1997 VME64
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Acromag's new IP440 and IP445 Industrial I/0 Pack (IP) modules provide 32 optically isolated input (IP440) or output (IP445) channels to safely and economically monitor and control a large quantity of digital devices. When installed on Acromag's ISA (PC/AT) and VME carrier boards with four IP sockets, engineers gain access to 128 I/0 points from a single card slot. The modular format also allows these IPs to be mixed with other IP types to match individual needs and simplify the design of a low cost, custom 1/0 board. New Acromag software support for OLE controls make it very easy to access the IP modules' I/0 data. This software tool provides compatibility with 32-bit Windows 95/NT application programs. For more information about Acromag products, call Marketing Communications or the Sales Department at (810) 624-1541, FAX (810) 624-9234, or write Acromag, Inc. at P.O. Box 437, Wixom, MI 48393-7037 USA
AP Labs has introduced the FS-8712, a 12-slot, 6U VME ruggedized enclosure. The FS-8712 is a member of the AP Labs FULLspectrum line of enclosures and workstations, spanning commercial through MIL-SPEC requirements. The enclosure features an internal space to mount two 5 1/4" half-height peripherals, plus space for a slim-line CD-ROM and floppy drive. A hinged front door provides front loading access to the VME printed circuit boards. An optional security interlock can be provided on the front door and all other panels are then non-removable without first opening the front panel. The rear I/O panel can be custom configured for the intended application. Cooling can be custom configured for front to rear, front to side or side to side. Thermal monitoring and control are available as an option. Power is provided by an 800 Watt power supply. The FS-8712 meets MIL-STD-810E, MIL-STD-901D and MIL-STD 167/1 shock and vibration specifications for severe environments, as well as MIL-STD-461C for EMI requirements. The enclosure comes in a rackmount or desktop configuration and can be provided without internal shock mounts and EMI hardware. Contact AP Labs via: http://www.sd.aplabs.com
CETIA Inc. has recently enhanced its full line of the PowerEngine CVME Family by introducing the CVME 603e processor at a 133Mhz. Founded on the PowerPC 603e and 604 single-board computers (SBCs), the CETIA family line of products is capable of offering the OEM engineer a wide range of advantages which include powerful computing along with the flexibility needed for a multitude of application and environmental challenges, as well as CETIA's dedication to the PowerPC environment. Complying to the PowerPC Reference Platform (PREP) standard, CETIA's CVME boards are designed around the PCI bus architecture and supports up to 4 PMC (PCI Mezzanine Card) daughter boards. Visit CETIA's web site at: www.cetia.com.
CSPI has designed, and is now shipping, the MAP1310/11, a DSP and RISC VME 6U product capable of 1 GFLOPS of DSP peak performance. The MAP-1310 includes a MM-10 extended PMC (a quad SHARC cluster) while the MAP-1311 has two 2- SHARC clusters (eight SHARCS) on one MM-11 extended Dual PMC. Each cluster also includes an additional 2 Mbytes SRAM local memory, four Link Ports (one per SHARC) directed to the front panel with other Link Ports interconnected on-board. The front panel Link Ports offer a deterministic and scalable interconnect for multi-board systems while a high performance 32-bit PCI interface provides fast direct DMA between the SHARC clusters and the PowerPC DRAM memory (MV-13VMEmotherboard). For OEM applications, the MM-10 & MM-11 PMCs are available with or without the MV-13 and ready for integration on PMC carriers. Several 40 MHz SHARC versions are supported (3.3 V or 5 V, 512KB or 256 KB on chip SRAM). The synergistic combination of the PowerPC running VxWorks RTOS and SHARC ( DSPexec monitor) guaranties optimal performance. VxWorks drivers are presently available for most PMC modules, making integration with the MAP 1310/1311 virtually a plug and play operation. To leam more about CSPI please consult: http:// www. cspi.com.
EKF has announced an intelligent FDDI/CDDI controller with its own 68030 CPU for the VMEbus, a prerequisite for the sensible use of the high data rates. The V590 is a high-performance FDDI/CDDI interface in double Euroboard format and includes the National Semiconductor chip set DP83266 MACSI FDDI media access controller (MAC) and system interface, and DP83256 player + enhanced FDDI physical layer controller (PHY). The board can be operated as a dual or single attached station as desired. Optical transceivers for optical-fibre networks or SDDI transceivers, permitting connection to twisted, shielded copper lines, can be optionally mounted. An external optical shunt switch, which ensures uninterrupted networking operation when the station is switched off, can be operated via a 6-pole mini-DIN socket. The station management software (SMT/National) is processed by the local 68(EC)030 processor at a max. clock rate of 5OMHz. 4MB fast SRAM as well as sockets for 1 MB EPROM are available. As with the SRAM, the EPROMs are connected to the local 32-bit wide data bus. The VMEbus interface of the EKF VME 68590-FDDI is designed as a slave with 128kB dual-ported RAM (DPM). It supports byte, word and longword accessing, both locally and from the VME side (A24/D32 or D16). Interrupts can be triggered locally or on the VMEbus via semaphores. Consequently, a handshake can be simply realized according to the mailbox principle. EKF on the Internet: http://www.ekf.de
Hybricon Corporation announces modeling and simulation services- Designing the next generation of high speed computer systems that employ incident wave technology requires careful consideration of backplane design. Backplane systems can be considered the neural network of this equipment; therefore, the speed and integrity with which backplanes transmit information greatly influences the overall performance. Using advanced computer simulation techniques, Hybricon can provide system designers with the predicted signal performance of their system before a prototype is actually built. Finite element field solvers are used to evaluate the electromagnetic fields within the backplane system. The information from the field analysis program is integrated with HSPICE models to obtain simulated waveforms of signal behavior under various conditions. The result is "right first time" system design. Given the system requirements, Hybricon can provide: connector simulation, noise margin simulation, stub length simulation, optimized backplane geometry, incident wave switching simulation, and effects on system performance of terminations, power supply, bypass capacitors. Hybricon Corporation, 12 Willow Rd., Ayer, MA 01432. Web Page: http://www.hybricon.com.
