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CPU boards B386

80386-based CPU card designed to be inserted into a passive IBM-PC-AT-compatible backplane. 80386 clock frequency is 16 MHz, and up to 8 Mbyte of onboard RAM and an optional 80387 coprocessor are available. Runs DOS, Xenix, CPM/86 and other AT-compatible operating systems

Texas Instruments Inc., PO Box 1444, Houston, TX 77001, USA

CC-97

VMEbus single-board computer designed for multiprocessing, incorporating a 16 MHz 68000 or 10 MHz 68010 CPU and an 8 MHz 68450 DMA controller, either of which can access the 2 Mbyte of onboard dual-port DRAM. An SCSI bus is implemented using a 10 MHz WD33C93 SCSI controller, which connects the board to any SCSI-compatible peripheral or can be used to connect to other VME systems, effectively extending the VMEbus length limit from 50 cm to 6 m. Board also holds 512 kbyte of E2pROM and up to 384 kbyte of EPROM and/or SRAM

CompControl BV, Stratumsedijk 31, Postbus 193, 5600 AD Eindhoven, The Netherlands. Tel: (040) 12 49 55

QPC-5121

Single-board computer compatible with the IBM PC AT, designed for systems integration and industrial automation. Using a low-power 80286 and plugging into any passive backplane, the board has 1 Mbyte RAM and 128 kbyte EPROM capacity, controllers for Winchester and floppy discs, parallel and serial I/O ports, clock-calendar and optional 80287 coprocessor

Databasix Ltd, Old Bath Road, Newbury, Berks RG13 1NG, UK. Tel: (0635) 373737

TM2

Transputer-based CPU module for software development, comprising a 95 mm × 74 mm four-layer PCB with a T414-15 transputer and 1 Mbyte of CMOS DRAM. The memory interface can be configured for three- or four-cycle operation. A PC interface card designed to run all currently available transputer development software can be provided

Concurrent Techniques, 30 Baldslow Road, Hastings, East Sussex TN34 2EY, UK. Tel: (0424) 714790

Digitronics Control Ltd, Unit 18A Ash, Kembrey Park, Swindon, Wilts SN2 6BL, UK. Tel: (0793) 693490

Development systems KSE4

Series of in-circuit emulators providing high-level language debugging of 68000 series and 8086 series microprocessors, as well as conventional ICE facilities. PASCALand c compilers are available for use with the emulators, which can be controlled via an IBM PC AT or compatible. Maximum instrument configuration includes 2 Mbyte of simulation memory and an 8k sample × 64 channel trace analyser board

Kontron Electronics Ltd, Blackmoor Lane, Croxley Centre, Watford, Herts WD1 8XQ, UK. Tel: (0923) 45991

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Microcomputers (single chip) Microprocessors Peripheral devices PROMs RAMs

Semicustom ICs Software: languages Software tools Systems Test equipment

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TMS32020 Applications Development Board

Evaluation board for the TMS32020 digital signal processor, plugging into an IBM PC. Has up to 256 kbyte of memory, high-speed 16-bit A/D and D/A converters, and an interface expansion port for up to 12 input and 12 output 16-bit ports. Can be interfaced to codecs. Software support comprises a macro assembler and linker and a monitor program

Loughborough Sound images Ltd, The Technology Centre, Epinal Way, Loughborough LE11 0QE, UK. Tel: (0509) 231843

DC Distribution, Hitchin Road, Arlesey, Beds SG15 6SG, UK. Tel: (0462) 834444

Digital signal processors DSP56000ADS

Tool for designing, debugging and developing DSP56000 and DSP56001 target application equipment. Comprises three components: an application development module (ADM), an IBM bus interface board and an MS-DOS-based user interface program which can control up to eight ADMs simultaneously. ADM hardware includes 8k words of RAM and 1-4k words of ROM. Up to 99 breakpoints can be placed in program memory

Motorola Inc., 3501 Ed Bluestein Avenue, Austin, TX 78721, USA

Motorola Semiconductor Products Group, Colvilles Road, Kelvin Estate, Glasgow G75 0TG, UK. Tel: (03552) 39101

PDSP16330 Pythagoras

DSP chip in 2 ~m CMOS that converts Cartesian data (real and imaginary, 16 + 16 bit twos complement or sign magnitude) into polar form (16-bit magnitude and 12-bit phase) at 10 MHz. Phase output represents a full 2n field to eliminate phase ambiguities. Power dissipation is 500 mW. Target applications include radar and sonar processing and digital radio instrumentation

