Kontron AM4140 - Manual (Page 21)

AM4140 Introduction
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P R E L I M I N A R Y
1.3 System Relevant Information
The following system relevant information is general in nature but should still be considered
when developing applications using the AM4140.
1.4 Board Diagrams
The following diagrams provide additional information concerning board functionality and
component layout.
1.4.1 Functional Block Diagram
The following figure shows the block diagram of the AM4140.
Table 1-1: System Relevant Information
SUBJECT INFORMATION
Hardware Requirements The AM4140 can be installed on any AMC-supporting carrier board or MicroTCA
backplane with the following AMC Card-edge connector port mapping:
• Common Options Region ports 0-1:
• Two Gigabit Ethernet SerDes ports
• Fat Pipes Region ports 4-7:
• One x4 PCI Express interface or
• One x4 Serial RapidIO interface
• Fat Pipes Region ports 8-11:
• One x4 PCI Express interface or
• One x4 Serial RapidIO interface or
• Four x1 Gigabit Ethernet SerDes interfaces or
• One XAUI interface
• Extended Options Region port 14:
• One debug port
• Extended Options Region port 15:
• One serial port
• Clock:
• Bidirectional PCI Express reference clock, FCLKA
For further information on the AMC interconnection, refer to Chapter 2.11, “AMC
Interconnection”.
PCI Express Configuration The AM4140 only supports the PCI Express root complex configuration; non-
transparent bridge functionality is not supported.
Operating Systems The board is offered with various Board Support Packages including VxWorks and
Linux operating systems. For further information concerning the operating sys-
tems available for the AM4140, please contact Kontron.