Emerson / Motorola MVME5100 VME / VME64 Single Board Computer

The Emerson/Motorola MVME5100 is a VME64x-compliant single-board computer engineered for industrial automation, telecommunications, military/aerospace, and transportation systems. Built on PowerPlus II architecture, it delivers high processing power within a single VMEbus slot while maintaining compact integration of memory, expansion, and I/O connectivity.

Technical Specifications Processor & Cache

Microprocessor options: NXP MPC7410, MPC7455, MPC7457, MPC750 class, or MPC755 class

Clock frequency: Up to 1 GHz (with specific configurations at 400/450/500 MHz for MPC7410/MPC750)

L1 cache: 32 KB/32 KB

L2 cache: Up to 2 MB backside cache

Frontside bus: 100 MHz

AltiVec vector processing available on selected processors Memory

On-board SDRAM: 64 MB to 512 MB DDR SDRAM, expandable to 1 GB or 1.5 GB with optional modules

ECC SDRAM for data integrity

Flash memory: 1 MB, 8 MB, 16 MB, or 17 MB configurations with 8-bit or 32-bit write support

NVRAM: 32 KB with time-of-day clock and battery backup VMEbus Interface

IEEE STD 1014 VME64 compliant; supports VME64x

Master: A16–A32, D08–D64, BLT as DTB Master

Slave: A24–A32, D08–D64, BLT, UAT as DTB Slave

Arbitration: Round-Robin and Priority modes

Interrupt generation/handling: IRQ 1–7

System controller: Jumperable or auto-detect

Two Location Monitor Address (LMA32) capabilities PCI Interface & Memory

Integrated PCI bridge-memory controller ASIC (PowerPlus II)

PCI throughput: 264 MB/s sustained without processor impact

Memory bandwidth: 582 MB/s read, 640 MB/s burst write

64-bit PCI expansion mezzanine connector Expansion

Two IEEE P1386.1 32/64-bit PMC slots (PMC1, PMC2)

Supports up to four additional PMCs via mezzanine configuration

Key Features

Full VME64x master/slave functionality with flexible arbitration

Scalable memory from 64 MB baseline to 1.5 GB maximum

Dual PMC expansion for mezzanine card integration

ECC memory protection for reliability

Configurable as VMEbus system controller

Typical Applications

Industrial automation and control systems

Telecommunications infrastructure

Military and aerospace systems

Transportation and vehicle control

Compatibility & Integration The MVME5100 integrates into VME64x backplanes and supports PCI-based mezzanine modules through dual PMC slots. Round-Robin and Priority arbitration modes enable flexible multimaster VMEbus configurations.