your I/O Problem: GE’s experience in fits into a standard VME 6U single slot form factor. The supplying high performance deterministic controllers for VMIACC-0562* converts P2 IDE/Floppy signals to 40- and 34-pin multiple markets has led to the development of IOWorks headers for use at the rear of the VME backplane. software with features, benefits and capabilities to solve nearly any I/O problem. From PLC alternatives to data servers that PMC Capability: GE supports PMC via the PMC expansion sites. support the seamless interconnection of dissimilar systems, GE These expansion sites allow the VMIVME-7750 to take has the solution for simple to complex, high speed, deterministic advantage of the many commercially available PMC boards requirements. IOWorks PC platforms, target, OS and I/O available from third-party sources. independency provide the flexibility for solutions shown in CD-ROM Support: Since much of today’s advanced software is Figure 1. delivered on CD-ROM, the VMIVME-7455* provides CD-ROM capability within a single 6U VME slot. Trademarks * indicates a trademark of GE Intelligent Platforms, Inc. and/or its affiliates. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. 6 ® ® VMIVME-7750 Intel Pentium III Processor-Based VME Single Board Computer Figure 1. VMIVME-7750 Main Board (Single Slot) GE Intelligent Platforms Additional Resources Information Centers Americas: For more information, please visit the 1 800 322 3616 or 1 256 880 0444 GE Intelligent Platforms Embedded Systems web site at: Asia Pacific: 86 10 6561 1561 www.ge-ip.com Europe, Middle East and Africa: Germany +49 821 5034-0 UK +44 1327 359444 7