Plessey Semiconductors Ltd, Cheney Manor, Swindon, Wilts SN2 2QW, UK. Tel: (0793) 36251

Gothic Crellon Ltd, 3 The Business Centre, Molly Millar's Lane, Wokingham, Berks RG11 2EY, UK. Tel: (0734) 788878

Colour graphics controller board for VMEbus, based on an 8 MHz ACRTC 63484 with 1 Mbyte of video DRAM. Displays up to 16 colours out of 64k, and allows software selection between three different screens and a window screen. Features include hardware zoom, vertical and horizontal smooth scroll, clipping, hitting, blinking and conditional blinking, and a lightpen interface, hardware cursor and RGB and composite SYNC outputs are provided

Force Computers GmbH, Daimlerstrasse 9, D-8012 Ottobrunn, Munchen, FRG. Tel: (089) 60091-1

Force Computers Inc., 727 University Avenue, Los Gatos, CA 95030, USA. Tel: (408) 354-3410

Graphics boards SYS68K/AGC-2

From left: TM2 transputer module from Concurrent Techniques; the Loughborough Sound Images TMS32020 applications development board; and Kontron's KSE4 in-circuit emulator

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1095-1

STEbus prototyping I/O card with slave interface and space for up to 24 mixed 16-pin devices. Has 16 byte address space. Acknowledge/write timer is selectable from 220 ns to 470 ns

GMT Electronic Systems Ltd, Unit 7, Mole Business Park, Leatherhead, Surrey KT22 7BA, UK. Tel: (0t72) 373603

2501-7518-7

VMEbus SCSI host adaptor module connecting a VME system to from one to seven SCSI disc or device controllers. Communication between the VME system and the controllers can be under program control or by DMA. Features of the board include: strappable address modifiers; four VMEbus request levels and seven VMEbus interrupt levels; and support for SCSt arbitration reselection and parity generation and checking

Microproject BV, Klaus Sluterweg 125, 2012 WS Haarlen, The Netherlands. Tel: (23) 29-2084

ATI3160

Analogue input card for instrumental data acquisition, with eight differential voltage input channels and 13-bit resolution. Provides an isolated interface between analogue inputs and STD-bus-based systems. Maximum signal resolution is 2.5 pV and maximum throughput is 10 readings s-1 . The CONTROLBASIClanguage is used to select channel gain and to filter signals

Apoloco Ltd, 90 King Street, Newcastle, Staffs ST5 1JB, UK. Tel: (0782) 620519

CD22/6410

Intelligent prototyping board for I/O for Multibus II, providing an 8 MHz 80186 CPU, 512 kbyte of parity-protected DRAM, up to 128 kbyte of EPROM, bus interface and custom circuitry. The 16-bit local data bus is connected to the wire-wrap area and allows the 80186 and a user-supplied 82258 DMA controller access to the custom circuitry. Also available to the wire-wrap area are the board's 20 address lines, four chip select lines from the 80186, four programmable signals plus interrupt and DMA request lines, clock signals and several 80186 control signals

Central Data Corp., 1602 Newton Drive, Champaign, IL 61821-1098, USA. Tel: (217) 359-8010

SL800

STEbus serial communications board based on the Zilog 8530 controller, on a single Eurocard. Provides eight RS423 channels, effectively doubling the I/O capability of a single slot on the STEbus, says the designer. Synchronous and asynchronous protocols are supported

DSP Design Ltd, 100 St Pancras Way, London NW1 9ES, UK. Tel: 01-482 1773

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I/O boards

Amplicon Electronics Ltd, Richmond Road, Brighton, East Sussex BN2 3RL. UK Tel: (0273) 608331

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Data Translation Ltd. The Business Centre. Molly Millar's Lane Wokingham, Berks RG!I 2QZ, UK. Tel: (07~4) 793838

Microcompulers (single chip) MS0760-XXXP, M50761

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4-bit CMOS single-chip microcomputers designed to reduce peripheral logic in small-scale controller applications. The M50760 has 1024 X 8 bit on-chip ROM and 48 X 4 bit of RAM; the M50761 has 512 words of ROM and 36 words of RAM. Both devices have 14 I/O ports including high-current driving lines. The 760 Series instruction set has 37 commands with an execution time of 10 ps at 400 kHz. Power consumption: 900 IJA. Packaging: 20-pin DIP

