A14C – 6U VME64 MPC8540 SBC / PMC
MEN Mikro Elektronik GmbH
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20A014-00 E2 – 2007-08-16
A14C – 6U VME64 MPC8540 SBC / PMC
The A14C is an advanced PowerPC® based single-board computer for embedded
applications. It features full VME64 support and it can be used as a master or a slave
in a VMEbus environment. The A14C provides 1 MB local shared SRAM for slave
access and communication between the local CPU and another VMEbus master.
The A14C is controlled by an MPC8540 integrated PowerPC® processor working
at 800 MHz. The SBC is equipped with a DDR SO-DIMM socket for data storage,
with NAND Flash for program storage as well as with non-volatile FRAM. The
board provides front-panel access for two Gigabit Ethernet, one fast Ethernet and
one COM via four RJ45 connectors. Four more UARTs are optionally accessible via
SA-Adapters™ for front connection.
Additional functionality such as graphics, touch, CAN, binary I/O etc. can be
realized as IP cores in FPGA for the needs of the individual application. The
corresponding PHYs are available via SA-Adapters™ on a transition module to the
rear.
The FPGA acts as a standard PCI device on the A14C. The FPGA functions are
loaded by software during power-up within less than 1 s. FPGA updates can be
carried out dynamically during operation.
In addition, the A14C can be equipped with PMC mezzanine cards supporting
64 bits/66 MHz as well as front I/O and rear I/O (PIM).
The A14C comes with MENMON™ support. This firmware/BIOS can be used for
bootstrapping operating systems (from disk, Flash or network), for hardware testing,
or for debugging applications without running any operating system.
