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XCalibur1840


Overview

NXP Twelve-Core T4240 Processor-Based Conduction- or Air-Cooled 6U VPX Module

The XCalibur1840 from Extreme Engineering is a high-performance, 6U VPX, single board computer supporting NXP QorIQ T4 processors. Featuring twelve dual-threaded Power Architecture e6500 cores running at up to 1.8 GHz, the T4240 delivers enhanced performance and efficiency for a range of rugged embedded computing applications.

Technical

  • NXP T4240 processor with twelve dual-threaded PowerPC e6500 cores at up to 1.8 GHz (alternate processor T4160)
  • 6U VPX module
  • Conduction or air cooling
  • Up to 24 GB of up to DDR3-2133 ECC SDRAM in three channels
  • Up to 512 MB of NOR flash (with redundancy)
  • Up to 64 GB of CPU NAND flash
  • Up to 64 GB of SATA NAND flash (optional)
  • Gen3 (8 GHz) PCI Express
  • x4 PCI Express lanes from CPU to switch
  • PCI Express to XMC sites (x4 to XMC0, x8 to XMC1)
  • Four x4 (x16 total) PCI Express lanes from switch to P1
  • 10GbE XAUI to P2 (optional)
  • Two 10GBASE-T to front panel using I/O mezzanine card (optional)
  • Two SATA 3.0 Gb/s ports
  • Two USB 2.0 port
  • Four Gigabit Ethernet ports
  • Two RS-232/422/485 serial ports
  • Two PrPMC/PrXMC interfaces

Specifications

Processor

  • NXP T4240 processor
  • 12 dual-threaded PowerPC e6500 cores at up to 1.8 GHz
  • 2 MB L2 cache per quad
  • 512 kB platform cache per channel (3)
  • IEEE 754 Floating-Point Unit (FPU) support
  • 128-bit AltiVec engine per core
 

Alternate Processor Configurations

  • T4160 processor with eight dual-threaded Power Architecture® e6500 cores up to 1.8 GHz
  • T4080 processor with four dual-threaded Power Architecture® e6500 dual cores up to 1.8 GHz
 

Memory

  • Up to 24 GB of up to DDR3-2133 ECC SDRAM in three channels
  • Up to 512 MB of NOR flash (with redundancy)
  • Up to 64 GB of CPU NAND flash
  • Up to 64 GB SATA NAND flash (optional)
 

IPMI

  • Onboard management controller
  • VITA 46.11 Tier 1 and Tier 2 IPMI Controller (IPMC)
 

VPX

  • VITA 46.0
  • VITA 46.11 (System Management on VPX)
  • VITA 46.4 (Four x4 PCIe lanes to P1)
  • VITA 46.7 (Two 1000BASE-BX Ethernet ports to P4)
  • VITA 46.9 (XMC and PMC I/O to P3, P4, P5, P6, mapping P3w1P4-P64s+X12d+X8d)
  • Up to two USB 2.0 ports to P6
  • Two SATA ports capable of 3 Gb/s to P6
  • 10GbE XAUI to P2 (optional)
 

XMC/PrPMC

  • PCI-X (64/32-bit, 100/66 MHz)
  • PCI (64/32-bit, 66/33 MHz)
  • PCI Express to XMC sites (x4 to XMC 0, x8 to XMC 1)
 

Front Panel I/O (Optional)

  • Dual RS-232 serial ports
  • Gigabit Ethernet port
  • USB 2.0 port
  • General-purpose LEDs
  • Two 10GBASE-T to front panel using I/O mezzanine card
 

Software Support

  • Wind River VxWorks BSP
  • Linux BSP
  • Green Hills INTEGRITY-178 tuMP BSP
  • Contact factory for availability of QNX Neutrino and LynuxWorks LynxOS BSPs
 

Physical Characteristics

  • 6U VPX-REDI conduction- or air-cooled form factor
  • Dimensions: 233 mm x 160 mm
  • 0.8 in. pitch
  • 1.0 in. pitch Two-Level Maintenance (2LM)
 

Environmental Requirements

Contact factory for appropriate board configuration based on environmental requirements.

  • Supported ruggedisation levels (see the X-ES Ruggedization Chart): 1, 3, 5
  • Conformal coating available as an ordering option
  • Thermal performance will vary based on CPU frequency and application
 

Power Requirements

  • Power will vary based on configuration and usage. Please consult factory.

Technical documents

Ordering information

There are a number of different configurations available. Please contact the Sarsen team to discuss your requirements.

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