Ixthos, Inc., the world's leading supplier of real-time multiprocessing SHARC DSP boards, has announced their alliance with Analog Devices, Inc. (ADI), to develop advanced multi-chip module packaging for SHARC (ADSP-2106x). The first product resulting from this alliance, the IXZ16, will be available in early 1997. This board will have the same architecture as the Ixthos IXZ4, which has been shipping since September of 1995. Ixthos' IXZ family of SHARC-based products are also supported by a comprehensive set of software development and debugging tools. Development software is available for PC and Sun/SPARC environments, providing an optimizing ANSI C compiler, assembler, linker, librarian, and simulator. C-callable libraries are also available for optimized math/DSP functions, data transfer routines, and board control and setup routines. Contact Ixthos at (703) 779-7800
Mercury Computer Systems, Inc. has announced production shipments of its scalable, high-performance SHARC DSP-based systems that provide 5 GFLOPS of processing power configured with 48 SHARC processors on a single 9U or only four 6U VME form factor motherboards. The systems, which can be configured with one to hundreds of Analog Devices' (ADI) SHARC floating-point DSP chips, are believed to be the densest SHARC systems on the market for image and digital signal processing applications. Mercury has integrated the SHARC technology into its RACE heterogeneous architecture to enable svstem developers to optimally configure multicomputer systems which can easily scale upward as applications dictate, using both DSP and RISC processors. Over the past two years, ADI and Mercury have worked closely to conduct extensive characterization and reliability tests on the SHARC processor for high-grade commercial and rugged applications. "The ADI-Mercury relationship is one cultivated from our shared desire to bring customers the highest levels of performance density available for DSP applications," said Dave French, vice president and general manager for the Computer Products Division of Analog Devices. In real-time applications that require millions of floating-point operations per second (MFLOPS) of compute power, optimal performance within a given amount of system "real estate" is critical. Mercury's RACE heterogeneous architecture addresses embedded multicomputing environments with a building block approach that is ideally suited for lowpower, space-constrained applications. Contact Mercury Computer via: http://www.mc.com.
Netaccess, Inc., a Xircom company, has announced the addition of a Signal Computing System Architecture (SCSA) interface on its PRI-VME Tl/El ISDN WAN Access Card. The first of its kind to support SCSA on a VME bus for digital communications, it affords integrators a standard for development that simplifies the complex aspects of computer telephony applications. The SCSA TDM Bus Mezzanine is available on the PRI-48XP and PRI-64 models. The SCSA interface permits these products to support voice processing and other telephony applications with SCSA connectivity. It supports 8Kbps, 16Kbps and 32Kbps subrate speeds to compress voice messages for PCM encoding. All of the SCSA data highways and highway speeds are supported to interface to two T1 or El spans for a maximum of 128 active channel connections. It supports data bus speeds of 2.048 Mbps, 4.096 Mbps and in addition, implements the correct data bus signal termination to run at 8.192 Mbps per data line.
For Information Contact: Dick Sterry, Netaccess, Inc., (603) 898-1800, Email: dick-sterry@xircom.com
Primagraphics has introduced the Digital Video Input Module (D-VIM) card to allow VME users to introduce digital video into a Varsity display system such as a command and control console. The D-VIM is a 6U VME-format card that can accept two independent digital video channels. The 8-bit digital video is accepted from a frontpanel RS-422 connector at a pixel clock rate in the range 9-20 MHz. Channels can be configured to accept interlaced or non-interlaced digitized video as well as custom video formats. The card is compatible with 625-line and 525-line video as well as custom video formats up to 1024x 1024 pixels in size.
