Introduction
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Table 1-1. 700/800-Series MVME162LX: Features
Feature Description
Microprocessor
32MHz MC68040
DRAM mezzanine
4/8/16MB with parity protection, or 4/8/16/32MB with
ECC protection
SRAM
128KB static RAM (SRAM) with battery backup
EPROM
Two JEDEC standard 32-pin DIP PROM sockets
Flash memory
One Intel 28F016SA 2M x 8 Flash memory device with
write protection (optional)
NVRAM
8K by 8 Non-Volatile RAM (NVRAM) and time-of-day
(TOD) clock with battery backup
Switches
RESET
and
ABORT
switches
Status LEDs Status LEDs for
FAIL
,
RUN
,
SCON
, and
FUSES
Tick Timers
Four 32-bit tick timers (in the MC2chip ASIC); two 32-bit
tick timers (in the VMEchip2 ASIC)
for periodic interrupts
Watchdog timers Two 32-bit watchdog timers (one each
in the MC2chip and
VMEchip2 ASIC
s)
Interrupts
Eight software interrupts (for MVME162LX versions that
have the VMEchip2)
Serial I/O
Four serial ports with EIA-232-D interface (serial port
controllers are the Z85230 chips)
SCSI I/O
Optional SCSI Bus interface with DMA
Ethernet I/O
Optional Ethernet transceiver interface with DMA
IndustryPack I/O
Two IP interfaces with two-channel DMA