Abaco VR12*, VP12* 6U VME Single Board Computer

Abaco VR12*, VP12* 6U VME Single Board Computer

This chapter describes features, capabilities, and compatibilities of the VR12 and
VP12 VME Single Board Computer (SBC). The two boards are based on the same
PCB. All further occurrences of the board’s names will be referred to as the VR12.
Any further specification in this document referring to VR12 can be applied to
VR12 and VP12 unless otherwise noted.

The VR12 is a fully IBM®-AT compatible stand-alone PC. It is equipped with
many functions a conventional Personal Computer can only offer after the
installation of several add-in cards. Extension boards can be connected via the
VME interface. The minimal board size and the large number of I/Os and
functions allow the VR12 to be used in many applications.
The VP12 is based on the VR12 but dual slot and provides with a mezzanine card
two hard disk bays. The usage of PMC2 and XMC2 is limited see description of
these interfaces.
See the following block diagram for the boards design.

The VR12 VME Single Board Computer features:
Microprocessor
Intel® Core™ i5/i7 mobile processor (up to 4 MB Level3 cache) with integrated
dual channel ECC Memory Controller, integrated graphic and PCIe channels
Supported CPUs
i7-610E 2.53 GHz 35 W SV (Standard Voltage)
i5-520E 2.4 GHz 35 W SV (Standard Voltage)
i7-620LE 2.0 GHz 25 W LV (Low Voltage)
i7-620UE 1.06 GHz 18 W ULV (Ultra Low Voltage)

Chipset PCH
Intel Series 5 Enhanced Mobile QM57 Peripheral Controller Hub (PCH)
with PCIe channels, SATA, USB, graphic ports, SMBus, LPC, SPI
PCIexpress
Seven PCIexpress links onboard, two XMC x8 slots
SDRAM
onboard soldered, two 72-bit channels, 1 GB to 8 GB DDR3 1066/800 MHz with
ECC
SPI Flash UEFI Firmware with Back-up UEFI Firmware
Easy updating, in-system programmable Flash ROM, automatic system
configuration, write protected Back-up UEFI Firmware with automatic swap
UEFI Firmware.
Integrated VGA, SATA RAID and Ethernet PXE ROM BIOS
USB mass storage support, password protection, headless support
remote console via serial port
EEPROM (Serial)
512 Kbit for user data via SMBus
CMOS RAM
242 byte non-volatile RAM for UEFI Firmware configuration storage
Hard/Flash Disk
Onboard mountable 2.5” SATA (3 GB/s) hard disk or FlashDrive