About VMEbus

MEN offers a range of VME, VME64 and 2eSST single-board computers on different performance levels based on PowerPC® and Intel® architectures for rugged applications up to the most safety-critical environments.

Designed for Industrial Requirements

Of course, state-of-the-art PC functions are essential, but MEN's CPU boards also feature industrial functions such as real-time clock, or watchdogs for temperature and voltage control. Memory and mass storage configuration possibilities include standard DRAM system memory (with or without ECC) plus non-volatile SRAM or FRAM, soldered Flash and SATA for onboard hard disks and other media used for program storage.

When the Going Gets Tough: Hardened and Safe

MEN VME boards have been developed to work also in rugged environments - qualified or screened regarding shock, vibration, drop, resonance, humidity, chemicals, and up to -40 to +85°C operating temperature. Where demands for safety are extremely high, e.g., in avionics or rail applications, additional qualification of a CPU board is needed. MEN's 6U A602 CPU is made for just that. With a triple-redundancy architecture on board, the fault-tolerant 6U computer was designed according to DO-254 and EN 50129 and can be certified up to DAL-A or SIL 4.

Flexible I/O by Modularity

Along with our customers, we believe in mezzanine modules for flexible, individual extension by further I/O functions, and provide plug-in slots on most VME CPU boards. MEN VMEbus solutions are completed by a huge number of industrial I/O boards based on M-Module™, PMC or XMC ANSI/IEC mezzanine standards.

Available functions extend from analog and binary I/Os to instrument devices up to fieldbus, network and graphics.

A growing number of boards are equipped with FPGAs for implementation of further application-specific functions.

Complete Solutions

Complete VMEbus systems are delivered individually configured, wired and tested on the basis of Schroff® mechanics and backplanes. Some boards are even prepared for busless operation.

Software support comprises BSPs and driver packages for VxWorks®, Linux, Windows® and other popular real-time operating systems, up to VxWorks®/Cert.

MEN boards have a long-term availability of minimum 5 up to 10 years (and longer according to individual agreements) depending on the components used.