mvme5500, PowerPC, VME, and end-of-life issues

[Peter Dufault]

Arrow recently notified my client using the MVME5500 that it is end-of-life with a last order coming up in June.  I told them to check if the situation is the same for the MVME6100.

Is there anyone else using PowerPC, VME, and RTEMS that has a similar issue and what are you thinking of?  My thinking is that since you can still get MVME167 boards without too much trouble my client should start a migration to a modern architecture, away from VME, to complete over the next few years.  If the MVME6100 isn't end-of-life then switch to that during the change-over, if not just stick with the MVME5500 during the change.

Or is there something special about the availability of old boards like the MVME167 that doesn't apply to the MVME5500?


Peter
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Peter Dufault
HD Associates, Inc.      Software and System Engineering