USPIIi-1v Hardware Manual
1-4 Themis Computer
1.6 Chapter Overview
This document is organized in chapters and appendices of increasing information content and detail. A brief
outline of the contents of each chapter is provided:
• Chapter 1, "Introduction," contains a brief overview of this document, warranty information and related
references.
• Chapter 2, "Installation," provides instructions on the installation and configuration of the USPIIi-1v for
your particular environment and application. The information contained in this chapter is mandatory
for the correct operation of the USPIIi-1v. This chapter should be read in its entirety before use
of the board.
• Chapter 3, "Specification," provides a tabular description subsystems on the USPIIi-1v as well as the
System, Environmental, Electrical, and Performance specifications.
• Chapter 4, "Hardware Overview," provides a brief description of the major components on the USPIIi-
1v, the memory subsystem and the Open Boot Program code (OBP).
• Chapter 5, "Universe-II Description," provides detailed information concerning the VMEbus interface
for the USPIIi-1v, the Tundra Universe IIB. For a more detailed description of the Universe IIB, refer
the “Universe II User’s Manual”, available on the Tundra web-site at http://www.tundra.com.
• Chapter 6, "FPGA, Watchdog, Voltage and Temperature Sensors," provides a description of the FPGA
and EPLD on the USPIIi-1v. Included in this chapter are description of the temperature warning system,
boot address decoder, power management system, and the 3-level watchdog.
• Chapter 7, "Resets," describes the Reset Tree of the USPIIi-1v.
• Appendix A, "Connector Pinouts, LEDs, Switches," provides connector part numbers and pinouts for
the User I/O on the USPIIi-1v.
• Appendix B, "Jumper and Solder Bead Configurations," provides a detailed description of each of the
user configurable jumpers on the USPIIi-1v, as well as diagrams illustrating the location of all solder
beads and jumpers.
• Appendix C, "Front Panel Diagrams," illustrates front panels for single, double, and triple slot
configurations of the USPIIi-1v.
• Appendix D, "Board Diagrams," provides board diagrams of the USPIIi-1v.
• Appendix E, "Glossary," provides the general definition of terms and abbreviations used in this manual.
1.7 Related References
The following is a list of related references.
• USPIIi-1v Software Manual (P/N 108966)
• PCI Local Bus Specification, Revision 2.1, PCI Special Interest Group, Portland
• American National Standard for VME64, ANSI/VITA, 1994
• PCI System Architecture, by Shanley and Anderson, MindShare Press
• IEEE Standard 1275-1994, Standard For Boot (Initialization, Configuration) Firmware, Core Practices and
Requirements
• IEEE Standard 1275.1-1994, Standard For Boot (Initialization, Configuration) Firmware, ISA Supplement for
IEEE P1754 (SPARC)