Motorola Single Board Computers Explained

Motorola Single Board Computers is Motorola's production line of computer boards for embedded systems.[1] There are three different lines : mvme68k, mvmeppc and mvme88k. The first version of the board appeared in 1988. Motorola still makes those boards and the last one is MVME3100.[2]

NetBSD supports the MVME147, MVME162, MVME167, MVME172 and MVME177 boards from the mvme68k family,[3] as well as the MVME160x line of mvmeppc boards.[4]

OpenBSD supported the MVME141, MVME147, MVME162, MVME165, MVME167, MVME172, MVME177, MVME180, MVME181, MVME187, MVME188, and MVME197 boards. Both the OpenBSD/mvme68k and OpenBSD/mvme88k ports were discontinued following the 5.5 release.[5] [6]

BoardCPUCPU SpeedNotes
MVME 110680008 MHz
MVME 1206801010 MHz68451 MMU
MVME 1216801010 MHz68451 MMU
MVME 1226801012.5 MHz
MVME 1236801012.5 MHz
MVME 1336802012.5 or 16.67 MHz68881 FPU
MVME 1346802016.67 MHz68851 MMU
MVME 1416803025 or 33.33 MHz68882 FPU
MVME 143[7] 6803016.67 or 25 MHz
MVME 1476803016.67, 25, or 33.33 MHz
MVME 1626804025 MHz
MVME 1656804025 MHz
MVME 1676804025 or 33.33 MHz
MVME 1726806060 or 64 MHz
MVME 1776806050 or 60 MHz
MVME 18188000
MVME 18788000
MVME 18888000supports one to four 88100 processors and two to eight 88200/88204 cache/MMU ASICs on a mezzanine board called a HYPERmodule
MVME 188A8800025 MHzsupports one to four 88100 processors and two to eight 88200/88204 cache/MMU ASICs on a mezzanine board called a HYPERmodule[8]
MVME 197LE88110Similar to MVME 187 with 88110 processor
MVME 197SP88110
MVME 197DP88110dual processor variant of MVME 197SP
MVME 1603PowerPC 603
MVME 1604PowerPC 604
MVME 2301PowerPC 603
MVME 2305PowerPC 604
MVME 2700PowerPC MPC750[9] 233, 266, or 366 MHz
MVME 3100PowerPC MPC8540
MVME 3604PowerPC 604300 or 400 MHz
MVME 4100PowerPC MPC8548E
MVME 4604PowerPC 604300 or 400 MHzdual processor variant of MVME 3604
MVME 5100PowerPC MPC750/MPC755/MPC7410
MVME 5500PowerPC MPC7457
MVME 6100PowerPC MPC7457
MVME 7100PowerPC MPC864xD

References

  1. A quote from the NetBSD port page: NetBSD/mvme68k is the port of NetBSD to Motorola's 68k VME Single Board Computers (SBC). The first Motorola SBC was introduced in 1981. Motorola has continued development on 68k and PowerPC based SBC VME modules.
  2. http://www.emersonnetworkpower.com/en-US/Products/EmbeddedComputing/VMEbus/Pages/default.aspx MVME3100 on Motorola's site
  3. http://www.netbsd.org/ports/mvme68k/boards.html NetBSD/mvme68k: Notes on Supported Boards
  4. http://www.netbsd.org/ports/mvmeppc/ NetBSD/mvmeppc
  5. Web site: OpenBSD/mvme68k Port . 2024-01-13 . www.openbsd.org.
  6. Web site: OpenBSD/mvme88k . 2024-01-13 . www.openbsd.org.
  7. http://m88k.com/mvme143.html
  8. Web site: February 1992 . MVME188A VMEmodule RISC Microcomputer User's Manual .
  9. Web site: December 2000 . MVME2700 VME Processor Modules . 2024-01-13 . bitsavers.trailing-edge.com.