MOTOROLA MVME5500 Series VME Single-Board

MVME5500 Series

VME Single-Board

Computer

Motorola’s highest performance VMEbus single-board computer

The MVME5500 is the latest flagship of the Motorola VME product line, enabling even

higher levels of performance in a single VMEbus slot. The MVME5500 utilizes the

latest MPC7455 processor running at speeds of 1 GHz and beyond, which is ideal for

data intensive applications.

The MVME5500 provides more than just faster processor performance; it provides

balanced performance from the processor, memory, local buses, and I/O subsystems.

The powerful Marvell Discovery system controller, with support for a 133 MHz host bus

and a 133 MHz SDRAM memory bus, is well matched to the high-speed processor. To

match the system I/O to the outstanding processor performance, the MVME5500

provides dual 64-bit, 33/66 MHz PCI buses. Each PCI bus has a PMC site supporting

cards running at 33 or 66 MHz. The Universe II VME interface and PMCspan connector

are isolated from the PMC sites on a dedicated 33 MHz PCI bus segment, so that both

PMC sites are capable of 66 MHz operation. The MVME5500 also offers a Gigabit

Ethernet interface, a 10/100BaseTX Ethernet interface, and two serial ports. All of this

adds up to a set of well-balanced, high-performance subsystems for unparalleled

performance.

The MVME5500 series is designed to meet the needs of OEMs servicing the defense

and aerospace, industrial automation, and medical imaging market segments.

Customers looking for a “technology refresh” for their application while maintaining

backward compatibility with their existing VMEbus infrastructure can upgrade to the

MVME5500 series and take advantage of the enhanced performance features.

MPC7455 processor at speeds of 1 GHz and beyond

256KB of on-chip L2 cache and 2MB of L3 cache

AltiVec coprocessor for high-performance

computational applications

512MB of on-board SDRAM ECC memory and 512MB

additional memory via a memory mezzanine card for

a total of 1GB of memory

40MB Flash memory (32MB soldered and 8MB in

sockets)

Dual PCI buses and dual PMC sites with a bus speed

of up to 66 MHz

Gigabit Ethernet interface and a 10/100BaseTX

Ethernet interface

64-bit PCI expansion mezzanine connector allowing

up to four more PMCs

I/O compatibility with MVME51xx family

Single VME slot even when fully configured with two

PMC modules or one PMC module and an add-on

memory mezzanine

The MVME5500 continues the direction that Motorola started with the MVME5100 series of providing a migration

path from Motorola’s embedded controllers and single-board computers (SBCs) to a single platform. This migration

path enables OEMs to support varying I/O requirements with the same base platform, simplifying part number

maintenance, technical expertise requirements, and sparing.

The MVME5500 series offers customers a migration path from the MVME2300. MVME2400. MVME2600.

MVME2700. and MVME5100 boards to allow them to take advantage of features such as the MPC7455 processor,

Gigabit Ethernet, and 33/66 MHz PMC sites.

P2 I/O Modes

Like the MVME5100 series, the MVME5500 series supports two, jumper-configurable P2 I/O modes: PMC mode and

IPMC mode. PMC mode is backward compatible with the MVME2300/MVME2400 and MVME5100 in PMC mode. In

PMC mode, 64 pins from PMC Slot 1 and 46 pins from PMC Slot 2 are available on P2 for PMC rear I/O. In IPMC

mode, the MVME5500 series supports legacy MVME761 or MVME712M I/O modules (with limited PMC I/O) when

an IPMC761 or IPMC712 PMC card is populated in PMC Slot 1. In this configuration, PMC Slot 2 contains some

signals that are reserved for extended SCSI.

IPMC Modules

The IPMC761 and IPMC712 are optional add-on PMC modules that provide backward compatibility with previous

generation Motorola products (such as MVME2600. MVME2700. and MVME5100 in IPMC mode) using the

MVME761 or MVME712M transition module. IPMC modules provide rear I/O support for the following:

• One single-ended Ultra Wide SCSI port

• One parallel port

• Four serial ports (two or three async and one or two sync/async, depending on module)

With this PMC card configuration, one PMC slot is still available, providing support for OEM product customization.

Transition Modules

MVME761

The MVME761 transition module provides industry-standard connector access to the IEEE 1284 parallel port, a

10BaseT or 100BaseT port via an RJ-45 connector, two DB-9 connectors providing access to the asynchronous serial

ports configured as EIA-574 DTE, and two HD-26 connectors providing access to the sync/async serial ports. These

serial ports, labeled as Serial 3 and Serial 4 on the faceplate of the MVME761. are individually user-configurable as

EIA-232. EIA-530. V.35. or X.21 DCE or DTE via the installation of Motorola serial interface modules (SIMs).

A P2 adapter provides interface module signals to the MVME761 transition module. The 3-row P2 adapter can be

used for 8-bit SCSI. A 5-row P2 adapter supports 16-bit SCSI and PMC I/O.

MVME712M

The MVME712M transition module provides industry-standard connector access to the Centronics parallel port, a

narrow SCSI port, and four DB-25 connectors providing access to the asynchronous/synchronous serial ports jumper

configurable as EIA-232 DCE or DTE. A P2 adapter provides interface signals to the MVME712M transition module.

The 3-row P2 adapter can be used for 8-bit SCSI.

To gain access to the additional user-definable I/O pins provided via the 5-row VME64 extension connector, a special

P2 adapter board is available. This adapter panel replaces the traditional 3-row P2 adapter and extends its capability

by providing access to the PMC I/O pins.

2 MVME5500 Series

Software Support

Firmware Monitor

Firmware must fulfill the traditional functions of power-on self-test (POST), initialization, and operating system

booting. Motorola’s innovative firmware (known as MotLoad) that is resident on the MVME5500 exceeds these

requirements with expanded features such as interrupt driven I/O, more comprehensive power-up tests, and

extensive diagnostics with new scripting capability. And of course, MotLoad provides a debugger interface similar to

the time proven “BUG” interface on previous VMEbus boards from Motorola.

Operating Systems and Kernels

WindRiver Systems VxWorks and MontaVista Linux Professional Edition will be available for the MVME5500.

Libraries

VSI/Pro VSIPL libraries from MPI Software Technology will be available on the MVME5500.

Built-In Test Software

Motorola Built-In Test (MBIT) software is available for use on the MVME5500 series. MBIT is an off-the-shelf

software infrastructure designed to verify correct operation of Motorola hardware and enable the incorporation of

system-level diagnostics. Two versions of MBIT, board-level and system-level, are available and are compatible with

WindRiver Systems Tornado 2.1.

The board-level MBIT is a comprehensive diagnostic software package designed to verify the performance of board

mounted logic devices. All tests can execute at boot-up, while selected tests can run continuously in the background

of user applications. An application programming interface (API) is included to provide access to test results and to

modify and control the operation of device tests. A comprehensive user’s manual is available.

The system-level MBIT includes all functionality and API function calls of the board-level version and enab