MVME3100 EOL

MVME3100 VMEbus CPU Board with 2eSST High-Speed Bus Interface and MPC8540 Processor

VMEbus CPU with 320 MB/s 2eSST Bus Interface and MPC8540 PowerPC CPU for cost-sensitive Applications
The MVME3100 is ARTESYN Embedded Technologies' second VMEbus single-board computer (SBC) designed with the Tundra Tsi148™ VMEbus interface chip offering 2eSST VMEbus performance. The MVME3100 has been optimized for performance, flexibility and price and addresses a wide range of applications including industrial control, test/measurement and image processing. The MVME3100 delivers a 4x or better performance advantage, at a similar price point, compared to the MVME162 and MVME2300 products.

The MVME3100 is built around the MPC8540 system-on-chip (SoC) processor, which allows the MVME3100 to offer lifecycle, power/thermal and reliability advantages not typically found in industrial PCs. The MPC8540 integrates the processor, memory controller, PCI-X controller and dual GbE interfaces into a single, low-power (< 7W) device. Utilizing the 2eSST VMEbus protocol interface, the MVME3100 is capable of transferring data across the VMEbus at 320 MB/s. The combination of the 2eSST VMEbus, GbE, USB 2.0 and SATA interfaces, along with dual PMC-X sites, enables customers to cost-effectively build systems with real-world interfaces, while strategically leveraging their existing investments in VMEbus infrastructure and longer lifecycle products.

The MVME3100 is a cost-effective SBC for industrial control applications. In addition to these traditional control applications, the MVME3100 can be used in conjunction with the MVME6100 to deliver very high performance solutions. For instance, the MVME3100 can be utilized as an intelligent PMC carrier that can perform front-end processing of the data before it is transferred across the VMEbus utilizing the 320 MB/s of 2eSST bandwidth to an MVME6100 board for back-end processing utilizing the AltiVec-enabled processor on the MVME6100 board.

With PMCspan modules an assembly of up to 4 more 64 bit PMC sites is possible.

The MVME3100 series supports booting a variety of operating systems including a complete range of real-time operating systems and kernels. OS-9 and VxWorks Board Support Package (BSP), and Linux support are available for the MVME3100 series.

The product is end of life on 15.3.2024. If you have any questions, please contact us.