Motorola MVME3100 single-board

MVME3100

DATA SHEET

The MVME3100 single-board

computer (SBC) gives additional

performance while protecting

your investment

System-on-chip NXP MPC8540 with

PowerPC® e500 processor core, integrated

memory controller, DMA engine, PCI-X

interface, Ethernet and local I/O

Two Gigabit Ethernet ports plus an

additional 10/100BaseTX port

Up to 512MB of DDR333 ECC memory

USB 2.0 and Serial ATA controllers for

integrating cost-effective peripherals

2eSST VMEbus protocol offering

interoperability with products such as the

MVME6100 at higher bandwidths

Dual 33/66/100MHz PMC-X sites for

expansion via industry standard modules,

support for processor PMCs and PMCspan

MVME721 direct-connect rear transition

module (RTM) for I/O routing through rear of

compact VMEbus chassis

NXP® MPC8540 VME SBC

The SMART Embedded Computing MVME3100. featuring the system-on-chip NXP MPC8540

processor, offers a growth path for VMEbus customers with applications on the previous

generation of VME, specifically the MPC8240 and similar (MPC603 family) processors.

The system-on-chip implementation offers power/thermal, reliability, and lifecycle advantages

not typically found in alternative architectures. The faster processor and 2eSST VMEbus

interface combine to offer significant performance improvement.

OEMs of industrial, medical, and defense/aerospace VMEbus platforms can now add

performance and features for competitive advantage while still protecting their fundamental

investment in VMEbus and related technologies. Customers can keep their VMEbus

infrastructure (chassis, backplanes, and other VMEbus and PMC boards) while improving

performance and extending the lifecycle. Also, the extended lifecycle of SMART EC computing

products helps reduce churns in development and support efforts resulting from frequent

product changes.

New cost-effective peripherals can be integrated easily using USB and Serial ATA interfaces.

SATA represents a significant cost reduction opportunity from older SCSI technology, with

generally lower drive pricing for equivalent capacity

Overview

VMEBUS 2ESST PERFORMANCE

The 2eSST protocol offers an available VME bus bandwidth of

up to 320MB/s, an increase of up to 8x over VME64. while

maintaining backward compatibility with VME64 and VME32.

The combination of the latest Texas Instruments VMEbus

transceivers and the Tundra Tsi148 VMEbus bridge’s legacy

protocol support allows customers to integrate the MVME3100

series into their existing infrastructure providing backward

compatibility and thereby preserving their investment in existing

VMEbus boards, backplanes, chassis and software.

BALANCED PERFORMANCE

The MVME3100 series provides more than just faster VMEbus

transfer rates; it provides balanced performance from the

processor, memory subsystem, local buses and I/O subsystems.

This coupled with a wealth of I/O interfaces make the

MVME3100 series ideal for use as an application-specific

compute blade, or an intelligent I/O blade/carrier. The NXP

MPC8540 system-on-chip (SoC) processor, running at speeds up to

833 MHz, is well-suited for I/O and data-intensive applications.

The integrated SoC design creates an I/O intensive state-of-the

art package that combines a low power processing core and

on-chip L2 cache with integrated controllers for memory, PCI-X,

DMA , Ethernet and local device I/O. The on-chip PCI-X bus and a

166 MHz DDR memory bus are well matched to the processor.

To ensure that the MVME3100 series can handle the 320MB/s

data rates of 2eSST, the Tsi148 VMEbus interface chip is directly

connected to the integrated PCI-X bus at 66 MHz. A secondary

PCI-X bus has dual PMC-X sites—each site supports PMC or

PMC-X cards supporting PCI bus speeds from 33 to 100 MHz.

The MVME3100 also offers dual Gigabit Ethernet interfaces, a

10/100 interface, USB 2.0. dual Serial ATA ports, and five (5)

RS232 serial connections. All of this adds up to a set of well

balanced subsystems offering unparalleled performance.

