VME P2 Connector Pin-Out

The table below defines the pin out for the VME P2 connector. The table which defines the pin-out for the VME P1 connector is listed on the VMEbus P1 pinout page. Both Pin-Out tables define the 96 Pin DIN Connectors: 3 Rows x 32 Pins. Links to the 5-row [VME64] pinout are listed after the table. The main VMEbus page provides additional details including a bus interface description, Timing, connector types, card sizes, and electronic equipment and component manufacturers.

Pin #	Signal Name	Signal Name	Signal Name
	Row A	Row B	Row C
1	User Defined	+5v	User Defined
2	User Defined	GND	User Defined
3	User Defined	RETRY	User Defined
4	User Defined	A24	User Defined
5	User Defined	A25	User Defined
6	User Defined	A26	User Defined
7	User Defined	A27	User Defined
8	User Defined	A28	User Defined
9	User Defined	A29	User Defined
10	User Defined	A30	User Defined
11	User Defined	A31	User Defined
12	User Defined	GND	User Defined
13	User Defined	+5v	User Defined
14	User Defined	D16	User Defined
15	User Defined	D17	User Defined
16	User Defined	D18	User Defined
17	User Defined	D19	User Defined
18	User Defined	D20	User Defined
19	User Defined	D21	User Defined
20	User Defined	D22	User Defined
21	User Defined	D23	User Defined
22	User Defined	GND	User Defined
23	User Defined	D24	User Defined
24	User Defined	D25	User Defined
25	User Defined	D26	User Defined
26	User Defined	D27	User Defined
27	User Defined	D28	User Defined
28	User Defined	D29	User Defined
29	User Defined	D30	User Defined
30	User Defined	D31	User Defined
31	User Defined	GND	User Defined
32	User Defined	+5V	User Defined

The VME bus interface I/O types are listed below:
Open collector signals which require Open Collector drivers and receivers:
ACFail, BBSY, BERR, DTACK, IACK, SERDAT, SYSFAIL, SYSRESET, [IRQ1 - IRQ7], and [BR0 - BR3].
Three-State signals which require 3-State drivers and receivers:
AS, DS0, DS1, DTACK, RETRY, IACK, LWORD, WRITE, [AM0 - AM5], [A01 - A31], and [D00 - D31].
Totem-Pole signals which require Totem-Pole drivers and receivers:
BCLR, SYSCLK, SERCLK, IACKIN, IACKOUT, [BG0IN - BG3IN], [BG0OUT - BG3OUT].

The pin-out for the VME P2 connector is listed above. All cards most have a P1 connector, which normally defines a 3U high card. Boards which have a P2 are 6U boards (double height). How ever 6U circuit cards are produced which do not have a P2 connector, or a card may have a P2 but may not bus the "B" row.
The P1 connector provides all the bus control signals for a 16 bit data bus and a 24 bit address bus. Using the P2 connector allows the card to use a 32 bit address bus, and a 32 bit data bus. The 32 bit data bus may be increased to 64 bits during BLock Transfers if the upper 32 bits of data are multiplexed onto the address bus.

The P2 connector also provides 2 rows of 32 pins (64 pins) on rows "A" and "C" (labeled "N/C" above) as user defined pins. These pins are not bused on the back plane and may be used by the board for any reason. Of coarse, all boards use them to increase their I/O.
Some boards adopt the "user defined" pins of rows "A" and "C" in a unique fashion, so the signals coming out will only support their card. Other cards will follow an IEEE or VITA standard to support their I/O, and still others don't require the additional I/O and don't bus the signals at all. Many cards use the pins to communicate with "Transition" cards which either reside in the rear of the chassis or the rear of the back-plane. For the cards which bus their signals as defined by a specification, their are a number of them, a short list is provided (with details, on either the "Mezzanine Bus" page or the "VME (P2) Add on Buses" page.

When the board uses a daughter card it may follow one of the Mezzanine standards to bring out its I/O. The IP standard is normally used to produce more (varied) I/O, or the PMC standard may be used (which provides more processing power).
Boards may be produced which allow one of a number of high speed "Cross-Bar" switches to increase the through-put of VME cards on the bus. RaceWay does this by adding a daughter card (on the rear of the back plane) across the P2 connectors.
A number of card designs place serial buses onto the user defined P2 pins, these include: Autobahn, and SkyChannel.

VME64x and VME64 (optional) come with an enhanced connector. Five rows instead of the 3 rows used in the original VME specification. The 160 pin DIN (5 row x 32 pin) add rows "z" and "d". Primarily these additions are power (+3.3 volts) and ground (GND) on P1 and 'User Defined' on P2 (next page). Rows "A", "B", and "C" remain unchanged. The VME64 five row connector pinout is depicted on either the VMEbus P1 Pin out page or VMEbus P2 Pinout page.

There are a number of different connector types used with the VMEbus
P1 and P2 are 96 pin DIN (41612, Type C) 3 rows x 32 pins [Pitch 2.54mm (.100")] @ IEEE 1014-1987; [VME]
P1 and P2 are 160 pin DIN (41612, Type C Expanded) 5 rows x 32 pins [Pitch 2.54mm (.100")] @ ANSI/VITA 1-1994; [VME64]
P1 connectors may also come with an Auto Bus Grant [ABG] option which is an automatic [mechanical] switching capability built-in to auto jumper the slot

P2 Split DIN / RF Coax (DIN 41612 Type M) DIN + Coax @ 78 + 2, 60 + 4, 42 + 6, 24 + 8

The class of connectors determines the number of insertions it's [Mechanical Endurance] designed to handle per DIN 41612.
Class 1: 500 mating cycles
Class 2: 400 mating cycles
Class 3: 50 mating cycles

A listing of companies that manufacturer VME DIN connectors are listed on the main VMEbus page

Back to the main VMEbus page for additional details including connector types, bus pin outs, and electronic equipment and component manufacturers.

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