Real-time hardware zoom up and down is available on the card and is controlled in software using Primalib, Primagraphics' own C-based graphics library. The card also offers the functionality required to perform real-time contrast and brightness enhancement of the incoming digital video. Four real-time intensity histogram generators are provided on each channel. These can be used to provide intensity statistics, which are available over VME, for enhancement algorithms that run on a separate VME host card or workstation. Four programmable look-up tables can be used to apply gains and offsets to each video on output. These can be changed in real-time using the results of the enhancement algorithm. The D-VIM can be used in a variety of applications including integrated command and control consoles where the ability to perform real-time processing and display of incoming video is of benefit. In combination with Primagraphics' Video Processor card, the D-VIM provides a flexible, high performance video switching and input capability to any Varsity system. For more information, phone: + 44 (0) 1 763 262041.
A new, high performance graphics PCI Mezzanine Card (PMC) that is available in four air- and conduction-cooled versions, all capable of driving not just conventional analog RGB monitors but now also able to directiy drive flat panel displays, has been introduced by Radstone Technology. The new PMC2 9100, which fully conforms to the IEEE P 1386.1 specification, is ideal for running sophisticated Graphical User Interfaces (GUIs) in industrial control, Naval Command and Control, plus Vetronic and Avionic display applications in the harshest environments. Its ability to directly drive flat panel displays results in reduced complexity and greater picture quality, at least the equal of what can be achieved by the larger, heavier and more power hungry CRTs employed in today's display applications. Developed for Windows NT and X-Windows environments, the PMC2 9100 is designed to bring high performance graphics to Radstone's growing PowerPC-based PPC60X family of VME boards, as well as for use with any IEEE Pl 386.1 compatible product from other vendors. When used with Radstone's PPC range of PowerPC processor products, multiple PMC2 9100s may be fitted for multi-screen graphics applications. Radstone offers the PMC2 9100 with either a 2- or 4-Mbyte frame buffer. Software support is offered initially for Windows NT and X-Windows. Contact Radstone Technology Corp., 50 Craig Road, Montvale, NJ 07645- Phone: 800-368-2738; Phone: 201/391-2700, or, via the web: www.radstone.com.
VI Computer has announced a new enhanced Power4e the first PowerPC 604e-based VME-based single-board computer (SBC) for the embedded system designer. The 166 MHz and 200 MHz boards are the first fully featured single VME slot PowerPC SBCs on the market.
With performance estimated at 6.5 SPECint95 and 6.1 SPECfp95, the Power4e is the fastest PowerPC (PPC) VME Engine ever introduced. In addition, the Power4e is the only 6U PPC VME solution that requires only one VME slot when configured with a full memory configuration (256 Mbytes) and its complete complement of I/O.
Loaded with the latest technology, the Power4e includes many advanced features. For example, the Power4e is the first PowerPC VME single board computer to support 100Base-TX Ethernet. The Power4e features a PMC / PCI local mezzanine bus and VME64 interface, bringing a new level of integration, I/O performance, flexibility and processing power to VME systems designers.
The Power4e features include: 200 or 166 MHz PowerPC 604e, 16-256 Mbytes of DRAM with support for ECC, 512 Kbytes of 2nd Level Cache, Mbytes of FLASH Memory with 64-bit data path, Motorola MPC106 PowerPC to PCI Bridge, Tundra Semiconductor Universe PCIbus to VMEbus interface, SCSI-20 Port, Fast Ethernet for 10OBase-TX and 10Base-T Ethernet capability, Parallel Port, 2 RS-232 Serial Ports, Real-Time Clock, 8 Kbytes of Battery-Backed NVRAM and IEEE 1386 PMC Expansion Connector Based on the PowerPC Reference Platform (PREP) the Power4e supports both real-time and UNIX operating systems. VI Computer's real-time support included VxWorks, LynxOS and PSOS+.
For more information, contact: VI Computer, Inc., 531 Encinitas Blvd., Suite 114, Encinitas, CA 92024. Phone: 619/632-5823, Fax: 619/632-5829. : www.vicomp.com.
VMIC's VMIVME-7686 Board brings Intel Pentium Pro processor power to the VMEbus platform with processor speeds ranging from 180 to 200 MHz. It has a VMEbus interface that is based on the high-performance PCI-to-VME interface from Newbridge/Tundra, it has a PCI ultra fast/wide SCSI-2 controller that supports narrow/wide peripherals at burst speeds of up to 20/40 Mbyte/s, and it supports Ethernet LANs with the DEC 21142 PCI Ethernet controller. The on-board fast Ethernet controller options are 10BaseT, 10Base2, and 100BaseTX. When the 10BaseT and 100BaseTX options are ordered, autodetection with LED indication is provided. Another unique feature of this board is the user has dynamic software control of endian data conversion, which allows independent control of the master and slave modes. The VMIVME-7686 processor has 32-bit addressing and a 64-bit data bus. Its superscalar architecture allows three instructions to be executed per clock cycle. A dynamic branch prediction unit, separate 8 Kbyte instruction and data caches, and 256 or 512 Kbyte of integrated secondary cache also increases performance making it twice as fast as a Pentium processor. The Intel Pentium Pro processor is compatible with the off-the-shelf applications for Windows@, Windows NT, VxWorks, and LynxOS operating systems software for the PC/AT architecture. Contact VMIC at: http://www.vmic.com.
