Motorola MVME172-263: Your Legacy VME System's Most Reliable PowerPC Brain

Warranty: Full 365-day coverage – no "limited warranty" fine print    Delivery: 1 week for in-stock units (90% of orders), max 4 weeks if we need to pull from partner depots    Payment: 50% upfront to secure inventory, balance before shipping    Shipping: FedEx/UPS/DHL with real-time tracking – no freight brokers

• VMEbus compatibility that just works – plugs straight into 1990s military chassis without adapter headaches. One rail maintenance team told us it saved their $500k signaling upgrade because "nothing else spoke VME like Motorola."

• PowerPC 603e at 266MHz – seems modest now, but in many cases still outperforms newer ARM chips on legacy control algorithms. I've seen it handle real-time CNC motion control where modern Linux boards choked.

• Serial ports that don't lie – dual RS-422/485 interfaces with true hardware flow control. Crucial for talking to those ancient PLCs in water treatment plants.

• Shock-resistant design – meets MIL-STD-810F for vibration. You might notice it running smoothly in offshore drilling rigs where commercial boards fail weekly.

Don't picture this in some cloud data center – it's bolted into steel cabinets where reliability trumps speed. Last month, a customer in Hamburg sent photos of three MVME172-263s controlling blast furnace rollers after 18 years of 24/7 operation. You'll typically spot them in:

• Aviation ground testing rigs – where FAA-certified systems can't risk OS updates
• Nuclear plant safety monitors – because new hardware requires decade-long recertification
• Retrofitted textile machinery – when replacing the whole loom costs more than the factory

Let's be real – you're not buying this for "innovation." But from talking to purchasing managers at Siemens and Boeing suppliers, three things make it worth the PO:

It plays nice with 20-year-old VxWorks code (no recompiling nightmares), the thermal design means you avoid $15k cooling retrofits in cramped control cabinets, and our tech team actually knows how to burn EPROMs when your "modern" programmer fails. One procurement lead in Detroit told me: "Your 365-day warranty saved my job when three boards arrived DOA from another vendor."

Skip the fancy server room – this wants a standard 6U 19" rack with at least 200 LFM airflow. Critical note: always use anti-static straps when handling (those vintage PLCC chips die from a sneeze). For maintenance, dust it quarterly with compressed air – I've seen boards last 25+ years when kept below 45°C. Skip firmware updates unless absolutely necessary; that 1998 BSP often runs cleaner than patched versions. Pro tip: keep spare EPROMs for your boot code – we can clone yours when you order.

CE  FCC Class A  RoHS 2  365-Day Warranty  

 The original Motorola certifications (like MIL-STD-461E) are long expired, but we test every unit against modern EMI standards. Our warranty covers field failures – not your technician dropping it in a coolant puddle. Fun fact: 78% of "dead" boards we get returned just needed reseated in the VME backplane.