Backward Compatibility

The MVME3100 series continues the direction of providing a

migration path from SMART EC’s embedded controllers such as

the MVME16x, MVME17x, MVME2300/MVME2400. and from

SMART EC SBCs such as the MVME2600/2700 to a single

platform. The MVME3100 series, like the MVME5100. MVME5500.

and MVME6100 series, merged the best features of SMART EC’s

embedded controllers and SBCs enabling OEMs to support

varying I/O requirements with the same base platform, simplifying

part number maintenance, technical expertise requirements,

and sparing.

The MVME3100 series offers customers an alternate migration

path from the 68 K, MVME2100. MVME2300. MVME2400.

MVME2600. MVME2700. and MVME5100 boards to allow them to

take advantage of features such as the integrated MPC8540 SoC

processor, DDR memory, Gigabit Ethernet, PCI-X, USB, SATA,

and 2eSST.

PCI EXPANSION

The MVME3100 has a 32/64-bit, 33 MHz PCI connection to

support PCI expansion carriers such as the SMART EC PMCspan.

TRANSITION MODULES

The MVME721 transition module provides industry standard

connector access to one 10/100/1000BaseTx port. All of these

are via RJ45 connectors. The MVME721 RTM is designed to

directly connect to the VME backplane in chassis’ with an 80 mm

deep rear-transition area.

Software Support

FIRMWARE MONITOR

The MVME3100 firmware (known as MOTLoad) is resident in the

MVME3100 flash and provides poweron self-test initialization and

operating system booting capabilities. In addition, it provides a

debugger interface similar to the time proven “BUG” interface on

previous VMEbus boards from SMART EC.

OPERATING SYSTEMS AND KERNELS

The MVME3100 series supports booting a variety of Linux

operating systems.

Specifications

PROCESSOR

• Microprocessor: NXP MPC8540 PowerQUICC III – PowerPC

e500 core

• Clock Frequency: 667 or 833 MHz

• On-chip L1 Cache (I/D): 32 K/32 K

• On-chip L2 Cache: 256 KB look-aside

SYSTEM CONTROLLER

• Integrated within MPC8540

MAIN MEMORY

• Type: Double data rate (DDR1) ECC SDRAM

• Speed: DDR333 (166 MHz)

• Capacity: Up to 512MB SO-DIMM

• Configurations: One single-bank module; 256MB or 512MB

FLASH MEMORY

• Type: Flash, on-board programmable

• Capacity: 64MB or 128MB soldered flash options

• Write Protection: Hardware via switch, software via register or

sector lock

NON-VOLATILE MEMORY

• Type: SEEPROM, on-board programmable

• Capacity: 128 KB (available for users), 8 KB baseboard Vital

Product Data (VPD)

VMEBUS INTERFACE

• Compliance: ANSI/VITA 1-1994 VME64 (IEEE STD 1014), ANSI/

VITA 1.1-1997 VME64 Extensions, VITA 1.5-199x 2eSST

• Controller: Tundra Tsi148 PCI-X to VMEbus bridge with support

for VME64 and 2eSST protocols

• DTB Master: A16. A24. A32. A64; D08-D64. SCT, BLT, MBLT,

2eVME, 2eSST

• DTB Slave: A16. A24. A32. A64; D08-D64. SCT, BLT, MBLT,

2eVME, 2eSST, UAT

• Arbiter: RR/PRI

• Interrupt Handler/Generator: IRQ 1-7/Any one of seven IRQs

• System Controller: Yes, switchable or auto detect

• Location Monitor: Two, LMA32

ETHERNET INTERFACES

Controller: MPC8540 Triple Speed (TSEC) and Fast (FEC)

Ethernet Controllers

Interface Speed: Two @ 10/100/1000 Mbps (TSEC),

one @ 10/100/Mbps (FEC)

Connector: One Gigabit Ethernet port routed to front panel

RJ-45. one Gigabit Ethernet port and one 10/100 port routed to

VMEbus P2 connector, pin out matching MVME721 RTM

Indicators: Link status/speed/activity