SBS Technologies VIPC616 Carrier Board

Typical application cases

Old radar test bench: using VIPC616 in conjunction with ARINC-429, RS-422, and discrete I/O IP modules to simulate aviation bus signals, replacing the discontinued dedicated interface board.

Medical ultrasound front-end: Install a four channel high-speed A/D IP module on VIPC616, implement large capacity data caching through A32 memory mapping, and perform real-time beamforming on a VME single board computer.

Industrial robot controller: using digital I/O IP, encoder IP, and analog output IP, connected to the VME CPU board through VIPC616, to achieve six axis motion control.

Telecommunications Protocol Converter: Multiple synchronous serial IP modules are connected to the VME CPU through VIPC616 for HDLC frame processing.

Integration precautions and common problems

Dual width IP occupancy: If using a dual width IP, it must be placed in slot A+B or C+D, and the corresponding front panel ribbon connector is still available, but other IPs cannot be installed in the other slot.

P2 routing configuration: What are the 14 optional I/O pins for slot C? Please refer to the jumper configuration table in the user manual for details. The default may be the lower 14 pins.

Interrupt sharing issue: Under the default one-to-one mapping, if two IPs use the same VME IRQ level, software support for chain interrupts or polling is required. Custom PLD can solve this problem.

8 MHz clock compatibility: If the IP module requires 32 MHz, you can consider modifying the carrier board clock (not recommended) or using a carrier board that supports 32 MHz (such as some third-party designs).

Replacement for DMA deficiency: For IPs that require high throughput, IPs with local FIFO or dual port RAM can be selected and read by the VME master device through block transfer (BLT).