ix UTCA-5503 User Manual
Contents
Chapter 1 Board Specification.............................1
1.1 Technical Data .......................................................................................... 2
Table 1.1: Advantech UTCA-5503 MCH Technical Data ............ 2
1.2 Advantech UTCA-5503 Features .............................................................. 3
1.2.1 MCMC........................................................................................... 3
Table 1.2: H8S I2C Bus Assignment ........................................... 3
1.2.2 FPGA ............................................................................................ 4
1.2.3 RTC............................................................................................... 4
1.2.4 Base Fabric/Gigabit Ethernet........................................................ 4
Figure 1.1 GbE architecture......................................................... 5
Figure 1.2 GbE Switch Management and E-keying..................... 6
1.2.5 USB Slave Interface...................................................................... 7
1.2.6 Clock Module Extension ............................................................... 7
1.2.7 Clock I/O / Alarm Module Extension ............................................. 7
1.2.8 Fabric Extension Module .............................................................. 7
Chapter 2 Applications and Overview.................9
Figure 2.1 uTCA System Elements ........................................... 10
2.1 Mechanical Basics .................................................................................. 10
Figure 2.2 MCH PCB Naming Conventions............................... 10
2.2 System Management .............................................................................. 11
Figure 2.3 uTCA System Management Architecture ................. 11
2.3 Clocks ..................................................................................................... 12
Figure 2.4 Non-Redundant uTCA Clock Architecture................ 12
Figure 2.5 Redundant uTCA Clock Architecture........................ 12
2.4 Common Options .................................................................................... 13
2.5 Fat Pipes ................................................................................................. 13
Figure 2.6 Typical uTCA Fabric Architecture............................. 13
Chapter 3 Mezzanine Module Options ..............15
3.1 PCB Levels and Stacking........................................................................ 16
3.2 Base Module (PCB1) .............................................................................. 16
Figure 3.1 Base Module PCB View ........................................... 16
Table 3.1: Base Module Connection and Jump Headers .......... 16
3.3 Clock Module and Clock IO/Alarm Module (PCB2)................................. 17
Figure 3.2 Illustration of PCB2 location relative to PCB1 .......... 17
3.4 Fabric Extension Module (PCB3)............................................................ 17
Figure 3.3 Connection between Tongue 3 and Tongue 4 (Yamai-
chi MCH plug)........................................................... 17
3.5 Additional Fabric Extension Module (PCB4) ........................................... 18
3.6 Front Panel Connectors and Indicators................................................... 18
Figure 3.4 UTCA-5503 Front Panel ........................................... 18
3.6.1 MCMC LED Indicators ................................................................ 18
Table 3.2: Front Panel MCMC LED’s ........................................ 18
3.6.2 Handle Switch ............................................................................. 18
3.6.3 Mini USB ..................................................................................... 18
3.6.4 Reset Button ............................................................................... 18
3.6.5 LAN1 ........................................................................................... 19
3.6.6 LAN2 ........................................................................................... 19