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AcQuisition Technology Quad M-module Carrier i4000 manual

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    AcQuisition T echnology bv Headquarters: Raadhuislaan 27a 5341 GL Oss Postal address: P .O Box 627 5340 AP Oss The Netherlands Phone: +31-412-651055 Fax: +31-412-651050 E-mail: info@acq.nl Web: http://www .acq.nl i4000 Quad M-module carrier for VMEbus User Manual V ersion 1.2 Rijnstraat 20 5347 KN Oss[...]

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    i4000 - Quad M-modul e carrier for VMEbus User Manual Version: 1.2 AcQuisition Technology bv P.O. Box 627, 5340 AP Oss, The Netherlands Copyright statement: Copyright ©2005 by AcQuisition T echnology bv - OSS, The Netherlands All rights reserved. No p art of this publication may be reproduced, transmitte d, transcribed, stored in a retrieval syste[...]

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    i4000 - Quad M-modu le carrier for VMEbus User Manual Version: 1.2 AcQuisition Technology bv P.O. Box 627, 5340 AP Oss, The Netherlands C ONTENTS 1. I NTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 1.1. V ALIDITY OF THE M ANUAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

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    i4000 - Quad M-modul e carrier for VMEbus User Manual Version: 1.2 AcQuisition Technology bv P.O. Box 627, 5340 AP Oss, The Netherlands[...]

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    i4000 - Quad M-modu le carrier for VMEbus User Manual Version: 1.2 AcQuisition Technology bv P.O. Box 627, 5340 AP Oss, The Netherlands Page 5 of 25 1. I NTRODUCTION 1.1. V ALIDITY OF TH E M ANUAL This is edition 1.2 of the i400 0 user manual and applies to the following boards: • The i4000 VME M-module carrier board without P2 of re vision R4 ( [...]

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    i4000 - Quad M-modul e carrier for VMEbus User Manual Version: 1.2 AcQuisition Technology bv P.O. Box 627, 5340 AP Page 6 of 25 Oss, The Netherlands[...]

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    i4000 - Quad M-modu le carrier for VMEbus User Manual Version: 1.2 AcQuisition Technology bv P.O. Box 627, 5340 AP Oss, The Netherlands Page 7 of 25 2. P RODUCT O VERVIEW 2.1. I NTRODUCTION The i4000 provides a comp act high-performance VMEbus gateway to the M-module in terface. The i4000 has a 6U form factor . Four M-modules can be mounted on the [...]

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    i4000 - Quad M-modul e carrier for VMEbus User Manual Version: 1.2 AcQuisition Technology bv P.O. Box 627, 5340 AP Page 8 of 25 Oss, The Netherlands[...]

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    i4000 - Quad M-modu le carrier for VMEbus User Manual Version: 1.2 AcQuisition Technology bv P.O. Box 627, 5340 AP Oss, The Netherlands Page 9 of 25 3. I NST ALLATION AND S ETUP 3.1. U NPACKING THE H ARDWARE The hardware is shipped in an ESD protective container . Before unpacking the hardware, make sure that this takes place in an environment with[...]

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    i4000 - Quad M-modul e carrier for VMEbus User Manual Version: 1.2 AcQuisition Technology bv P.O. Box 627, 5340 AP Page 10 of 25 Oss, The Netherlands 3.2. C ONNECTORS 3.2.1. M OUNTING AN M- MODULE Four M-modules can be fitted on the i4000 ca rrier board. T o plug in a modu le, position the 2-row 40 pole or 3-row 60-pole M-module interface connector[...]

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    i4000 - Quad M-modu le carrier for VMEbus User Manual Version: 1.2 AcQuisition Technology bv P.O. Box 627, 5340 AP Oss, The Netherlands Page 11 of 25 3.2.2. P2 C ONNECTOR A SSIGNMENT S ( I 4000/P2 ONLY ) Peripherals can be connected to M-modules in two ways. On the front of the M-mo dule a 25-pole sub-D connector (or mechanically equivalent) can be[...]

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    i4000 - Quad M-modul e carrier for VMEbus User Manual Version: 1.2 AcQuisition Technology bv P.O. Box 627, 5340 AP Page 12 of 25 Oss, The Netherlands Corresponding pins on the 96-way P2 to 24-way header connector on the module pin Row c Row b Row a 0 1 321 0 2 654 0 3 987 04 12 1 1 10 05 15 14 13 06 18 17 16 07 21 20 19 08 (24) (23) (22) 0 9 321 1 [...]

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    i4000 - Quad M-modu le carrier for VMEbus User Manual Version: 1.2 AcQuisition Technology bv P.O. Box 627, 5340 AP Oss, The Netherlands Page 13 of 25 3.2.3. M- MODULE I NTERF ACE C ONNECTOR The following table provid es signal names for the M-mo dule male connector that is used by the i4000. The connector consists of two rows of pins labelled rows [...]

