Specifications

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As of Agate Revision 2.0, a “Personality Interface
Module” (PIM) is available that is VITA 36d0_1 com-
patible. It can be used with VME, cPCI, and OpenVPX
PIM Carriers. It includes the XMC XIM enhancement
suggested by Extreme Engineering which enables
additional I/O to be supported.
When you use both the XMC Pn6 and PMC Pn4 con-
nectors on the Agate PIM, all of the Agate rear I/O is
accessible via a connectors mounted on both sides of
the PIM, as shown in the diagrams below.
An alternate version includes a VME P2-style connec-
tor which allows the PIM to be used with Rastergraf
and Technobox PMC and XMC carriers.
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Part of the PIM is a snap-out mini-board, or boardlet,
that can be used to ease the connection of cameras
to the Agate. It is described in more detail on the fol-
lowing page. Most small cameras (see next page)
connect to the controller with a 0.5mm FPC cable.
There is not a lot of standardization so usually you
have to make your own adapters.
The PIM camera adapter boardlet is double-sided:
a) Side 1 is for use with the Avnet WandCam MIPI
CSI-2 camera.
b) Side 2 is for use with OmniVision OV5640Y YUV
parallel data camera.
Side 1
DisplayPort
Channel A
Side 1
DisplayPort
Channel B
Side 1
Agate SDR50
multipurpose I/O
connector provides
DBVI Input
Ch B VGA,
RGBHV in or
Ch A VGA,
8x NTSC/PAL in,
1x stereo audio in or
Ch B VGA DDC
special order:
RG-101 mode on Ch B VGA
Side 1
Pn4 PMC Connector
Provides
2x VGA out,
RGBHV or DVI in,
8x NTSC/PAL in,
1x stereo audio in
Side 1
Pn6 XMC Connector
Provides
2x DisplayPort out,
RGBHV or DVI in,
8x NTSC/PAL in,
1 stereo audio in,
1 USB 3.0 port
Side 2
USB 3.0
uPD720201
Port 3
Side 1&2
Snap-out Camera
adapter boardlet
Side 2
Optional
VME P2
connector
for Carriers
Agate
I/O
Connector
x4
x2
XMC Pn6 I/O Connector
Hi Res
DVI Input
Hi Res
RGBHV
Input
Agate PIM
Optional VME P2 Connector
PMC Pn4 I/O Connector
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Figure 6: PIM Connectors
Figure 5: PIM Block Diagram