VMOD-P5

Pentium-based VMEbus Computer

Your VMEbus platform for expandable solutions

Powerful Pentium systems tailored to your application using
the VMOD-P5 Carrier and our range of MODULbus I/O boards

The VMOD-P5 is a high performance VMEbus computer based on Intel's Pentium CPU. It extends the already existing

VMOD CPU series (VMOD-32, VMOD-40/60) in the upper performance range.

It is targeted to embedded applications and features the MODULbus mezzanine concept, so that it can be equipped with 3

(6) modules from a multitude of existing solutions. Therefore the VMOD-P5 can ideally be used as an intelligent I/O

controller for analog, digital or field-bus connections.

For example up to 6 CANbus channels are controllale when using VMOD-P5 + VMOD-IXP5 + 6xVMOD-ICAN3. If your

 application requires disc- or tape-drives, this can be achieved with the VMOD-SCSI to add an SCSI-bus interface to the

 VMOD-P5. By featuring the VMEbus, the VMOD-P5 can be used in scaleable high performance applications. Further, I/O

 capabilities can be greatly increased via the VMEbus.

The VMOD-P5 uses the popular double eurocard form factor, as this is mostly standard for industrial applications. The

 board is built around Intel's 430HX chip set, featuring 512KB second level cache and up to 64MB main memory. Memory

 is added to the board with a proprietary memory module. The VMOD-P5 is equipped with 512 KB boot Flash, intended to

 store an operating system. The boot Flash is factory programmed with a boot loader software that is capable of

 maintaining and starting the actual operating system.

Two serial lines (RS232) are available on the front panel and can be used as console ports or data transfer lines. One of

 the serial lines features all modem control signals. Networking applications can be handled with the on-board Ethernet

 interface.

All versions of the VMOD-P5 have a PC-style RTC with battery back-up and hardware watch-dog on board. Status LEDs

 are available on the front panel, and can be controlled by user applications.

Although the VMOD-P5 is close to a standard PC, it makes some omissions: among them are the keyboard controller,

 parallel port, floppy-disk interface and video controller. Thereby it becomes clear that this board is not targeted to certain

 PC operating systems such as WinNT, Win95 or even MS-DOS. Instead the VMOD-P5 is fully supported by VxWorks as

 a powerful real time operating system. Additionally the GNU-tool development package is available for the VMOD-P5.

Features
- Pentium based high performance VMEbus computer
- 133/166/200MHz CPU speed, optional MMX
- Intel's 430HX chip set (TritionII)
- 512KB L2 cache
- 8MB up to 64MB DRAM (can be accessed from VMEbus)
- 512KB Boot Flash (for operating system)
- Tundra 'Universe' VMEbus interface
- 3(6) MODULbus sockets (with VMOD-IXP5)
- PCI hosted Ethernet interface with 10BaseT front panel connection
- 2xRS232 serial interface (16550 compatible) on the front panel using micro D-SUB connectors
- Front panel status LEDs and reset plug
- counter/timer/interrupt controller (chip set)
- PC-style RTC (DS12887A) with on-board battery back-up
- hardware watchdog circuit
- VxWorks board support package available
- supported by JANZ GNU toolkit package

Technical Specifications