Awc System Processor (68040 Or 68060); Optional Boards; System Input/Output Board (Sio); Adept Graphics Board (Vgb) - adept technology MV User Manual

Chapter 2

AWC System Processor (68040 or 68060)

An AWC system processor board is required for all Adept controllers and can be
configured with a 68040 or 68060 CPU. The 68060-based AWC can also be used as
an auxiliary system processor; see

 

for details.
The AWC board includes Compact Flash RAM that takes the place of a traditional
hard drive. It also includes an Ethernet connection for general network
communications and for the AdeptWindowsPC interface.


See for more details.

Optional Boards

This section gives a brief description of the optional boards. Each board is covered
in more detail in a separate chapter in this user's guide.

System Input/Output Board (SIO)

The System Input/Output board (SIO) is a two-slot 6U VME board that can
handle mass storage and serial I/O for an Adept controller. The SIO board
features include:
• 3.5" high-density 1.44 MB floppy drive
• Internal hard drive (≥ 1.4 GB)
• Three general-purpose RS-232 serial I/O ports


See for more details.

Adept Graphics Board (VGB)

The Adept Graphics board (VGB) is a single-slot 6U VME board that serves as the
graphics processor and frame-buffer, and controls the video output to the color
monitor. The VGB has connectors for a dedicated monitor, keyboard, and
pointing device (mouse, trackball, etc.). The VGB also has a direct video bus
connection to the EVI board in AdeptVision systems. See
details.
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