Embedded Computing Katana®3750 Advanced Tri-Processor Blade

• Three independent PowerPC® PPC750FX processor complexes running at 800MHz
• cPSB Node (PICMG 2.16, Dual 1000BaseT)
• Managed Gigabit Ethernet Switch
• System Management Bus (PICMG 2.9) w/IPMI Controller
• Up to 512MB DDR ECC SDRAM in SODIMM package per processor (1GB future)
• Up to 64MB linear Flash per processor
• 10/100BaseT Ethernet with front access
• Console SIO, SEEPROM and RTC per processor
• VxWorks™ BSP
• TimeSys™ real-time Linux SDK
• RoHS/WEEE compliant configuration available
• Quality assured by over 35 years of design experience and a TL-9000 and ISO 9001:2000 certified quality management system. (FM 26789)

Emerson’s Katana3750 is real-time processing blade in a standard single-slot CompactPCI® Packet Switching Backplane (cPSB) formfactor. It’s powered by three IBM PowerPC PPC750FX processor complexes, which deliver exceptional performance for complex real-time tasks.

Communications applications are rapidly converging on packet-based architectures. Katana3750’s design is ideally suited to the packet paradigm. Core on-card communication between processors and off-card communications between blades is packet-based. The blade is fully compliant with PICMG 2.16 cPSB specification.

To facilitate efficient management of the packet interfaces, the product features an advanced managed Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) switch. This offloads packet processing from other sub-system elements, greatly increasing the throughput of the entire system. The use of the on-card GbE switch eliminates up to 40% of the overhead of traditional architectures.

Using an off-the-shelf processor blade saves you time-to-market by allowing you to focus your engineering efforts on the key value-add portions of the system without spending time and effort on the processor design and testing. A processor subsystem blade also lowers your lifetime cost of ownership by providing an easy upgrade path, and protecting you from obsolescence issues.

Katana is a Japanese word for ‘sword’. Emerson’s Katana family of processor blades embody the power and swiftness of this sword.

• Three independent PowerPC PPC750FX processor complexes running at 800MHz
  • 64-bit data bus
  • 32-bit address bus
  • 32K I / 32K D L1 Cache
  • 512K L2 Cache with ECC
• Each processor complex includes:
  • Marvell System Controller MV64360
  • DDR SDRAM memory controller
  • Gigabit Ethernet interface( s) connected to on-card Gigabit Ethernet switch with externally addressable IP address
  • 32-bit 66MHz PCI interface
  • Console serial port
  • Counter/Timers
  • Real-time clock
  • 4 user programmable LEDs (planar)
  • DDR SDRAM SODIMM socket
  • Flash Memory
  • JTAG/COP debug interface
• Processor #1 is set up as the PCI host with the following additional features:
  • PCI host functionality
  • Dedicated 512KB bank of boot Flash memory
  • 10/100BaseT Ethernet maintenance port to front panel

• Each processor complex has up to 512 MByte SDRAM with Error Checking and Correction (ECC)
• Dual data rate operation clocked at 133MHz
• Modular and upgradeable 200-pin SODIMM packaging

• 32 or 64 MByte Flash configurations per processor complex
• True Flash File System™ (TFFS) support under VxWorks
• Flash Architecture NOR

• 64KB Serial EEPROM on I²C bus per processor complex for configuration data

• Broadcom BCM5691 managed Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) switch
  • Dual GbE connections to Processor #1
  • Single GbE connection to Processor #2
  • Single GbE connection to Processor #3
  • Dual GbE connections to cPSB

• Embedded System Area Network (ESAN)
  • CompactPCI Packet Switching Backplane (cPSB – PICMG 2.16) Peripheral node/ Dual link
  • Dual 1000BaseT interfaces connected to managed Ethernet switch
• Single 10/100BaseT maintenance Ethernet port connected to Processor #1

• Local PCI 2.2 bus connecting 3 processor complexes with the managed Ethernet switch, hosted by Processor #1
• 32-bit operation
• 33/66MHz operation

• One console serial port per processor complex
• EIA-232 signal levels
• Micro-DB9 connectors with front panel access

• A single JTAG/COP interface shared by 3 daisy-chained processors
  • IEEE 1149.1 compatible
  • Access to internal processor scan chains for debug
  • Serial connection to processor core for emulator support
• 1 JTAG/COP interface for on-card PLDs

• Master/Slave I²C bus on each processor complex connecting
  • SODIMM SDRAM modules
  • 64K serial EEPROM
  • Real-time clock device
  • Processor #1 also includes I²C interface to IPMI controller and associated devices

• System Management Bus (SMB) as defined by CompactPCI System Management Specification (PICMG 2.9)
• Supports Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) Version 1.0 and Intelligent Platform Management Bus (IPMB) Version 1.0
• Driven by Zircon PM device from QLogic
  • Remote shutdown
  • Remote reset
  • Payload Power Monitor
  • Temp monitor
  • FRU data structure

• Three Marvell Discovery II MV64360 systems controllers (one per processor complex)
  • PCI bridge, GbE interface, I²C interface, and SDRAM controller for processor complex
  • Eight timer/counters, each selectable as a counter or timer
  • 32-bit watchdog timer
  • Reset

• 4 development userprogrammable surface mount LEDs per processor complex (planar)
• Processor #1 front panel
  Ethernet Activity and Link LEDs
• cPSB1 and cPSB2 Activity and Link front panel LEDs
• Power/fault front panel status LEDs
• Hot Swap front panel LED
• One recessed front panel reset switch

• cPSB PICMG 2.16 formfactor
• Dimensions: 9.19" W x 6.30" D x <0.80" H (233.25mm x 160mm x <20.32mm)
• Power requirements: 47W typical (800 MHz, 32MB Flash, 256MB SDRAM per processor)
• Operating range: 0° to 55° C, 0-95% relative humidity (non-condensing)

• UL/CSA/IEC 60950
• NEBS: Telcordia GR-63 and GR-1089, applicable sections
• FCC Part 15 (US)
• ICES 003 (Canada)
• EN300386, EN55022, EN55024

• PPCBoot bootloader with power-on self test
• TimeSys real-time Linux Software Development Kit (SDK)
• Board support package for VxWorks 5.5/Tornado 2.2 (one VxWorks runtime license required per processor complex)
• Reference kernel for Linux
• Broadcom 56xx SDK available
• Carrier Grade Linux support
  • MontaVista CGE
  • Wind River PNE LE