Dynamic Engineering FAQ's (Frequently Asked Questions)

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PCI FAQ's
PMC FAQ's
Company and Misc. FAQ's


Company and Misc. FAQ's


What is your product warranty?
Hardware: All Dynamic Engineering boards carry a 1 year warranty
Drivers: All Dynamic Engineering software drivers carry a 30 day from delivery warranty

Can you customize a board for us?
We are willing to customize our products for specific needs. Dynamic Engineering frequent;ly does product modification to help our clients. Many times we can update the VHDL to make the changes, other times rework to the board is required.

Device Naming with WinRT 4.0
In WinRT 4.0 when you select a new device a "Create new NT4 device" window appears. It recommends using user defined symbolic link names. This is a bad thing. If you answer "No" to this question the Device Name will be WrtDev0 and the Engineering Kit software works fine, but if you answer "Yes" and give it another name the software doesn't work. If you use the default name of WrtDev it [WinRT] gets upset and tells you not to do it that way.

Do your products support Sun's Solaris on the SPARC platform?
Yes, the PCI bus is OS independent.



PMC FAQ's


PMC #1: What is the working voltage on the PCI bus?
On all of our Xilinx based designs, our PMC's can work with 3.3v and 5v PCI signal levels.

PMC #2: Device Naming with WinRT 4.0
In WinRT 4.0 when you select a new device a "Create new NT4 device" window appears. It recommends using user defined symbolic link names. This is a bad thing. If you answer "No" to this question the Device Name will be WrtDev0 and the Engineering Kit software works fine, but if you answer "Yes" and give it another name the software doesn't work. If you use the default name of WrtDev it [WinRT] gets upset and tells you not to do it that way.

PMC #3:Can you customize a board for us?
We are willing to customize our products for specific needs. Dynamic Engineering frequent;ly does product modification to help our clients. Many times we can update the VHDL to make the changes, other times rework to the board is required.

PMC #4: How many amps can I get on the on the PMC-Extendio?
2A at 5V, 3.3,VIO,+12,-12

PCI2PMC #1 How much power can I pull?
Not using the onboard regulator, our PCI2PMC follows the PMC specs for maximum power consumption and heat dissipation which is 7.5 watts. The actual metal on the 5v and 3.3v lines is 80 mil traces on 1 ounce copper. That could theoretically draw up to approximately 4 amps if supplied by the backplane.The 12v and -12v are 60 mil traces which roughly allows up to 3.5 amps.

PCI2PMC #2 What if I need more than 1 amp on the 3.3v line? If more than 1 amp is needed on the 3.3v line, we recommend populating the 'L1' spot rather than using a shunt. Please note that this note is obsolete with recent revision PCI2PMC boards which have a user shunt to select backplane or regulator power supply options

PCI2PMC #3 On Pin4, where does it go and how do I get access to it?
The individual pins on the JN4 (PN4) connector are accessible by either connector on our board designated 'P2' or 'P3'. 'P2' is a 68 pin SCSI connector that we recommend using with our SCSI cable and the HDEterm68 breakout block for ease of debugging. The other option is the "VME" connector which is supplied standard and can be used with a 64 pin ribbon cable and the DINterm64.

PCI2PMC #4 What is the J1 setting? The J1 settings on the PCI2PMC are as follows.
Pin 1 Top pin is connected to the motherboard 3.3V
Pin 2 Middle pin is connected to the PMC 3.3V
Pin 3 Bottom pin is connected directly to the local REG1 3.3V
L1 can be used to bypass the Pin 1 + Pin 2 setting (motherboard 3.3V to PMC 3.3v) and allow more amp draw from the motherboard 3.3V.
Please note that this note is obsolete for recent revision PCI2PMC boards which have a user shunt to select backplane or regulator power supply options

PCI2PMC #5 Does this card define the VIO? The PCI2PMC is a Universal PCI card and does not define the VIO, the motherboard manufacturer decides the VIO.

PCI2PMC #6 Does the PCI2PMC carry the JTAG signals from the PCI teeth?
The PCI2PMC does carry the JTAG signals from the PCI teeth (P1) to the PMC connectors (Jn1 + Jn2) indirectly through an optional header to allow a cable or the backplane to connect to the JTAG signals.

PCI2PMC #7 I need to make a mechanical interface between the PCI2PMC and our PMC board, what are the dimensions and locations of the mounting holes?
You can download a drawing of the mounting hole locations PCI2PMC mounting specifications in pdf format. Our PDF shows x,y coordinates of PMC mounting holes in relation to the top right corner. This drawing is based on the same measurements as those shown in the PMC specs.


