New PC/104 Product Announcements

      
MSI-P700 ZigBee/IEEE 802.15.4 Wireless Card with Analog and Digital I/O

 
 

The MSI-P700  is a low cost, high performance wireless card providing ZigBee 802.15.4 protocol using the XBee PRO module operating at an rf frequency of 2.4 GHz. The module is configured to support  NonBeacon communications that operate in a Peer-to-Peer network topology not dependent upon the Master/Slave relationships. Modules remain synchronized without use of master/server configurations for rapid synchronization times and fast cold start times. It can also be programmed for NonBeacon  mode as either a Coordinator or End Device. The Coordinator mode can be configured to use either direct or indirect transmissions. It will also support Unicast or Broadcast communications.

A 16C550 UART interfaces the XBee module to the PC/104 bus. The UART provides a 16 byte transmit and receive FIFO and baud rates are programmable from 1200 to 115,200 bits/s. Automatic hardware RTS and CTS flow control is used to prevent overflow of the local receiver and remote receiver FIFOs. The card I/O address is jumper selectable for COM1 thru COM4 with an optional 16-bit offset address. Interrupts are jumper selectable for IRQ3 thru IRQ5 and IRQ9 thru IRQ15. The ZigBee I/O provides 6 lines individually selectable as either an analog input (0-5V range, 10-bit resolution) or a TTL input or output, and 1 TTL input. Two ZigBee analog outputs (0-5V range, 10-bit resolution) are also provided. Unused UART control lines provide 3 input and 2 output TTL lines. All I/O lines have varistor surge  suppressors for transient voltage (lightning, etc.) protection.

The antenna connection to the card is provided by a SMA bulkhead connector. A 6" cable attaches this connector to the rf module which permits its removal from the card bracket for mounting into the user enclosure as an option. A sample BASIC test program is supplied that illustrates programming of the card for various XBee PRO commands. A BASIC interpreter for running this program is available at no charge.

Operates from -40° to 85° C and requires only +5V.

Price List (see MSI-P700)

MSI PC/104 Processor Cards
 
 

Microcomputer Systems, Inc. introduces a new series of processor cards offering a variety of capabilities as follows.

The MSI-6270 (powered by VIA Mark CoreFusion 533MHz processor) is a high performance unit with integrated ProSavage4 SA graphics controller, the powerful embedded x86 platform for Windows XP Embedded, WEPOS, and embedded Linux applications. The card provides a VT82C686B PCI-ISA South Bridge and Realtek RTL8100B 10/100 Fast Ethernet Controller. The processor integrates VIA’s  high-performance ProSavage4 3D / 2D graphics controller, LCD and Flat Panel display interfaces, with further superior performance between the CPU, DRAM and PCI bus with pipelined, burst, and concurrent operation. The South Bridge is PC98 / PC99 compliant with integrated UltraDMA-66 / 33 IDE, 2 (or 3) USB (1.1) ports, Super-I/O functions (floppy disk drive interface and serial / parallel ports), and AC-97 link supporting digital audio functions.

The MSI-6154 ( powered by DM&P 300MHz Vortex86SX) offers high performance, fully static 32-bit x86 processor for DOS, DR-DOS, X-DOS, free DOS, X-Linux, Embedded Linux and Windows CE 5.0 / 6.0 applications. The card provides a XGI Volari Z9s 2D graphics controller and integrates 32KB write through direct map L1 cache, PCI Rev. 2.1 32-bit bus interface at 33 MHz, SDRAM, DDR2, ROM controller, IPC (Internal Peripheral Controllers with DMA and interrupt timer/counter included), Fast Ethernet MAC (10/100Mbps Ethernet & NE2000 compatible), Flash BIOS (256KB), (4) USB 2.0 Hosts and (2) IDE controllers (UltraDMA-100/ 66 / 33) , Super-I/O functions (GPIO and serial / parallel ports) into a System-on-Chip (SoC) design.

The DM&P Vortex86-based 133/166 MHz Series offers numerous choices including onboard RAM, VGA/LCD, digital I/O, LAN, USB, Audio and Flash support.

Price List (see MSI-6154 & MSI-6270)

MSI-P602 PC/104 Trimble Lassen iQ GPS Card with Digital I/O


The MSI-P602  is a low cost, high performance global positioning system which uses the Trimble Lassen iQ module. It provides 12-channel GPS functionality that is fully compatible with Trimble’s popular Lassen SQ module using Trimble’s FirstGPS® architecture which delivers complete position, velocity and time (PVT) solutions for the host application. It features two GPS signal sensitivity modes: Standard and Enhanced. With Enhanced mode enabled, the module automatically switches to higher sensitivity when satellite signals are weak. The module also supports TSIP download of critical startup information for fast acquisition. This aided GPS (A-GPS) startup provides hot start performance for each power-up. The module supports the four most popular protocols: DGPS (RTCM), TSIP (Trimble Standard Interface Protocol), TAIP (Trimble ASCII Interface Protocol) and NMEA 0183 with an MTBF (mean time between failures) figure of 60 years.

