MPC8555 Reference Platform

(MPC8555E Processor card + Type-N/S/A carrier)

 

(Above is the pictures of MPC8555E reference board) 

Overview

MPC8555EPC services as a general-purpose PQ37PC processor card and supports Freescale MPC8540/8541E/8555E/8560 processor. The reusable processor card integrates CPU (8555E) and some periphery circuit and can be flexibly combined with Type-N, Type-S or Type-A carrier board for different applications, such as networking, storage and ATCA or MicroTCA Chassis application. It reduces the design cycle and saves the investment for the designer.

MPC8555E processor can be applied for Telecommunications switching equipment, integrated access devices, Metro area networks, VPN and firewall routers and Branch office and enterprise routers.

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

2 Shortening of the design cycle

3 Reusability

4 Ease of Debug

5 Standardized reference

MPC8555EPC features

·   Support MPC8540/60 and MPC8541E/55E with different board loading option

·   Support 64 bit PCI interface up to 66 MHz

·   Two independent PCI interfaces (PCI1 and PCI2) at 33/66 MHz supported by PMC

         connectors

·   TSEC1 and TSEC2 GMII, RGMII, TBI, RTBI interfaces supported by board-to-board

         connector, which can be used as 10/100/1000 Base-T copper interface on a carrier

         board. (e.g. Type-N Carrier)

·   DDR333 SDRAM supported by discrete SDDR SDRAM with optional ECC feature

·   Up to 16 MBytes flash memory at 8-bit port size in two banks

·   One RS-232 Serial Port (optional)

            — Uses UART0 of DUART

·   One 10/100 Base-T Ethernet port (optional)

            — Uses FCC2

·   COP interface

·   Other interfaces supported by board-to-board connectors

            — Full 84 pins CPM-lite I/Os

            — 32-bit Local Bus interface with four chip-selects and 24-bit address

·   5V fan connector

·   3.3V and 5V power supplied from a carrier board

·   8-layer PCB routing  

·   PMC form factor (5.8 inch x 2.9 inch)

Solution

Type-N carrier board for Networking application

Type-S carrier board for Storage application

Type-A carrier card for ATCA and MicroTCA chassis application

Ordering information

Model

Products Description

Brand

Remark

MPC8555EPC

MPC8555E processor card

MICETEK

 

PQCBN

Type-N carrier  supporting PQ II Pro and PQ III processor card

MICETEK

Optional

PQCBA

Type-A carrier card (AMC card) supporting PQ II Pro and PQ III processor card

MICETEK

Optional

PQCBS

Type-S carrier supporting PQ II Pro and PQ III processor card

MICETEK

Optional

USB TAP

USB TAP In-Circuit Emulator (for PowerPC)

MICETEK

Optional

JediView for PowerPC

JediView for PowerPC IDE

MICETEK

Optional

Document download

Flyer for PQ2Pro&PQ3 development board (processor card + carrier)

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