Introduction 5
1Introduction
This section contains information about the basic features and applications of
the ES1231.1-A ETK Interface Board (ETK = Emulator Test Probe). A block dia-
gram is also included here to show the schematic layout of the interface board.
1.1 Applications
The ES1231.1-A ETK Interface Board is designed for VME64x systems with 3 U
height. It enables a very high-performance integration of the ETK into the
ES1000 system for memory emulation and particularly data acquisition.
Thanks to a new block transmission mode, the ES1231.1-A is much faster than
its predecessor models ES1200.1/ES1201.1.
Features
The ES1231.1-A has the following features and components:
• Motorola MPC555 40-MHz processor
– 1 MByte SDRAM (32-bit, burstable)
– 1 MByte Flash (16-bit)
• transfer rate of 8 MBit/s
• ’single mode’ and ’block mode’ data transfer from and to the ETK
• Data Acquisition Memory Controller (DAMC) for linking the ETK to the
ES1000 system in real time
• automatic detection of the ETK type
• configuration of the ETK
• 16 independent acquisition time frames possible
• VME64x interface
• up to 4 serial ETK interfaces (e.g. four ES1231.1-A boards) can be operated
simultaneously on an ES1000.
note
Some components of the interface board may be damaged or destroyed by elec-
trostatic discharges. Please keep the board in its storage package until it is
installed.
The board should only be taken from its package, configured, and installed at a
work place that is protected against static discharge.
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