VMEbus Fundamentals

Course Agenda

This is an instructor-led 1-day course that provides an overview of the VMEbus. In-class exercises are interspersed with the lecture to provide knowledge checks for the students. The student will learn how to do the following:

• Describe the evolution of the VMEbus up to the latest specification (VME64x)
  
• Explain the reasoning for VMEbus signals
  
• Interpret single cycle, block, read-modify write, multiplexed, address-only, address-only with handshake, 2eVME, and 2eSST transactions
  
• Determine performance of the transaction types
  
• Route I/O from the board to outside the chassis
  
• Key boards for the correct slot on the backplane
  
• Prioritize VMEbus interrupts and arbitration of bus masters
  
• Route address and data signals to the pins
  
• Interpret Address Modifier codes
  
• Determine how data bytes are routed to the data transfer bus pins
  
• Retry transactions
  
• Daisy-chain interrupt acknowledge and arbitration signals from board to board
  
• Detect first slot for system controller
  
• Configure CR/CSR space for every board in the chassis
  
• Request and handle interupts
  
• Arbitrate for the data transfer bus.
  
• Report successfulness of power-on self test
  
• Insert and Extract live boards in the chasssis (hotswap)
  

Note: Total topics covered will vary depending on class size, student's background, and pace of the class. Our instructors are flexible to adapt and adjust topics to suit your requirements.

Prerequisite:

Student’s willingness and desire to learn are the most important factors.

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