1-6 IQ80960RM/RN

Evaluation Board Manual
Introduction

Refer to the SPI610 Reference Manual for JTAG emulation syst em installation and operation for

both the Tornado and CTOOLS environment. Optionally, evaluation board serial port

communications can be used for this communication l ink (se e Section1.3.3, “TORNADO Test and

Debug Tools” on page1-4).

1.6 About This Ma nu a l

A brief description of the contents of this manual follows.

Chapter 1, “Intro duction”
Introduces the IQ80960RM and IQ80960RN Evaluation Board features. This
chapter also describes Intel’s CTOOLS* and WindRiver Systems IxWorks*
software develop ment tools, and de fines notational-c onventions and rel ated
documentation.
Chapter 2, “Getting Starte d”
Provides step-by-s tep i ns tru ct io ns for in stal li ng the IQ8 09 60 RM or I Q80 96 0RN
platform in a host system and download ing and executing an application
program. This chapter als o describes Intel’s software development tools, the
MON960 Debug Monitor, IxWORKS, software installation, an d hardware
configuration.
Chapter3, “Hardware
Reference”
Describes the locations of connectors, switches and LEDs on the IQ80 960RM
and IQ80960RN plat forms. Header pino uts and register descriptions are a lso
provided in this chapt er.
Chapter 4, “i960® RM/RN
I/O Processor Overview” Presents an overview of the capabilities of the i960 RM/RN I/O processor and
includes the CPU m emory map.
Chapter 5, “MON96 0
Support for IQ8096 0RM/RN” Describes a number of features added to MON960 t o support applicat ion
development on the i960 RM/RN I/O p rocessor.
AppendixA, “Bill of
Materials” Shows complete parts list IQ80960RM and IQ 80960RN Evaluatio n Platforms.
AppendixB, “Schematics” Complete set of schemat ics for the IQ80960RM and IQ 80960RN Evaluation
Platforms.
AppendixC, “PLD Code” Exampl e PLD code used on IQ80960RM and IQ 80960RN evaluation boards
for SDRAM battery backup.
AppendixD, “Recycling the
Battery” Information on the RBRC program and the locations of participating r ecycling
centers.