The System Engineer's Handbook
Guide to Building VME and VXI Systems
Published on 1. January 1992
Book
Hardback
1112 pages
978-0-12-102820-6 (ISBN)
Description
The System Engineer's Handbook, written by the developer of the VME bus system and some of the most knowledgeable experts in the computer industry, is the most comprehensive guide available for the VME bus standard. It is the system engineer's guide to building high performance multiprocessor systems. This book contains complete copies of VME bus and VXI bus specifications and applications information, enabling a system engineer to purchase state-of-the-art board components from specialized manufacturers and assemble them into a fully-functional system.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
San Francisco
United States
Publishing group
Elsevier Science & Technology
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
index
Dimensions
Height: 262 mm
Width: 191 mm
Weight
1996 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-12-102820-6 (9780121028206)
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Edited by John Black
Content
Debugging the Hardware. Creating and Debugging Your System Software. Multiprocessing and Multitasking. Multiple Chassis VME Bus Systems. Graphics on VME Bus. VXI Bus. Disk Interface Standards. Ethernet. Image Processing and Machine Vision. Interfacing to the Real World. VME Bus Specification: Introduction to the VME Bus Specification. Data Transfer Bus. Data Transfer Bus Arbitration. Priority Interrupt. Utilities. Electrical Specifications. Mechanical Specifications. VXI Bus Implementation of VME Specifications. System Architecture. VXI Bus Device Implementations. Command and Event Formats. Dynamic Configuration. Shared Memory Protocols. Index.