CompactPCI CPU targets price-sensitive tasks

The CP6500-V is a 6U CompactPCI board with a 1GHz or 400 MHz (LV/ULV version) Intel Celeron processor designed for price-sensitive applications.

The CP6500-V is a 6U CompactPCI board with a 1GHz or 400 MHz (LV/ULV version) Intel Celeron processor designed for price-sensitive applications.

The 400MHz version works with passive cooling alone.

The inexpensive 144-pin SODIMM RAM of the board is scalable at three levels, with 128, 256 or 512Mbyte SDRAM.

In addition, the hot swap capable CPU board offers various interfaces, including four USB 2.0 ports as well as two Fast Ethernet interfaces, which are either accessible via the front panel or, alternatively through the backplane in accordance with PICMG 2.16, enabling wireless switched fabrics.

There are also two serial ports, plus the usual keyboard, floppy drive and graphics connections (VGA CRT with a resolution of 1600 x 1200 pixel).

Two EIDE ports facilitate the connection of mass-storage devices; one of these interfaces is designed for an onboard HDD.

In addition, the CPU board includes a CompactFlash socket.

Via a 32bit/3 MHz PMC slot with rear I/O support, the CP6500-V can be further expanded through mezzanine cards as required.

Additional I/O can be connected through an LPC interface, or via rear I/O or CompactPCI extension components.

The CP6500-V works in the system slot as well as in the peripheral slot.

In the former, it will communicate with all peripheral boards via CompactPCI or Ethernet over backplane in accordance with PICMG 2.16; in the latter, the communication channel is Ethernet over backplane.

Software support is available for Windows XP, XP Embedded and 2000, as well as Linux and VxWorks.

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