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Product Specifications
QUad-channel Integrated Communications Controller
Up to six serial interfaces
Serial interfaces accessible by front-panel and CXC
Flexible front-panel options for network and serial I/O
CXC interface
Up to 64 MByte DRAM & 4 MByte FLASH
Implemented background debugging
Low power consumption
Extended operating temperature range capability
Extensive software support
CE conformance
The PEP Kontron VM single-board computer incorporating the 32-bit MC68(EN)360 high-performance QUad-channel Integrated Communications Controller (QUICC). The CXC extends the already abundant industrial I/O capability of the CPU and also allows custom design according to the guidelines laid-down in the CXC specification.PEP has named these mezzanine plugin units ‘Controller eXtension Modules’ (CXMs).These 96-pin CXMs are designed to operate with CXC-based host modules which includes the VM62 and VM42. Designed primarily to operate in harsh industrial environments, this versatile modularity provides not only a cost-effective engineering solution but also allows customers a near exhaustive selection of system configurations through a portfolio of over 30 CXMs providing analog, digital and other I/O extensions such as SCSI and fieldbus connection (High-speed PROFIBUS, CAN, LON and Interbus-S.) Hence, a feature of the VM42/62 is that the ‘raw’ serial signals from the ‘QUICC’ SCC2, SCC3 and SCC4 channels, being internally wired to the CXC interface, may be used by dedicated signal translation modules. Network interfacing is provided if required by ordering the relevant front-panel which comes complete with the appropriate SI-piggyback and serial port connectors. Naturally, to cater for those customers who merely wish to take advantage of the computing power and CXC capablility that the VM42/62 offers, blank front-panels without the networking options have been advised.
Wind River’s VxWorks distributed real-time operating system includes integrated networking facilities and a complete software development environment for Windows and UNIX hosts such as high-end PC and SUN Workstations. Major features of VxWorks include a fast, multitasking kernel with preemptive scheduling and fast interrupt response, extensive intertask communications and synchronisation facilities, efficient UNIX-compatible memory manage-ment, multiprocessor facilities, a shell for user interface, symbolic and source level debugging capabilities, performance monitoring and an I/O file system.
OS-9 is a flexible, modular real-time operating system for 680x0-based applications featuring a scalable architecture built around a powerful standalone microkernel, with ROMable extensions that can be dynamically loaded and linked to the system while it is up and running. OS-9 is available in different configurations, designed to provide the compact size and I/O support required. Embedded OS-9 is designed for FLASH or PROM-based applications; Disk-based OS-9 adds support for floppy, RAM disk, SCSI hard disk and tape units; Extended OS-9 adds TCP/IP networking and NFS support.The Ultra C ANSI compiler represents advanced compiler technology for 680x0 microprocessors and is a complete implementation in accordance with the ANSI X3.159-1989 and POSIX standards. FasTrak provides graphical tools on UNIX-based workstations or Windows-based PCs.
Integrated Systems’ pSOSystem software provides a full featured runtime and development environment for embedded systems.The complete cross development environment enables developers to use UNIX workstations or PC compatible host systems running C and C++ language compilers, source language and target-level debuggers, a pSOS+ application simulator and visual debugging and profiling tools.
PEP’s VM42/62 combines high computational performance with flexible I/O through its VMEbus and CXC interfaces and excellent communication ability afforded by the Motorola ‘QUICC’ communication controller. A combination of high performance CPUs (Motorola MC68xx040/ MC68xx060) 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 communications over serial interfaces. Communication tasks are dealt with by the ‘QUICC’ Communications Processor Module (CPM), freeing the CPU from such time-consuming chores. In addition, the ‘QUICC’, used together with PEP’s CXC interface is ideally suited for communication applications with up to 6 serial interfaces including LAN,WAN or fieldbuses (PROFIBUS, CAN,LON.) The use of standard interfaces (VME and CXC) allows combination and customization using currently available off-the-shelf products. The PEP VM42/62 comprises a base module (with a selection of CPUs and SRAM blocks), memory piggyback and SI-interface module.The complete package provides support for several popular real-time operating systems including:VxWorks, OS-9,VRTX, pSOS+ , LynxOS and others on request.
Alternative Part No. VM62N, VM 62, VM42, VM 42, VM62/VM42
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