The card provides two serial ports for processing the GPS data. The primary port gives TSIP input and output data at a default BAUD rate of 9600. This port is also selectable for the TAIP protocol. The secondary port provides DGPS (RTCM) input and NMEA output at a default BAUD rate of 4800. Software selectable NMEA protocols using the secondary serial port are GGA (default), GLL, GSA, GSV, RMC, VTG (default) and ZDA. Baud rates are selectable from 2400 to 38,400. The DGPS protocol is RTCM SC-104.

The serial ports are standard IBM PC compatible UARTs. The primary port is jumper selectable for COM1, COM3 or an offset address. Similarly, the secondary port is selectable at COM2, COM4 or an offset address. A time mark of 1 PPS is available as an interrupt or as input into modem status line DCD of the secondary UART for synchronizing events. The primary UART interrupt is also provided for allowing interrupt processing of GPS data. Interrupts are jumper selectable for IRQ3 thru IRQ7 and IRQ9. Four TTL level digital inputs are provided by status lines CTS and DSR of the primary and secondary UARTs. Four TTL level outputs are provided by OUT1 and OUT2 of these UARTs. The card is supplied with an active antenna having a 5 meter (16.5 ft.) cable and a spacer kit. A sample test program is supplied that illustrates programming of the UARTs for various NEMA protocols and data transfer rates. Operates from -40° to 85° C.

Price List (see MSI-P602)

MSI-P404 PC/104 32-Bit Quadrature Decoder/Counter Card with Index Inputs


The MSI-P404 is a 32-bit quadrature decoder/counter card with index inputs designed for monitoring quadrature encoder inputs used in determining motor shaft positions and rotations in machine control and robotic applications. The card can be supplied with 2, 4, 6 or 8 channels. Each channel provides a 32-bit binary up/down counter with selectable 1X, 2X or 4X decoding and latched count outputs using Agilent HCTL-2032 decoders. For each input channel, connector J1 provides quadrature inputs with 10K pull-ups and surge suppressors for operation in harsh environments, as well as +5V and ground for powering of user's quadrature encoders.Channel index inputs from connector J2 also include 10K pull-ups and surge suppressors.  Interrupt selection for IRQ3 thru IRQ9 are jumper selectable for managing counter roll-overs, if required. The unit is an 8-bit stackthrough PC/104 with I/O mapped 16-bit addressing for which the card base address is jumper selectable. A count reset to zero is provided for each individual channel. Operates from -40°C to +85°C.  Requires +5V only at 2 mA/Ch. 

Price List (see MSI-P404)

MSI-P402 PC/104 32-Bit Quadrature Decoder/Counter Card


The MSI-P402 is a 32-bit quadrature decoder/counter card designed for monitoring quadrature encoder inputs used in determining motor shaft positions and rotations in machine control and robotic applications. The card can be supplied with 2, 4, 6 or 8 channels. Each channel provides a 32-bit binary up/down counter with selectable 1X, 2X or 4X decoding and latched count outputs using Agilent HCTL-2032 decoders. For each input channel, connector J1 provides quadrature inputs with 10K pull-ups and surge suppressors for operation in harsh environments as well as +5V and ground for powering of user's encoders. Interrupts selection for IRQ3 thru IRQ9 are jumper selectable for managing counter roll-overs, if required. The unit is an 8-bit stackthrough PC/104 with I/O mapped 16-bit addressing for which the card base address is jumper selectable. A count reset to zero is provided for each individual channel. Operates from -40°C to +85°C.  Requires +5V only at 2 mA. 

Price List (see MSI-P402)

PC/104 Thermocouple (Temperature) Input Card (8 Ch Type K T/C & 8 Ch Analog In)

MSI-P440

The MSI-P440 is a low cost, high performance 8-channel thermocouple and 8-channel, 12-bit analog input card. Analog Devices AD597(K type, -200 to 1000°C) thermocouple conditioners provide ice point compensation and 10mV/°C proportional operation. Optional single-ended analog inputs are programmable for 0-5V,±5V, 0-10V, and ±10V with 12 us conversion time and 1 MegOhm input resistance. Two models are

   8-Channel T/C Type K (MSI-P440-K)

   8-Channel T/C Type K and 8-Ch Analog In (MSI-P440-K/A)

The unit is an 8-bit stackthrough PC/104 with I/O mapped 16-bit addressing for jumper selectable card addresses and interrupt options. Requires PC/104 Bus +5V only.

Price List (see MSI-P440)

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