Product Overview; Industrypack Flexibility - PEP VM162 User Manual

Chapter 1 Introduction

1.1 Product Overview

PEP's VM162/172 combines high computational performance and flexible I/O requirements through its
twin IndustryPack and single CXC interface with excellent communication ability afforded by the Mo-
torola 'QUICC' controller.
A combination of high-performance CPUs (Motorola MC68040/MC68060) and the Quad Integrated
Communications Controller chip, the Motorola MC68EN360,'QUICC' not only enable computational
performances from approximately 35 MIPs to over 100 MIPs, but dispense with the usual restrictions
associated with serial communication.
Application-specific tailoring is assured through versatile interface options which, together with PEP's
CXC interface, makes this 6U VMEbus CPU ideally suited for communication and automation applica-
tions.With up to 6 serial interfaces resident within the same realestate and support for standard LAN or
WAN interfaces provided, communicational versatility is guaranteed.
Two on-board EPROM sockets are designed to accommodated ROMed applications and/or the PEPbug
debug monitor.The VM162/172 is supplied with these sockets empty and the PEPbug programmed into
the FLASH memory residing on one of the DM6xx memory piggybacks.
The PEP VM162/172 Board Support Package is available for several popular real-time operating sy-
stems: OS-9, VxWorks,VRTX/OS and pSOS+.

1.2 IndustryPack Flexibility

Fully integrated within the VM162/172 CPU boards are two IndustryPack carrier interfaces. Each inter-
face accesses an 8/16-bit databus and supports IP class 1 modules.
The IP concept is based on an open specification allowing vendors to fabricate an independent library
of digital, analog, communication or counter mezzanine plug-in modules for example that are compati-
ble with carrier boards from manufacturers like PEP. With a few hundred such mezzanines currently
available, users can easily find the appropriate interface to a wide variety of industrial requirements.
In accordance with the IP specification, PEP has implemented an 8/16-bit data width interface operating
at 8 or 32MHz that supports interrupts and communicates with the host carrier via a 50-pin connector
with embedded address, data, control and power lines.This caters for more than 90% of the available IP
modules which do not have DMA support.
• Up to 2 standard or 1 2x-sized IP
• Supports I/O, ID, memory & IRQ
• Supports 8/16-bit IP cycles
• Prog. IP bus speed (8/32 MHz)/IP
• 2 interrupts per IP
• 2 8 MB linear memory space/IP
• Overload protection (fuses)/IP
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