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6 other software considerations, 1 mram, 2 real time clock – Artesyn MVME2500 ECC Installation and Use (August 2014) User Manual

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MVME2500-ECC Installation and Use (6806800N30F)

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7.6

Other Software Considerations

This section provides programming information in relation to various board components.

7.6.1

MRAM

The MVME2500-ECC provides 512 K bytes of fast, non-volatile storage in the form of
Magnetoresistive Random Access Memory (MRAM). The MRAM is directly accessible by
software using processor load and store instructions similar to the DRAM. The difference is that
the MRAM retains its contents even if the board is power cycled. The MRAM is accessed through
the LBC.

7.6.2

Real Time Clock

The MVME2500-ECC provides a battery backed-up DS1375 Real Time Clock (RTC) chip. The
RTC chip provides time keeping and alarm interrupts. It is an I2C device and is accessed through
the I2C bus address at 0x68.

7.6.3

Quad UART

The MVME2500-ECC console RS232 port is driven by the UART built into the P20x0 QorIQ chip.
Additionally, the MVME2500-ECC has a Quad UART chip which provides four additional 16550
compatible UART. These additional UART are internally accessed through the LBC bus. The
Quad UART chip clock input (which is internally divided to generate the baud rate) is 1.8432
MHz. The four UART physically connect to RS232 DB9 serial ports through the RTM.

TSEC2

Gigabit Ethernet port routed to front or back panel,
set by GBE_MUX_SEL in S2

BCM54616

7

TSEC3

Gigabit Ethernet port routed to back panel

BCM54616

3

Table 7-4 PHY Types and MII Management Bus Address (continued)

Ethernet Port

Function / Location

PHY Types

PHY MIIM
Address