GENERAL INTRODUCTION

1.2FEATURES

PowerPCProcessor

An AMCC 440GX embedded processor based on the AMCC

 

 

PowerPC superscalar core. It operates at a maximum frequency of

 

 

667 MHz internally.

SDRAM

Up to 512 MByte of 333 MHz DDR SDRAM is supported via a 200

 

 

pin SoDIMM module.

Flash ROM

8 Mbytes of in-circuit sector-programmable Flash ROM provides

 

 

non-volatile storage on the CPCI-824. One 128 Kbyte sector of the

 

 

Flash ROM is reserved for the storage of non-volatile boot and

 

 

system parameters. System calls for storing parameters in this

 

 

memory are included in the Breeze Development Environmentª

Console Serial Port

An asynchronous serial port based on a 16C750 UART with an RS-

 

 

232 interface is provided for a console terminal or workstation

 

 

connection.

Ethernet Ports

Two 10/100/1Gb Base-TX Ethernet ports are provided. Each port

 

 

supports up to 1Gbps and uses a RJ45 style modular phone jack. The

 

 

MAC contained within the 440GX interfaces with 2 Broadcom

 

 

BMC5461S PHY transceivers.

 

 

Two 10/100 Base-TX Ethernet ports. Each supports up to 100 Mbps

 

 

and also uses a RJ45 style modular phone jack. In this case the MAC

 

 

contained within the 440GX interfaces with a Broadcom BCM5248.

 

 

The BCM5248 is an eight port PHY, but we are only using the first 2

 

 

ports.

Temperature Sensors

Two LM75 type programmable temperature sensors with interrupt

 

 

signaling capability are provided for system monitoring purposes.

I2O Messaging

The CPCI-824 supports the I2O specification for interprocessor

 

 

communication.

DMA Controller

The 440GX supports 4 separate DMA channels for high throughput

 

 

data transfers between PCI bus agents and the local SDRAM

 

 

memory.

Breeze Development

Flash-resident ROM monitor / firmware package which supports

 

Environment

board-level initialization and application software development.

 

 

More information on the Breeze Development Environmentcan

 

 

be found in Breeze Developer’s Manual.

Blade Style Interface

The CPCI-824 receives power, fan detect, power supply status and

 

 

geographic addressing from J1 and J2. Note that the fan detect and

 

 

power supply status signals are only available when a CPCI-824 is

 

 

installed in the system slot.

Hot Swap

The CPCI-824 is a Basic Hot Swap board, compliant with PICMG

 

 

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CPCI-824 User’s Manual

 

Revision 1.0, January 2006

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