GE Fanuc single board computer

GE Fanuc Embedded Systems has announced the PPC9A, the latest addition to the company's PowerXtreme family of 6U VME single-board computers.

At the heart of the PPC9A is Freescale's latest PowerPC processor, the dual-core 8641D operating at 1.3 GHz. The PPC9A - which is 2eSST-capable - supports up to 4 Gb of DDR2 memory and up to 1 GB of flash memory. The unit has two PMC/XMC sites (PCI-X 133 MHz/eight-lane PCI Express) supporting I/O via P0 and P2, but also GE Fanuc's AFIX (additional flexible interface xtension) site that allows custom functionality to be added to the board at minimum cost and in minimum time. Standard AFIX modules for graphics, SCSI, 1553, digital I/O and flash memory are also available.

With two ethernet 10/100/1000Base-T ports, two USB 2.0 ports and six serial ports, the PPC9A - which is available in five air- and conduction-cooled variants - is highly specified in terms of communications and I/O.