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Contents
Chapter 1 Board Level Hardware Description
Introduction ..........................................................................................................1-1
Overview.........................................................................................................1-1
Related Documentation................................................................................1-3
Documents for the MVME162LX................................................................1-4
Other Applicable Motorola Publications ...................................................1-4
Applicable Non-Motorola Publications .....................................................1-5
Requirements..................................................................................................1-6
Features...........................................................................................................1-6
Specifications..................................................................................................1-8
Cooling Requirements ..................................................................................1-9
Special Considerations for Elevated-Temperature Operation ................1-9
FCC Compliance..........................................................................................1-11
Manual Terminology...................................................................................1-11
Block Diagram ....................................................................................................1-13
Functional Description......................................................................................1-13
Front Panel Switches and Indicators.........................................................1-13
Data Bus Structure.......................................................................................1-15
Microprocessor.............................................................................................1-15
MC68040 Cache.....................................................................................1-15
No-VMEbus-Interface Option ...................................................................1-16
Memory Options..........................................................................................1-16
DRAM Options......................................................................................1-16
SRAM Options.......................................................................................1-17
About the Battery..................................................................................1-18
EPROM and Flash Memory.................................................................1-20
Battery Backed Up RAM and Clock .........................................................1-20
VMEbus Interface and VMEchip2.............................................................1-20
I/O Interfaces...............................................................................................1-21
Serial Communications Interface........................................................1-21
IndustryPack (IP) Interfaces................................................................1-22
Optional Ethernet Interface.................................................................1-22