Introduction

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Requirements

These boards are designed to conform to the requirements of the following documents:

VMEbus Specification (IEEE 1014-87)

EIA-232-D Serial Interface Specification, EIA

SCSI Specification, ANSI

VSB Specification (IEEE 1096-1988)

Features

Features of the MVME166 are listed below.

MC68040 Microprocessor

4/8/16/32/64/128/256MB of 32-bit DRAM with ECC protection

1 MB of Flash memory and a download EPROM

128KB SRAM (with battery backup)

Status LEDs for FAIL, STAT, RUN, SCON, LAN, RPWR, SCSI, VME, TPWR and VSB

8K by 8 RAM and time of day clock with battery backup

RESET and ABORT switches

Four 32-bit tick timers for periodic interrupts

Watchdog timer

Eight software interrupts

I/O

SCSI Bus interface with DMA

Four serial ports with TTL buffers

Centronics printer port

Ethernet transceiver interface with DMA

VMEbus interface

VMEbus system controller functions

VMEbus to local bus interface (A24/A32,

D8/D16/D32 (D8/D16/D32/D64BLT) (BLT = Block Transfer))

Local bus to VMEbus interface (A16/A24/A32, D8/D16/D32)

VMEbus interrupter

VMEbus interrupt handler

Global CSR for interprocessor communications

DMA for fast local memory - VMEbus transfers (A16/A24/A32, D16/D32 (D16/D32/D64BLT))

VSB interface

Local bus to VSB interface (A16/A24/A32, D8/D16/D32)

VSB to local bus interface (A16/A24/A32, D8/D16/D32)

Control and Status Register sets (Board CSRs accessible from both local bus and VSB; local CSRs accessible from local bus)

(Includes Global CSR for IPC (General Purpose Registers 1 and 2))

Local bus interrupter

VSB interrupter and VSB interrupt handler

Bidirectional write posting - local bus to VSB and VSB to local bus

EVSB compatible

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Motorola MVME166IG/D2 manual Requirements, Features

MVME166IG/D2 specifications

The Motorola MVME166IG/D2 is a pioneering embedded computer designed for high-performance applications in industrial and telecom sectors. This versatile computing platform is based on the PowerPC architecture, which ensures efficient processing capabilities and transfer of data, making it suitable for a wide range of applications, including real-time control, data acquisition, and system monitoring.

One of the main features of the MVME166IG/D2 is its powerful processor. The system is equipped with a PowerPC 603e processor, which offers a remarkable performance rate with a clock speed of up to 250 MHz. This high-speed processing capability allows for rapid data handling and processing, which is critical for demanding applications in real-time environments.

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