MPC8541E development platform
(MPC8541E processor card + Type-N/S carrier)
(Above is the pictures for MPC8541E reference board)
Overview
MPC8541E
development platform consists of MPC8541E processor card (MPC8541EPC) and two
kinds of carriers for different application. MPC8541EPC serves as a general-purpose PQ37PC processor card
and supports Freescale MPC8540/8541E/8555E/8560 processor. The reusable
processor card integrates CPU (8541E) and some periphery circuit and can be flexibly
combined with Type-N and Type-S carrier board for different
applications, such as network communication and storage application. It reduces the design cycle and saves the investment for
the designer.
Freescale Semiconductor's MPC8541E
PowerQUICC™ III host processor integrates a wide range of advanced Freescale
technologies, modular cores and peripherals. Leveraging Freescale's
system-on-chip (SoC) PowerQUICC III platform architecture, the MPC8541E
combines the powerful Book E e500 core and communications peripheral technology
to balance processor performance with I/O system throughput. The processor is
designed to offer clock speeds scaling from 533 MHz to 1 GHz.
In addition, the MPC8541E features an integrated security engine, a double data rate SDRAM (DDR SDRAM) memory controller, dual Gigabit Ethernet controllers, dual 10/100 Ethernet, a four-channel DMA controller, dual asynchronous receiver/transmitters (DUART) and a 64-bit PCI controller that can also serve as two 32-bit PCI ports. Dual on-chip PCI support provides a cost-effective alternative to separate, discrete PCI bridges and chipsets for I/O- intensive applications that require multiple PCI interfaces. In addition to these features, the MPC8541E provides a local bus controller, dual I2C support, and SPI interface.
Advantages
of Using the PQ37PC
The PQ37PC is
designed to contain the mandatory memories (DDR and flash) and system logics
(latch and buffer) only. However, it supports wide range of
peripherals/interfaces, for example ATM, 10/100/1000 Base-T Ethernet, UART,
through the I/O connectors and a corresponding carrier board. The following
sections describe the advantages of using the PQ37PC.
1
Flexibility
The PowerQUICCTM family devices are highly flexible that can support many kinds of
peripheral and protocol. A single reference board can never satisfy all desired
requirements. To support different peripherals and protocols with limited
budget, a system consist of a processor card plus a carrier board is desired. In
the PQ37PC, the entire CPM I/O, PCI bus, Local Bus signals are fanout to the I/O
connectors. User can easily incorporate their own carrier system with the PQ37PC
as most of the I/Os are available on the card.
2
Shortening of the design cycle
The PowerQUICC IIITM is a highly integrated and complicated device, which works
with many high-speed interfaces. Designing these high speed interfaces always
increase the development cycle if a user does not familiar with the PowerQUICC
IIITM family. The PQ37PC is convenient for user on
fast prototyping because user need not to put many affords on PowerQUICC IIITM design with using the PQ37PC, but only focus on his own
carrier board. The most convenient way is plugging the PQ37PC into the Type-N
carrier board.
3
Reusability
The PCB dimension
and the assignment of connection signals between the PQ37PC and the carrier
board are fixed. User can easily upgrade or modify the PQ37PC with our
processors, such as PowerQUICC IIITM Hip8 devices, PowerQUICC IITM Pro family, while keeping the peripherals on the carrier
board unchanged.
4
Ease of Debug
The architecture of
the PQ37PC plus carrier board separates the main system from the peripherals. It
ease user’s debugging effort by isolating the problem at the main system upon
the proven peripherals or vice versa, instead of debugging a messy system with
all peripherals integrated on a single board.
5
Standardized reference
The PQ37PC is in PMC form factor which allows user to fit the processor card into his own system board with minimum effort.
Application
MPC8541E processor can be applied for Telecommunications switching equipment, integrated access devices, Metro area networks, VPN and firewall routers and Branch office and enterprise routers
Solution 1: MPC8541E development platform (MPC8541E processor card + Type-N carrier)
Model: MT8541E-N
Features:
·
CPU: Freescale PowerQUICC III MPC8541E processor, with frequency speed up to 833MHz
Performance: 1850MIPS
· Memory:
— Flash: up to 16 Mbytes
· Interfaces:
— Two Gigabit Etherset ports
—
One 10/100 Base-T Ethernet port (optional)
— Two PCI interfaces
— One RS-232 port
·
Other
—
COP interface
—
5V fan connector
—
3.3V and 5V power supplied from a carrier
board
—
Dimension:
147mm x 70.9mm
·
Other
Solution 2: MPC8541E development platform (MPC8541E processor card + Type-S carrier)
Application: Network attached storage
Features:
·
CPU: Freescale PowerQUICC III MPC8541E processor, with frequency speed up to 833MHz
Performance: 1850MIPS
· Memory:
— 256MB DDR1 SDRAM
— Flash: up to 16 Mbytes
· Interfaces:
— Four SATA ports
—
One 10/100 Base-T Ethernet switch
— One PCI slot, one mini-PCI slot; or,
two mini-PCI slots
— One RS-232 port
·
Other
—
COP interface
—
5V fan connector
—
3.3V and 5V power supplied from a carrier
board
—
Dimension:
147mm x 70.9mm
·
Other
PQ37 processor card block diagram
MPC8541EPC BSP in CD
(1)
Documentation
MPC8541E Processor
Card User Manual
Type-N Rev C User Manual
Type-S User Manual
(2)
Hardware
MPC8541E Processor Card
Schematic
(3)
Image
RAMDISK image
Linux-2.6.11 kernel image
u-boot.bin for u-boot-1.1.4
8541-test.bin
(4)
Software
RAMDISK source code for MPC8541E
Linux-2.6.11 kernel image for MPC8541E
u-boot-1.1.4 source code for MPC8541E
Picture for MPC8541E processor card (MPC8541EPC)
above bottom
Ordering information
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Model |
Products Description
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Brand |
Remark |
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MICETEK |
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MICETEK |
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MICETEK |
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USB
TAP |
USB TAP In-Circuit Emulator (for
PowerPC) |
MICETEK |
Optional |
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JediView
for PowerPC |
JediView for PowerPC IDE |
MICETEK |
Optional |
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