PCI FAQ's


PCI #1:Device Naming with WinRT 4.0 In WinRT 4.0 when you select a new device a "Create new NT4 device" window appears. It recommends using user defined symbolic link names. This is a bad thing. If you answer "No" to this question the Device Name will be WrtDev0 and the Engineering Kit software works fine, but if you answer "Yes" and give it another name the software doesn't work. If you use the default name of WrtDev it [WinRT] gets upset and tells you not to do it that way.

PCIBPMC: When using a bridge (PCIBPMC) - Do you support any sort of on card PCI arbitration for the PrPMC on the extender (using the secondary arbitter already found on the bridge)?
The internal arbitration is enabled and the rqst/gnt level 0 pair are connected to the PMC.

PCI2PMC #1 How much power can I pull?
Not using the onboard regulator, our PCI2PMC follows the PMC specs for maximum power consumption and heat dissipation which is 7.5 watts. The actual metal on the 5v and 3.3v lines is 80 mil traces on 1 ounce copper. That could theoretically draw up to approximately 4 amps if supplied by the backplane.The 12v and -12v are 60 mil traces which roughly allows up to 3.5 amps.

PCI2PMC #3 What if I need more than 1 amp on the 3.3v line?
If more than 1 amp is needed on the 3.3v line, we recommend populating the 'L1' spot rather than using a shunt.
Please note that this note is obsolete for recent revision PCI2PMC boards which have a user shunt to select backplane or regulator power supply options

PCI2PMC #4 On Pn4, where does it go and how do I get access to it?
The individual pins on the JN4 (PN4) connector are accessible by either IO connector on our board. Options are for the 68 pin SCSI or 64 pin "DIN" connector. We have matching cables for either along with breakouts. We recommend the HDEterm68 with SCSI cable and the DINterm64 with the DIN connector. Please refer to the Dynamic Data Pages in the Java menus for more information.

PCI2PMC #5 What is the J1 setting?
The J1 settings on the PCI2PMC are as follows.
Pin 1 Top pin is connected to the motherboard 3.3V
Pin 2 Middle pin is connected to the PMC 3.3V
Pin 3 Bottom pin is connected directly to the local REG1 3.3V
L1 can be used to bypass the Pin 1 + Pin 2 setting (motherboard 3.3V to PMC 3.3v) and allow more amp draw from the motherboard 3.3V.
Please note that this note is obsolete for recent revision PCI2PMC boards which have a user shunt to select backplane or regulator power supply options

PCI2PMC #6 Does this card define the VIO?
The PCI2PMC is a Universal PCI card and does not define the VIO, the motherboard manufacturer decides the VIO.

PCI2PMC #7 Does the PCI2PMC carry the JTAG signals from the PCI teeth?
The PCI2PMC does carry the JTAG signals from the PCI teeth (P1) to the PMC connectors (Jn1 + Jn2) indirectly through an optional header to allow a cable or the backplane to connect to the JTAG signals.

PCI2PMC #8 I need to make a mechanical interface between the PCI2PMC and our PMC board, what are the dimensions and locations of the mounting holes?
You can download a drawing of the mounting hole locations
PCI2PMC mounting specifications in pdf format. Our PDF shows x,y coordinates of PMC mounting holes in relation to the top right corner. This drawing is based on the same measurements as those shown in the PMC specs.

PCIAltera #1 I see that the PCI Altera Engineering kit comes with board diagnostics code in VHDL, can I get this in Verilog?
The PCI Altera design only comes with VHDL


cPCI FAQ's

Device Naming with WinRT 4.0
In WinRT 4.0 when you select a new device a "Create new NT4 device" window appears. It recommends using user defined symbolic link names. This is a bad thing. If you answer "No" to this question the Device Name will be WrtDev0 and the Engineering Kit software works fine, but if you answer "Yes" and give it another name the software doesn't work. If you use the default name of WrtDev it [WinRT] gets upset and tells you not to do it that way.

IndustryPack FAQ's

Device Naming with WinRT 4.0
In WinRT 4.0 when you select a new device a "Create new NT4 device" window appears. It recommends using user defined symbolic link names. This is a bad thing. If you answer "No" to this question the Device Name will be WrtDev0 and the Engineering Kit software works fine, but if you answer "Yes" and give it another name the software doesn't work. If you use the default name of WrtDev it [WinRT] gets upset and tells you not to do it that way.

In addition Dynamic Engineering now has drivers for each of our IP Carrier products and most of our IP´s. The carrier drivers come with a generic IP driver to allow the use of IP´s without a Dynamic Driver. It is recommended to use one of the Dynamic Engineering Drivers.

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