Mitsubishi Electric Corp., 2-3 Marunouchi 2-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 100 Japan

Mitsubishi Electric (UK) Ltd, Semiconductor Division, Hertford Place, Denham Way, Maple Cross, Rickmansworth, Hefts WD3 2BJ, UK. Tel: (0923) 770000

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] 6 MHz version of the 80286 microprocessor, claimed to offer over twice the performance of the original IBM PC AT. Fully compatible with previous 12.5 MHz versions of the 80286, the new chip also allows the OS-2 operating system and graphical environments such as Microsoft Windows to be used. Target applications include IBM PC AT compatibles, communications controllers and graphics and CAD workstations

Advanced Micro Devices Inc., 901 Thompson Place, PO Box 3453, Sunnyvale, CA 94088, USA. Tel: (408) 732-2400

Advanced Micro Devices (UK) Ltd, AMD House, Goldsworth Road, Woking, Surrey GU21 1JT, UK. Tel: (04862) 22121

Microprocessors 80286-16

Peripheral devices Dual M5M82C55

CMOS IC implementing two programmable peripheral interface devices (equivalent to two M5M82C55s), for use in 8085-, 8086- and 8088-based systems. Separate chip select lines are provided for each block of I/O ports, but the data bus, two address lines and the reset input are shared. Read access time: 120 ns; driving capability: 4 mA per I/O pin; power consumption: 10 zaA;packaging: 64-pin shrink DIP

Mitsubishi Electric Corp., 2-3 Marunouchi 2-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 100 Japan

Mitsubishi Electric (UK) Ltd, Semiconductor Division, Hertford Place, Denham Way, Maple Cross, Rickmansworth, Herts WD3 2BJ, UK. Tel: (0923) 770000

Poach/ATB

Buffer chip compatible with the IBM PC AT. Two such chips can replace 25 devices associated with bus separation and multiplexing on an AT motherboard. When used with two earlier Poach chips (Microprocessors Microsyst. (March 1987) p 115), the device count needed for an AT-compatible motherboard may be reduced to 26. Poach/ATB can be used as a data or address buffer, and includes parity generation, checking logic, a RAS/CAS address multiplexer, address bus latches and a low-byte data bus latch. Fabricated in 1.8 pm CMOS

Zymos Corp., 477 North Mathilda Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA 94086, USA. Tel: (408) 730-5488

Chiptech Ltd, Alban Park, Hatfield Road, St Albans, Herts AL40JJ, UK. Tel: (0727) 40476

SharpScan

Graphics chip compatible with IBM's EGA graphics standard but having a 1128 × 560 line resolution. Includes video drivers, and a pixel multiplexing function that allows users to trade off the number of colours available (four instead of 16) against higher resolution. Can coexist with regular EGA without additional software or set-up changes

Chips and Technologies Inc., 3050 Zanker Road, San Jose, CA 95134, USA. Tel: (408) 434-0600

Katakana Ltd, Manhattan House, Bridge Road, Maidenhead, Berks, UK. Tel: (0628) 75641

From left: Apoloco's ATI3160 analogue input card for the STD bus; the CD22/6410 Multibus II intelligent prototyping board from Central Data; and the GMT Electronic Systems 1095-1 prototyping board for STEbus

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VL16C452

CMOS dual asynchronous communications element with a Centronics-style printer interface, designed to reduce device count, power consumption and system cost in systems requiring more than one I/O interface and a Centronics port. The device directly drives the printer interface without external buffers, and serves two serial interfaces simultaneously and independently in micro-based systems. A bidirectional parallel data port is also included. Packaging: 68-pin PLCC

VLSI Technology Inc., 10220 South 51 st Street, Phoenix, AZ 85044, USA. Tel: (602) 893-8574

VLSt Technology Ltd, Midsummer House, Midsummer Blvd, Central Milton Keynes MK9 3BN, UK. Tel: (0908) 667595

VL86C310

RISC video controller chip for use with the Acorn RISC machine. The device accepts video data from memory under DMA control, formats and serializes it and converts it to analogue signals for the CRT. Pixel rate is selectable as 8, 12, 16 or 24 MHz; up to 256 colours are selectable from a possible 4096. Colour or monochrome displays can be controlled, and sound generation is possible on up to eight independent stereo channels using a 40 kHz sampling rate. Packaging: 68-pin ceramic LCC or PLCC

