P501 - PMC CRT/LCD Graphics Accelerator

Product Description

The P501 is a graphics controller suitable for any PMC compliant host carrier board in any type of bus system, i.e. CPCI, PXI, VME or on any type of stand-alone SBC. A similar functionality is also available on PC-MIP, a PCI-based mezzanine card in a smaller form factor. Appropriate PMC and PC-MIP carrier cards in 3U, 6U and other formats are available from MEN or other manufacturers.
The P501 features the SM910 graphics accelerator and supports many features of this component, e.g. CRT and simultaneous LCD, dual view for full and partial display on LCD. It also supports dual applications, i.e. one window application can be displayed on LCD, and another on CRT.
The P501 comes with 2MB video DRAM, with the CRT signals at the front panel and the LCD signals via PMC connector P3. The LCD pinning on P501 is compatible with MEN's LCD adapter AD11 (color, 640x480 TFT).
The P501 supports a VGA compatible BIOS with options for CRT-only, LCD-only and simultaneous CRT/LCD display.
　

Technical Data

CRT Interface

15-pin HD-Sub receptacle at front
　

VESA DPMS, DDC-2 support
　

1280 x 1024 resolution (under WindowsNT)
　

LCD Interface

Via PMC P4
　

Supports STN, DSTN and TFT display types
　

Dithering engines to increase color depths
　

Auto centering for all graphics modes on high-resolution panels
　

Full screen expansion for VGA modes on high-resolution panels
　

16/24-bit interface for color DSTN panels and LCD monitors
• Up to 1280 x 1024 resolution
　

9/12/18/24-bit (single pixel per clock) and 24-bit (two pixels per clock) for color TFT panels
• Up to 1280 x 1024 resolution
　

Enhanced Features

Simultaneous display function for CRT and LCD
　

Dual view function: full display on LCD and partial display on LCD
　

Dual application function: display one window application on LCD and another on CRT
　

Virtual Refresh (TM) architecture:
• Simultaneous display on CRT and LCD with different resolutions, different refresh rates and different images
　

2D/3D Graphics Drawing Engine

64-bit drawing engine
　

DirectDraw H/W acceleration
　

Direct3D H/W rendering acceleration
　

Video Memory

2MB DRAM
　

RAMDAC

135MHz clock, 24-bit RAMDAC
　

Supports 16M colors
　

Supports hardware cursor, hardware pop-up icon
　

VGA BIOS

VGA-compatible BIOS
　

Options for CRT-only, LCD-only and simultaneous CRT/LCD display
　

Peripheral Connections

Via front panel on a shielded 15-pin HD-Sub receptacle connector (CRT interface)
　

Via P4/carrier board (LCD interface)
　

PCI Characteristics

32-bit PCI, complying with PCI Local Bus Specification, Rev. 2.1
　

Target and initiator
　

Intelligent host FIFO
　

Big and Little endian support
　

Electrical Specifications

Supply voltage/power consumption:
• +5V (4.85V..5.25V), 50mA typ.
• +3.3V (3.15V..3.6V), 250mA typ.
　

MTBF: 70,000h @ 50°C
　

Mechanical Specifications

Dimensions: conforming to IEEE 1386.1
　

Weight: 70g
　

Environmental Specifications

Temperature range (operation):
• 0..+60°C
• Industrial temperature range on request
• Airflow: min. 10m³/h
　

Temperature range (storage): -40..+85°C
　

Relative humidity (operation): max. 95% non-condensing
　

Relative humidity (storage): max. 95% non-condensing
　

Altitude: -300m to + 3,000m
　

Shock: 15g/0.33ms, 6g/6ms
　

Vibration: 1g/5..2,000Hz
　

Safety

PCB manufactured with a flammability rating of 94V-0 by UL recognized manufacturers
　

EMC

CE conformity
　

Software Support

SM910 Video BIOS including VBE 2.0 support, VESA DDC-2 support
　

Windows 95 / Windows NT / Windows 2000 including driver, Virtual display driver, DirectDraw HAL, Direct3D HAL
　

VxWorks
　

Linux (on request)
　

Diagram

Related Products & Downloads

Standard Hardware

15P501-01

P501, PMC, SM910 graphics controller, LCD (1280x1024) and CRT (135MHz), 2MB DRAM

Please refer to our PC-MIP and PMC compare chart for a selection of mezzanine functions.
　

Software

13P001-60

VxWorks®: graphics driver for P1 (MEN, source code for 68k, x86, PPC) 

13P001-70

Windows® NT: Graphics driver for P1 (SMI, object code) 

Documentation

20P501-00

P501 User Manual 

21APPN003

Application Note: Using P1/P501 Graphics on MEN 824x/ALI boards under ELinOS 

15P501-EU

EU Manufacturer declaration for this product