Embedded - Kontron

Slot-CPU PICMG 1.2
Over the years the importance of the
ISA bus has dimished. Omitting the ISA
bus has offered a new freedom to
manufacturers, who have responded with
a variety of ISA-free products, which
have mostly been single -source and
incompatible with one another. Most
known variants are right- or left-hand
PCI-only and combinations of PCI and
AGP. A new official industrial standard
was needed to satisfy customer demands
for an advanced, future-proof multisource
solution. The ePCI-X standard
(PICMG 1.2) was adopted by the PICMG
Consor tium of major embedded computer
suppliers in 2002.
Industrial standard
Well defined interface
Scalable from single bus 32 Bit @ 33 MHz
to dual bus 64 Bit @ 133 MHz
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Backplanes
By removing the ISA legacy and retaining
the widely used full size and half size
formfactors, new flexibility in functionality
and system-design is offered.
Kontron’s half size ePCI-X products currently
implement one standard 32 bit PCI
bus running at 33 MHz offering the same
functionality and performance as the
majority of existing PICMG 1.0 products.
Using the ePCI-X half size formfactor
allows the definition of smaller chassis,
or alternately offers more room for peripherals
bays while staying with an existing
system outline.
Kontron’s full size ePCI-X products inte -
grate two independent PCI buses. For the
highest-performance applications, the
primary bus offers 64 Bit running at up to
133 MHz. Combined with the high performance
backplane it is possible to run
for example, Matrox Odyssey XPro at 100
MHz bus-speed. This is an unmatched
level of performance for a passive backplane
system. The independent secondary
bus offers, at the same time, an interface
to components with lower bandwidth,
such as serial interfaces or industrial I/Os,
without slowing down the primary bus.
ePCI-X /
PICMG 1.2
Features ePCI-100 ePCI-101 ePCI-102 ePCI-200
ePCI 201
CPU 1 GHz Intel ® Pentium ® III,
Intel ® Celeron ®
Intel ® Pentium ® M Via ® Eden up to 1 GHz Intel ® Pentium ® 4
Intel ® Pentium ® 4 M
Intel ® Celeron ®
Intel ® Pentium ® 4,
Intel ® Celeron ®
Cache 128/256 kByte 0/512/1024/2048 kByte 64 kByte 256/512 kByte 512/1024 kByte
Chipset Intel ® 810 Intel ® 855GME Via ® Twister T ServerWorks Grand
Champion SL
Intel ® 82875 + 6300ESB
DRAM 512 MByte SDRAM 1 GByte DDR-SDRAM 512 MByte SDRAM 4 GByte DDR-SDRAM 4 GByte DDR-SDRAM
Flash Disk CompactFlash Option CompactFlash Option CompactFlash Option CompactFlash Option CompactFlash Option
Ethernet Dual 10/100Base-Tx Dual 10/100Base-Tx 10/100 Base-TX Dual 10/100 Base-TX Dual Intel ® 10/100/1000
Base-T
IDE Channels 2 (1*) 2 (1*) 2 (1*) 2 (1*) 1
Available I/Os PS/2, FDD, 2x USB, LPT,
2x COM
PS/2, FDD, 6x USB 2.0,
LPT, 2x COM
PS/2, FDD, 2x USB 2.0,
LPT, COM
PS/2, FDD, 2x USB, LPT,
2x COM
Graphics Internal 810 Internal 855GME Internal S3 Pro Savage 4 ATI M6 ATI M7
PS/2, FDD, 4x USB, LPT,
2x COM, 2x SATA
Dimensions half size ePCI-X half size ePCI-X half size ePCI-X full size ePCI-X full size ePCI-X
Additional DVI, PC104-Plus
(no ISA), audio
Features eBP-11A4B6 eBP-6A4B1 eBP-5A4B0 eBP-5A4B0_2 eBP-3A2B0 eBP-11A10B0 eBP-4A3B0
Power connector ATX ATX
Type full size half size half size
CPU Slots 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Fast Bus 6 1 0 0 0 0 0
Standard Bus 4 4 4 4 2 10 3
RoHS compliant
JILI (LVDS 24 Bit
2 channel), audio
JILI, audio Dual PCI, Dual VGA, JILI Dual PCI, Dual VGA, JILI
RoHS compliant - - -
* with internal CompactFlash Disk
Slot-CPU PICMG 1.2
TFT Monitors p. 80 f
Complete Systems p. 62 ff
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