VLSI Technology Inc., 10220 South 51 st Street, Phoenix, AZ 85044, USA. Tel: (602) 893-8574

VL51 ] echnology Ltd, Midsummer House, Midsummer Blvd, Central Milton Keynes MK9 3BN, UK. Tel: (0908) 667595

ZN437E8

Eight-channel data acquisition device that interfaces to a number of common microprocessors (up to 4 MHz). Consists of an 8-bit successive-approximation A/D converter and eight-channel multiplexer, 8 × 8 bit RAM, address latches, clock predivider, control logic and double-buffered latches with three-state outputs. Can be programmed for any of four conversion modes: single slot or continuous on a named channel or on all channels. Packaging: 28-pin DIP

Ferranti Electronics Ltd, Chadderton, Oldham, Lancs OL9 8NP, UK. Tel: (061) 624 0515

RR Electronics Ltd, St Martins Way, Cambridge Road, Bedford MK42 OLF. UK. Tel: (0234) 47211

256 kbit latched EPROMs for use in standard microcontroller architectures, with on-chip address latches that allow the memory's address and data pins to be tied directly to a microcontroller's multiplexed address and data pins. 87C257 interfaces to Intel 8- and 16-bit microcontrollers; 68C257 fits the 68-series microcontrollers. Maximum access time is 170 ns. Fabrication: 1.2 lain CMOS. Packaging: 2B-pin ceramic DIP

Intel Corp., 3065 Bowers Avenue, Santa Clara, CA 95051, USA. Tel: (408) 987-5084

Intel Corp. (UK) Ltd. Pipers , Way, Swindon. Wilts SN3 1RJ, UK. Tel: (0793) 696204

256 kbit (32k x 8) CMOS static RAMs with address access times down to 45 ns and typical power consumption of 300 roW. IDT71256S uses around 50 yW in full standby mode; IDT71256L has battery-backed data retention and uses only 20 pW in standby mode. Devices require no clock or refreshing, have three-state outputs and are packaged in 28-pin HIPs or 32-pin LCCs

Integrated Device Technology Inc., 3236 Scott Blvd, PO Box 58015, Santa Clara, CA 95052, USA. Tel: (408) 727-6116

Microlog Ltd, The Cornerstone, The Broadway, Woking, Surrey GU21 5EZ, UK. Tel: (04862) 29551

PROMs

87C257, 68C257

RAMs

ICT71256S, ICT71256L

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P4C164

64 kbit (8k × 8) CMOS static RAMs with access and cycle times of 20-35 ns (commercial) and 25-45 ns (military). Power consumption is typically 605 mW (active) and 116 mW (standby). Packaging: 28-pin DIP or 32-pin LCC

Performance Semiconductor Corp., 610 East Weddell Drive, Sunnyvale, CA 94089, USA. Tel: (408) 734-9000

Kudos Electronics Ltd, 55 Suttons Park. London Road, Reading, Berks RG6 1AZ, UK. Tel: (0734) 351010

ET2009M, ET3004M

ECL gate arrays with on-chip RAM, designed for applications involving CPUs, telecommunications and network transmission circuits, ATE, displays and instrumentation. ET2009M has up to 1920 equivalent gates and 9216 bit of RAM; ET3004M has up to 2880 equivalent gates and 4608 bit of RAM. Internal gate delays range from 0.22 to 0.5 ns and a variety of I/O options available. A built-in RAM test circuit is provided

Fujitsu Ltd, 6-1 Marunouchi 2-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 100 Japan

Fujitsu Microelectronics Ltd, Hargrave House, Belmont Road, Maidenhead, Berks SL6 6NE, UK. Tel: (0628) 761 O0

LMA9000 Micro Array, LM b6000 Micro bASIC series

Low- to medium-density (from 700 to 10 000 gates) CMOS gate arrays based on the manufacturer's Channel-Free architecture, giving 1.5 pm gate length and typical internal propagation delays of 0.57 ns through a two-input NAND gate. LMA9000 can incorporate up to 4 kbit of RAM (typical cycle time around 15 ns) or up to 16 kbit of ROM, plus logic and up to 158 input and output pads, and is supported by a library of over 300 macrocells and macrofunctions. LMb6000 is targetted at first-time, cost-sensitive designers and is aimed at TTL and PAL replacement and board space reduction; it is supported by a wide range of common SSI and MSI macrocell and macrofunction libraries

