Technical Specifications

Board Connectors:
PCI-Express interface (1x )
H.100 edge connector
RJ-45 10/100/1000 Ethernet connector
JTAG debug port
USB 2.0 (via extension card)
Secondary PCI-Express chassis-to-chassis connector
Serial port (one connector on board bracket; additional ports via add-on card)

Data Interface:
One 16 Mbit/s PCM highway per process switchable in the on-board time-space switch
One 10/100/1000 Ethernet connection (the TMS320DM6443 devices are switched via an on-board L2 Ethernet switch supporting features such as Full 4k EE 802.1Q VLAN support, QoS services according to IEEE 802.1p with up to 4 transmission priority queues, Congestion Management using Weighted Random Early Detection/Discard (WRED))
One secondary PCI-Express interface for chassis-to-chassis connections

Control Interface:
Via OTX Driver API

DSP core and ARM9 Resources:
Alvis-1-PCIe: 1 x TI TMS320DM6443; 4752 DSP MIPS + 297 MHz ARM9
Alvis-4-PCIe: 4 x TI TMS320DM6443; 19008 DSP MIPS + 4 x 297 MHz ARM9
Alvis-8-PCIe: 8 x TI TMS320DM6443; 38016 DSP MIPS + 8 x 297 MHz ARM9

Memory:
256 MB SDRAM per TMS320DM6443 device (shared by DSP and ARM9 cores)
256 MB Flash memory

Programming Interface:
OTX DSP API (for custom DSP core software)
OTX HW API (for controlling software)
Montavista Linux tools

Debugging Interface:
JTAG connection, which allows connectivity to standard third-party emulator cards and Texas Instruments Code Composer Studio.
Serial port connection allows full access to ARM9 core

Power Requirements/Environmental Data:
Power is supplied via external power connector, or optionally via the base board.
Power consumption: TBD
Temperature: operating, 0o C to +50o C; non-operating, -40o C to +60o C
Humidity: operating, 5% to 80% RH (%relative humidity) at up to +30o C, and 5% to 30% RH above +30o C up to +50o C non-condensing; non-operating, 5% to 80% RH at up to +30o C, and 5% to 30% RH above +30o C up to +50o C non-condensing
Altitude: operating, up to 4,600 meters (15,333 feet); non-operating, up to 12,192 meters (50,000 feet)