MEN Mikro Elektronik says it will ship a 3U CompactPCI (CPCI) SBC powered by a PowerQUICC III processor, along with a Cyclone FPGA. The F13 is a 32-bit/33MHz system-slot card for 3U CompactPCI systems. It comes with a Linux BSP, and targets non-telecom applications.

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MEN previously offered 3U CompactPCI SBCs based on Freescale's MPC5200 automotive processor, as well as 3U SBCs based on PowerQUICC MPC8245 and MPC8260 processors. 3U CPCI cards measure 100 x 160mm.

In addition to a PowerQUICC III processor, the F13 includes an Altera Cyclone EP1C12 FPGA with 12K logic elements and 240K bits of RAM. MEN says the FPGA offers “tremendous flexibility” in non-telecom applications, since IP cores can be implemented for a variety of special I/O functions.

The F13 is based on a Freescale PowerQUICC III MPC8540 or MPC8560 processor clocked at 833MHz. The board has an SODIMM slot accepting up to 2GB of 133MHz DDR SDRAM. It has 8MB of boot Flash, and supports up to 1GB of NAND Flash, depending on chip availability. It also has 32KB of non-volatile FRAM, a serial EEPROM, and up to 32MB of SDRAM connected to the FPGA.

I/O includes two gigabit Ethernet RJ-45s, one 10/100 RJ-45, one RS232 RJ-45, and 44 lines of FPGA-controlled GPIO through on-board I/O connector.

MEN also offers a PowerQUICC III embedded module that supports Linux.

Availability

MEN did not specify an availability date or pricing for the F13. The company did say the board will support ELinOS, an embedded Linux distribution from Sysgo, as well as VxWorks, QNX, and MEN's “MENMON” PowerPC BIOS environment.

 
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