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    i4000 - Quad M-modul e carrier for VMEbus User Manual Version: 1.2 AcQuisition Technology bv P.O. Box 627, 5340 AP Page 14 of 25 Oss, The Netherlands[...]

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    i4000 - Quad M-modu le carrier for VMEbus User Manual Version: 1.2 AcQuisition Technology bv P.O. Box 627, 5340 AP Oss, The Netherlands Page 15 of 25 4. VME BUS I NTERFACE 4.1. A DDRESS I NTERFACE The i4000 can be selected to accept eithe r short addressing, using 16-bit addresses (A16) or standard addressing, using 24-b it addresses (A24). When us[...]

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    i4000 - Quad M-modul e carrier for VMEbus User Manual Version: 1.2 AcQuisition Technology bv P.O. Box 627, 5340 AP Page 16 of 25 Oss, The Netherlands 4.2. T HE I NTERRUPTER The i4000 has a interrupter which is largely compatible with the MC68C153. The interrupter is a so called D08(O) type interrupter which means that the interrupter during an inte[...]

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    i4000 - Quad M-modu le carrier for VMEbus User Manual Version: 1.2 AcQuisition Technology bv P.O. Box 627, 5340 AP Oss, The Netherlands Page 17 of 25 4.3. D IPS WITCH L OCATIONS The location of the dip switches to se lect the base address (SW2 and SW3) and the di p switch to select the interrupt request level (S W1) can be found at the following lo[...]

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    i4000 - Quad M-modul e carrier for VMEbus User Manual Version: 1.2 AcQuisition Technology bv P.O. Box 627, 5340 AP Page 18 of 25 Oss, The Netherlands 4.4. VME BUS P1 C ONNECTOR A SSIGNMENTS The following ta ble provides signal names for the VMEbus P1 connector as used by the i4000. The connector consists of three rows of pi ns labelled rows A, B an[...]

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    i4000 - Quad M-modu le carrier for VMEbus User Manual Version: 1.2 AcQuisition Technology bv P.O. Box 627, 5340 AP Oss, The Netherlands Page 19 of 25 5. F UNCTIONA L D ESCRIPTIO N 5.1. B LOCK D IAGRAM The interrupt controlle r used on the i4000 is largely compatible with the MC68153 interru pt controller from Motorola. The interrupt controller pr o[...]

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    i4000 - Quad M-modul e carrier for VMEbus User Manual Version: 1.2 AcQuisition Technology bv P.O. Box 627, 5340 AP Page 20 of 25 Oss, The Netherlands 5.1.2. A DDRESS M APPING As mentioned before the address space occupied by t he i4000 board is 0x800 bytes (A0-A10). These 0x800 bytes are divided into 4 identical sp aces. Every 0x200 bytes block is [...]

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    i4000 - Quad M-modu le carrier for VMEbus User Manual Version: 1.2 AcQuisition Technology bv P.O. Box 627, 5340 AP Oss, The Netherlands Page 21 of 25 5.1.3. C ONTROL R EGISTER L2-L0 (Interrupt level) The least significant 3-bit field of the register determines the level at which an interrupt will be generated. These three bits ar e only used in the[...]

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    i4000 - Quad M-modul e carrier for VMEbus User Manual Version: 1.2 AcQuisition Technology bv P.O. Box 627, 5340 AP Page 22 of 25 Oss, The Netherlands[...]

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    i4000 - Quad M-modu le carrier for VMEbus User Manual Version: 1.2 AcQuisition Technology bv P.O. Box 627, 5340 AP Oss, The Netherlands Page 23 of 25 6. A NNEX 6.1. C OMPONENT I MA GE 6.2. B IBLIOGRAPHY M-Module S tandard: ANSI/VIT A 12-1996, M-Module S pecification; VIT A, PO Box 19658, Fountain Hills, AZ 85269, USA Phone (1)(480) 8377486 http://w[...]

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    i4000 - Quad M-modul e carrier for VMEbus User Manual Version: 1.2 AcQuisition Technology bv P.O. Box 627, 5340 AP Page 24 of 25 Oss, The Netherlands 6.3. T ECHNICA L D ATA Slots on th e base-board: Up to four modules can be plugged onto the baseboard. A huge number of base boards in one VME system is supported. Connection: T o base-board via VME c[...]

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    i4000 - Quad M-modu le carrier for VMEbus User Manual Version: 1.2 AcQuisition Technology bv P.O. Box 627, 5340 AP Oss, The Netherlands Page 25 of 25[...]