VCC 2117

Intelligent VICbus to CAMAC Crate Controller Interface

A high speed, memory mapped CAMAC Interface allowing long distance connections to VME crates or workstations by means of a well-known link: the VIC (Vertical Inter-Crate) bus.

The VCC 2117A features:

• Simple Direct memory mapped CAMAC interface on VIC bus
• VIC slave interface compatible with the VICbus specification draft ISO/IEC 26.11458
• Fast transfer on the VICbus, 5 Mbytes/s
• Full CAMAC CCA2 functionality
• Auxiliary CAMAC controller (ACC)
• Support for ACL mode
• LAM interrupt handling from the VIC Interface
• Support for LAM grader PLG 2113
• Support for CAMAC DMA and Block modes
• Complete CAMAC ESONE Library
• Complete Software packages for: FIC 8232 (MC 68030) and FIC 8234 (MC 68040) OS-9 and Lynx Systems, Macintosh systems with MAC 7212 under LabVIEW, AT compatible systems with VBAT 8218 under DOS or Lynx
• Accessibility from SUN Sparc (with SVIC 7213) or DEC 5000 (with TVIC 7214) stations

The VCC 2117B features:

• Same features as the VCC 2117A plus:
• On-board MC 68030 25 MHz
• Up to 1 Mbyte of EPROM
• 512 Kbytes of SRAM, zero wait-state Local Memory (SRAM)
• Up to 2 Mbytes of DPRAM, one wait-state Dual Port SRAM
• Ethernet piggy-pack with 64 Kbytes buffered interface, direct Cheapernet output (optional)
• RS 232C port
• Front panel RESET, ABORT, Z, C, OFF-LINE
• Interrupt structure between the local CPU and the VIC Interface
• LAM interrupt handling from the CPU
• CESmon software package including an ESONE compatible List Processor and Library, pROBE+, CAMAC monitor and Ethernet monitor
• OS-9 support on the local processor

• Introduction
• Features
• Typical Configuration
• VCC Architecture
• The VIC Interface
• The CAMAC Interface
• The On-Board List Processor
• The On-Board Ethernet
• Interrupt Structure
• Specifications, Ordering Information, Associated Modules & Software

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