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VxWorks 5.5<br />

<strong>BSP</strong> Developer’s <strong>Guide</strong><br />

Power Usage<br />

Extractors<br />

VLSI Chips<br />

The VMEbus standard specifies the maximum power draw per voltage level.<br />

Designers must adhere to these restrictions or clearly document additional power<br />

requirements.<br />

The typical maximum power consumption per board is about 7 watts. Boards that<br />

have requirements in excess of this should emphasize it.<br />

VME boards should have card extractors mounted on the front panel.<br />

A number of VLSI chips exist that offer complete VMEbus interface functionality.<br />

Multibus II<br />

This section discusses issues for the <strong>BSP</strong> developer using Multibus II.<br />

Multibus II Specification<br />

Multibus II is actually a collection of bus standards:<br />

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IPSB. a message-passing bus for communication between boards, using<br />

geographical addressing<br />

ILBX. a memory expansion bus<br />

ISBX. a definition for modules that can be plugged into Multibus II boards<br />

Multibus II Transport Protocol Specification (Intel)<br />

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Multibus II Interconnect Interface Specification (Intel)<br />

Configuration<br />

There are four address spaces on the bus: memory, I/O, message, and interconnect.<br />

Multibus II boards do not use DIP switches or jumpers for configuration.<br />

Configuration options are set by accessing the target board’s MB II interconnect<br />

space. Typical options are memory-board start and end addresses.<br />

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