Jnc: Expand greatly; includes all the main concepts now

2024-12-23T23:28:36Z

Expand greatly; includes all the main concepts now

Jnc: Jnc moved page VME to VMEbus over redirect: Formal name

2024-12-21T14:00:29Z

Jnc moved page VME to VMEbus over redirect: Formal name

2018-02-19T22:26:53Z

Update cat, add links

2007-05-17T18:22:48Z

2007-05-17T09:23:25Z

add VME stub

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The '''VME''' bus is 68000 based and used in many minis and specialist computers.

[[Category:Bus Architectures]]

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+The '''VMEbus''' (there is no official expansion of the acronym, but it is widely considered to mean 'VERSA Module Eurocard') [[bus]], initially developed starting in 1981, is the most popular 16/32-bit multi-vendor [[backplane]] bus; it was standardized by the [[IEC]] as ANSI/IEEE 1014-1987. Initially, it was used for many [[minicomputer]]s, and other specialist computer systems (especially [[real-time]] systems such as [[data acquisition]] systems); it continues to see wide use today in that area. (Improvements have been introduced over time, but they are generally both forward as well as [[backward compatibility|backward compatible]].)
-The '''VME''' [[bus]] was originally [[Motorola MC68000]] based and was later used in many minis and specialist computers.
+For its mechanical form factor, it used the [[Eurocard]] system (sizes, insertion mechanicals etc); electrically (since Eurocard does not define anything electrical), it was strongly based on the [[Motorola]]-created [[VERSAbus]], developed in the late 1970s. Physically, unlike the VERSAbus, which used [[etch]] fingers on one edge of the card (to make electrical contact with the bus), the VMEbus used DIN 41612 [[pin]] and shell [[connector]]s; these are more resilient to mechanical wear.
 == External Links ==
 * [http://pinouts.ru/Slots/vmebus_pinout.shtml VME bus pinout and signals]
 [[Category: Buses]]

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-The '''VME''' bus is 68000 based and used in many minis and specialist computers.
+The '''VME''' [[bus]] was originally [[Motorola MC68000]] based and was later used in many minis and specialist computers.
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 * [http://pinouts.ru/Slots/vmebus_pinout.shtml VME bus pinout and signals]
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