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Functional Description
Introduction
This chapter provides additional product information along with a general
functional description for the MVME2100 single board computer.
The MVME2100 is a VME based single-slot single board computer based
on the MPC8240 Integrated Processor.
Key features of the MVME2100 include one 32-bit PMC expansion slot,
one Type I and two Type II PC•MIP expansion slots, 32 or 64MB of
synchronous DRAM memory, 1MB boot Flash ROM, 4 or 8MB expansion
Flash ROM, one 10BaseT/100BaseTx Ethernet port, and one front panel
accessible asynchronous serial port.
The following table lists the key features of the MVME2100.
Table 3-1. MVME2100 Features
Feature
Description
Processor
• MPC8240
• Bus clock frequencies of 66.67/83.33 MHz
Flash Memory
• Sockets for 1MB (8-bit) plus 4MB or 8MB (64-bit)
of expansion Flash memory
System Memory
• 32 or 64MB Synchronous DRAM
LAN
• DEC21143 10BaseT/100BaseTx Ethernet
Controller
• LXT970 Fast Ethernet Transceiver
Interrupt Controller
• PowerPC Embedded Programmable Interrupt Con-
troller (EPIC)
DMA
• Two independent DMA channels
Timers
• Four Independent Timers