
NAT-MCH BASE-Module– Technical Reference Manual
Version 2.10
© N.A.T. GmbH
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Conventions
If not otherwise specified, addresses and memory maps are written in hexadecimal
notation, identified by
0x
.
The following table gives a list of the abbreviations used in this document:
Table 1:
List of used Abbreviations
Abbreviation
Description
AMC
Advanced Mezzanine Card
b
bit, binary
B
Byte
ColdFire
MCF54452
CPU
Central Processing Unit
CU
Cooling Unit
DMA
Direct Memory Access
E1
2.048 Mbit G.703 Interface
FLASH
Programmable ROM
FRU
Field Replaceable Unit
J1
1,544 Mbit G.703 Interface (Japan)
K
kilo (factor 400 in hex, factor 1024 in decimal)
LIU
Line Interface Unit
M
mega (factor 10,0000 in hex, factor 1,048,576 in decimal)
MCH
µTCA Carrier Hub
MHz
1,000,000 Herz
µTCA
Micro Telecommunications Computing Architecture
PCIe
PCI Express
PCI
Peripheral Component Interconnect
PM
Power Manager
RAM
Random Access Memory
ROM
Read Only Memory
SDRAM
Synchronous Dynamic RAM
SSC
Spread Spectrum Clock
T1
1,544 Mbit G.703 Interface (USA)