LSI Logic Corp., 1551 McCarthy BIvd, Milpitas, CA 95035, USA. Tel: (408) 433-8000

LSI Logic Ltd, Grenville Place, The Ring, Bracknell, Berks RG12 1BP, UK. Tel: (0344) 426544

PLHS501

'Programmable macro logic' gate arrays based on a fuse programmable NAND-NAND array with 72 NAND terms, 24 dedicated inputs, eight bidirectional I/O pins, eight XOR outputs and eight dedicated outputs. Internal feedback paths allow the implementation of logic functions available on current PLA devices without sacrificing I/O pins, says Mullard. Input-to-output delays are 17 ns for single-pass functions and 25 ns for two-pass functions. Packaging: 52-pin PLCC

Mullard Ltd, Mullard House, Torrington Place, London WC1F 7HD, UK. Tel: 01-580 6633

UHB series

1.5 lam CMOS gate array series comprising 11 arrays with gate capacities from 336 to 12 734 net. A flexible I/O buffer cell implementation provides options such as different I/O levels, a range of driving capabilities, input pull-up/ pull-down options and an output buffer with a noise limit resistance option, also affecting maximum gate count. Typical gate delay is 0.9 ns. The arrays have a double-column structure throughout, dedicated internal bus drivers and output current programmable to 24 mA

Fujitsu Ltd, 6-1 Marunouchi 2-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 100 Japan

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Fujitsu Microelectronics Ltd, Hargrave House, Belmont Road, Maidenhead, Berks SL6 6NE, UK. Tel: (0628) 761 O0

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Software: languages Added Dimension Forth

FORTHdevelopment software for multiprocessor systems based on the 8086 microprocessor family, hosted by an IBM PC running under MS-DOS. A 'virtual processor' mechanism allows one or more target processors, each of which is a multitasking FORTHsystem, to be simulated on the host PC. Virtual target images can then be reconfigured automatically to run on physical target processors. A suitably configured target processor can support up to 14 virtual processors

Added Dimension Software, Eastbourne House, 38 Eastbourne Road, Middlesbrough, Cleveland TS5 6QW, UK Tel: (0642) 823968

C

Microprocessor-oriented c crosscompilers hosted on Vax systems running Berkeley Unix or Ultrix, producing code for the 80286, 80386, 68000, 68020, 32000 series and Clipper CPUs and supporting their accompanying floating-point coprocessors and IEEEsoftware emulations. All packages include an assembler, an optimizer that can be optionally invoked and a set of c runtime library files. The 68000 version includes the Optim-2 high-level optimizer

Root Technical Systems, Saunderson House, Hayne Street, London EC1A 9HH, UK. Tel: 01-726 6501

PASCALcompiler for developing embedded microprocessor applications software. Predefined functions allow direct I/O to target devices which generate in-line code and enable interrupt handlers to be written in PASCAL.Other facilities include a single file of declarations for any modules, separate compilation of manageable portions of code by means of a 'module' statement, and production of ROMable code. Runs on Vax systems

BSO Inc., 128 Technology Center, Waltham, MA 02254-9164, USA. Tel: (617) 894-7800

'Terminal emulation development' system designed to ease program development using microprocessor emulators. Provides a menu-driven environment giving access to the user's own editor, compiler and other. programs. VT52 and VT100 terminal emulation allows control of any emulator that 6ommunicates via a serial port, and file transfer functions are instantly available for up- and downloading of source and object files and symbol tables

Pentica Systems Ltd, Station Industrial Estate, Oxford Road, Wokingham, Berks RG11 2YQ, UK. Tel: (0734) 792101

Digital word generator designed to provide a complete stimulus-response system for Gould logic analysers, allowing verification of all aspects of a circuit design from breadboarding to production. Supplied with PC-based control software, the instrument may be programmed to simulate data words from two channels wide X 128 kbyte deep to 64 channels wide x 4 kbyte deep. Clock rate is 40 MHz

Gould Electronics, 1870 Lundy Avenue, San Jose, CA 95131, USA. Tel: (408) 263-7155

crosscompilers

Pascal-II

BSO UK, 16 Fernhill Road, Farnborough, Hants GU14 9RX, UK. Tel: (0252) 510014

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Test equipment PG4064

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Gould Electronics Ltd, Instrument Systems, Roebuck Road, Hainault, Ilfordi Essex IG6 3UE, UK. Tel! 01-500 1000

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