General Information
1-2 MVME162 Embedded Controller User’s Manual
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Features
Features of the MVME162 include:
❏ 25MHz 32-bit Microprocessor: either an MC68LC040 Enhanced 32-bit
Microprocessor with 8KB of cache and MMU, or an optional 25MHz
MC68040 32-bit Microprocessor with 8KB of cache, MMU, and FPU
❏ 1MB, 4MB, or 8MB of shared Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM)
with programmable parity
❏ 512KB of Static Random Access Memory (SRAM) with battery backup
❏ One JEDEC standard 32-pin PLCC EPROM socket (EPROMs may be
shipped separately from the MVME162)
❏ 1MB Flash memory: either one Intel 28F008SA (for older boards) or four
Intel 28F020s (for newer boards)
❏ Four 32-bit programmable timers and programmable Watchdog Timer
(MCchip)
❏ Two 32-bit programmable timers and programmable Watchdog Timer
(optional VMEchip2)
❏ 8K by 8 Non-Volatile Random Access Memory (NVRAM) and Time of
Day (TOD) clock with battery backup (Thompson MK48T08)
❏ Input/Output
– Two serial ports (one EIA-232-D DCE; one EIA-232-D or EIA-530
DCE/DTE)
– Serial port controller (Zilog Z85230)
– Optional Small Computer Systems Interface (SCSI) bus interface with
32-bit local bus burst Direct Memory Access (DMA) (NCR 53C710
controller)
– Optional LAN Ethernet transceiver interface with 32-bit local bus
DMA (Intel 82596CA controller)
– Four MVIP IndustryPack interfaces
❏ VMEbus interface (VMEchip2)—non-VMEbus version optional
– VMEbus system controller functions
– VMEbus interface to local bus (A24/A32, D8/D16/D32
(D8/D16/D32/D64BLT) (BLT = Block Transfer)
– Local bus to VMEbus interface (A16/A24/A32, D8/D16/D32)
– VMEbus interrupter