MotorolaHardware Reference V7768/V7769* Intel® Core™ Duo Processor VME Single Board Computer

Overview

GE’s V7768/V7769* are single board computers (SBCs) in a dual-slot, passively 

cooled, VME Eurocard form factor. 

The V7768* is a full featured Intel® CoreTM 2 Duo or Celeron® M-based SBC, and 

the V7769* is a full featured Intel Core 2 Duo-based SBC. The V7768/V7769 utilize 

the advanced technology of Intel’s 945GM chipset and the ICH7-M I/O Controller 

Hub. The 945GM chipset runs on a 533 MHz front-side bus with the Celeron M 

processor and a 667 MHz front-side bus with the Core 2 Duo processor. 

The V7768/V7769 are compliant with the VMEbus Specification VITA 1-1994 and 

feature a transparent PCI-to-VME bridge, allowing your board to function as a 

system controller or peripheral CPU in multi-CPU systems.

The V7768 is a single-slot board, and the V7769 is a dual-slot board. The V7769 

has the same functionality as the V7768 and also connects to the ACC-0623* 

(which will be referred to as the mezzanine board throughout this manual), 

making it a dual-slot board. Because the functionality is so similar, this manual 

will refer to both boards (V7768/V7769) throughout unless the material is 

referring to the V7768 or V7769 only

Desktop Features of the V7768/V7769

• Up to 2.0 GByte DDR2 SDRAM (One SODIMM)

• SVGA port (front I/O)

• Dual Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) (front I/O)

• One RS232/422 COM port (front I/O)

• One RS232/422 COM support (rear I/O)

• Two USB 2.0 ports (front I/O)

• Four USB 2.0 support (rear I/O)

• Supports two SATA connections (rear I/O)

• One 2.5-in. SATA hard drive (optional for V7769 only)

• Dual SAS connector (front I/O on V7769 only)

• Real-Time clock/calendar

• Front panel reset switch

• PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse connection (front I/O)

• Onboard parallel connector

The 945GM chipset allows the V7768/V7769 to be capable of executing many of 

today’s desktop operating systems such as Microsoft®’s Windows® XP, Windows 

Vista®, Linux® 2.6.x, and VxWorks® 6.x. The standard desktop features of the 

V7768/V7769 are described in Chapter 2: Standard Features of this manual.

Embedded Features of the V7768/V7769

• Remote booting out the front panel only

• Up to 8 GByte of bootable CompactFlash (optional)

• PCI-X capable PMC site with VITA 35 P2 I/O (factory populated on V7768 

and main board of V7769)

• VITA 1-1994 with byte swap

• 32 KByte NVRAM

• Software-selectable Watchdog Timer with reset

• PMC expansion site Chapter 3: Embedded PC/RTOS Features

The embedded features of the V7768/V7769 are described in Chapter 3 of this 

manual.

The V7768/V7769 are suitable for use in a variety of applications, such as: 

telecommunications, simulation, instrumentation, industrial control, process 

control and monitoring, factory automation, automated test systems, data 

acquisition systems and anywhere that the highest performance processing 

power for VME in a single or dual slot is desired

Intel 945GM Chipset

The V7768/V7769 incorporate the latest Intel chipset technology, the 945GM. The 

Intel 945GM chipset is an optimized integrated graphics solution with up to a 

667 MHz system bus. The chipset has a low power design, advanced power 

management, supporting up to 2 GByte of DDR2 system memory. The 945GM is a 

Memory Controller Hub (MCH) component, providing the processor interface, 

system memory interface (DDR2 SDRAM) and SVGA port.

Key features for the 945GM:

• 533 MHz Processor system bus controller for the Celeron M

• 667 MHz Processor system bus controller for the Intel Core 2 Duo

• Up to 2 GByte DDR2 Memory via SODIMM

• High-speed DMI architecture interface for communication with the ICH7-M 

(I/O controller)

The 945GM supports the Intel ICH7-M I/O controller hub. The ICH7-M supports 

most of the high speed I/O interfaces of the V7768/V7769.

Key features for the ICH7-M:

• USB 2.0

• SATA

• IDE (Primary only)

• PCI

• PCI Express (PCIe)

This manual is composed of the following chapters and appendices:

Chapter 1 - Installation and Setup describes unpacking, inspection, hardware 

jumper settings, connector definitions, installation, system setup and operation of 

the V7768/V7769.

Chapter 2 - Standard Features describes the unit design in terms of the standard 

PC memory and I/O maps, along with the standard interrupt architecture.

Chapter 3 - Embedded PC/RTOS Features describes the unit features that are 

beyond standard functions.

Maintenance provides information relative to the care and maintenance of the 

unit.

Appendix A - Connector Pinouts illustrates and defines the connectors included 

in the unit’s I/O ports.

Appendix B - AMI BIOS Setup Utility describes the menus and options 

associated with the American Megatrends, Inc. (system) BIOS.

Appendix C - Remote Booting describes the menus and selections necessary to 

boot from the SBC remotely.

Intel Celeron M Processor on 65 nm Processor

January 2007, Order Number 312726-004

Intel Core 2 Duo Processor for Intel Centrino® Duo Processor Technology 

Process Datasheet

September 2007, Revision 004, Order Number 314078-004

Mobile Intel 945 Express Chipset Family

November 2006, Order Number 309219-003