XM51 - ESMexpress COM with QorIQ P4080
Computer-On-Module
This product has been discontinued.The XM51 is a rugged Computer-On-Module (COM) of the ESMexpress family featuring a QorIQ P4080, P4040 or P3041 CPU. It is designed for avionics, industrial automation, medical computers, in-vehicle computers, and embedded computers in transportation. The XM51 supports conductive cooling technology and is 100% EMC proof.
Main Features
- NXP QorIQ P4080, P4040 or P3041
- Power Architecture e500mc CPU
- Up to 8 cores, up to 1.5 GHz
- Up to 16 GB ECC DDR3 SDRAM, 1 or 2 controllers
- Up to 128 KB FRAM, up to 256 MB Flash
- 2 Gb Ethernet, 4 USB 2.0, 1 USB client
- 2 SATA (3 Gbit/s), 2 PCIe x1 (5 Gbit/s)
- U-Boot Universal Boot Loader
- -50°C to +85°C Tcase with qualified components
- Conduction cooling
Technical Data
CPU
NXP QorIQ P4080 or P4040 or P3041
- 1.2 GHz up to 1.5 GHz
- Eight/four high-performance Power Architecture e500mc cores
Memory
- 32 KB instruction and data L1 cache and private 128 KB L2 cache per processor core
- Up to 16 GB SDRAM system memory
- Soldered
- DDR3 with ECC support
- Up to 667 MHz memory bus frequency, depending on processor configuration
- P4080/P4040 with two independent memory controllers, P3041 with one controller
- Up to 256 MB boot/program Flash
- 128 KB non-volatile FRAM
- Serial EEPROM 8 kbits for factory settings
Serial ATA (SATA)
- Two ports via ESMexpress connector
- SATA Revision 2.x support
- Transfer rates up to 300 MB/s (3 Gbit/s)
- Via PCIe-to-SATA bridge
USB
- Four USB 2.0 host ports via ESMexpress connector
- OHCI and EHCI implementation
- Data rates up to 480 Mbit/s
- One USB client port via ESMexpress connector
- Via UART-to-USB converter
- Data rates up to 230.4 kbit/s
- 16-byte transmit/receive buffer
- Handshake lines: none
Ethernet
- Two 10/100/1000Base-T Ethernet channels
- Two LED signals per channel for LAN link and activity status and connection speed
- Accessible via ESMexpress connector
PCI Express
- Two x1 links via ESMexpress connector
- PCIe 2.x support
- Data rate 500 MB/s in each direction (5 Gbit/s per lane)
GPIO
3 lines via ESMexpress connector
I2C Bus
1 interface via ESMexpress connector
Miscellaneous
- Real-time clock (with supercapacitor or battery backup on the carrier board)
- Temperature sensor, power supervision and watchdog
Electrical Specifications
Supply voltage/power consumption:
- +12V (9..16 V), 32 W max.
Mechanical Specifications
- Dimensions: 95 mm x 125 mm (conforming to ESMexpress specification)
- ESMexpress PCB mounted between a frame and a cover
- Weight: 230 g (incl. cover and frame)
Environmental Specifications
- Temperature range (operation): -50..+85°C Tcase (ESMexpress cover/frame)
- Temperature range (storage): -50..+85°C
- Relative humidity (operation): max. 95% non-condensing
- Relative humidity (storage): max. 95% non-condensing
- Altitude: -300 m to +3000 m
- Shock: 15 g, 11 ms (EN 60068-2-27)
- Bump: 10 g, 16 ms (EN 60068-2-29)
- Vibration (sinusoidal): 1 g, 10 Hz - 150 Hz (EN 60068-2-6)
MTBF
475 088 h @ 40°C according to IEC/TR 62380 (RDF 2000)
Safety
PCB manufactured with a flammability rating of 94V-0 by UL recognized manufacturers
EMC
- EMC behavior depends on the system and housing surrounding the ESMexpress module.
- MEN has performed general, successful EMC tests for ESMexpress using the XC1 evaluation carrier according to:
- EN 55022 (radio disturbance)
- IEC 61000-4-2 (ESD)
- IEC 61000-4-3 (electromagnetic field immunity)
- IEC 61000-4-4 (burst)
- IEC 61000-4-5 (surge)
- IEC 61000-4-6 (conducted disturbances)
BIOS/Boot Loader
U-Boot Universal Boot Loader
Software Support
- VxWorks
- Linux (on request)
- For more information on supported operating system versions and drivers see Software.
Options
CPU
- QorIQ P4080 or P4040 or P3041
- P4080: eight cores, up to 16 GB DDR3 RAM (two controllers), 2 MB L3 cache, 30 W max. (processor)
- P4040: four cores, up to 16 GB DDR3 RAM (two controllers), 2 MB L3 cache, 24 W max. (processor)
- P3041: four cores, up to 8 GB DDR3 RAM (one controller), 1 MB L3 cache, 18.2 W max. (processor)
- All processors available with 1.2 GHz, 1.33 GHz or 1.5 GHz
Memory
- System RAM
- One or two memory banks, depending on processor type
- 2 GB, 4 GB, 8 GB
- 16 GB (only possible with two banks, P4080 or P4040)
- Currently only 2 GB are supported by U-Boot and BSP
- Boot/program Flash
- 64 MB, 128 MB or 256 MB
- FRAM
- 0 KB or 128 KB
Software Support
Linux; processors are supported, U-Boot support already implemented
Some of these options may only be available for large volumes.
Please ask our sales staff for more information.
Software

10XM51-60
VxWorks BSP (MEN) for XM51
Firmware/BIOS
This product uses the U-Boot bootloader available from DENX together with board-specific additions from MEN.
14XM51-00
U-Boot Bootloader (DENX/MEN) for XM51
Miscellaneous
A Windows USB2UART driver from FTDI is available for XM50, XM51 and F50P/F50C Windows hosts.
More info & downloads
Documentation
Data Sheets
User Manuals
Errata & Technical Information
Technical Drawings
Application Examples

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