AvnetPowerPC440GX评估方案

Avnet 公司的AMCC PowerPC 440GX评估板为设计者提供了开发和测试IBM PowerPC 440系列处理器的平台,从而加速了开发产品面市的时间,目标应用在嵌入式控制器,网络设备如IP交换,线路卡,网关以及通信设备.本文介绍了AMCC PowerPC 440GX评估板的主要特性和方框图.

AMCC PowerPC 440GX Evaluation Kit
The AMCC PowerPC 440GX Evaluation Kit from Avnet Electronic Marketing speeds
time to market for designers, offering a platform to develop and test products that are targeted to the IBM PowerPC 440 family. The AMCC PowerPC 440GX is a superscalar   processor with 32Kbyte instruction and data caches and a 256Kbyte L2 cache that
may also be utilized for low-latency packet/code storage. A TCP/IP offload engine may be utilized to speed up data packet processing on the two gigabit Ethernet ports.The 440GX module may be utilized as a 32/64-bit PCI/PCI-X target, or may be used as a stand-alone module powered from the included +5V @ 4.5A supply. Application support is provided by a 256 MB SODIMM DDR SDRAM module and 32 MB of Flash memory.



图1. AMCC PowerPC® 440GX评估板外形图
AMCC PowerPC 440GX Evaluation Kit Includes:
—Evaluation board
—User manual
—Bill of materials
—Schematics
—Power supply
AMCC PowerPC 440GX评估板主要特性:
Processor
—AMCC PowerPC 440GX Processor
I/O Peripherals
—Xilinx CPLD XC2C32
—AvBus expansion connectors (2)
—6 LEDs
—4 DIP switches
—6 push-button switches
—JTAG interface
—RISCWatch/Trace Interface (MICTOR)
—I2C interfaces (2)
—Universal PCI/PCI-X to 133 MHz
Memory
—Intel J3 Flash (32 MB)
—Micron 256 MB SODIMM ECC module (72-bit)
—I2C serial PROM
Communication
—RS-232 serial port
—10/100/1000 Ethernet PHY (2)
Power
—Texas InstrumentsTM dual power module: 3.3V/2.5V, 6A each rail
—National Semiconductor linear regulators

目标应用:
—Embedded controller
—Networking
>IP switches
>Line cards
>Gateways
>IP SAN HBAs
—Telecommunications



图2. AMCC PowerPC 440GX评估板方框图

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