Integrated media and communications processor development system
The MPC8536E Development System (MPC8536DS) is ideal for hardware and software development for embedded applications. It leverages Freescale’s highly integrated MPC8536E processor, built on Power Architecture® technology, and leading-edge external components.
A board support package (BSP) is pre-installed on the MPC8536DS. This BSP consists of a boot loader (u-boot) and a generic Power Architecture technology system based on the Linux® kernel. The u-boot binary and the Linux kernel reside in the on-board flash memory with a file system preinstalled on the hard disk shipped in the MPC8536DS development system.
The MPC8536DS BSP generation takes advantage of the Linux Target Image Builder (LTIB), a suite of tools that leverages existing open source configuration scripts and source code packages, packing them all into a single BSP generation bundle. The source code packages include boot loader and Linux kernel sources as well as many user-space source code packages to build a complete BSP. The LTIB also provides compiler packages, required to build the BSP. Freescale developers use the LTIB to create BSPs for a multitude of Freescale development markets. The LTIB leverages as many BSP elements as possible for the Freescale markets supported, while offering the flexibility necessary to customize components that require platform-specific modifications.
Many third-party applications are available for the MPC8536DS. They are typically built on top of the BSP delivered by Freescale and can be installed on the hard disk. To see demonstrations or to acquire details of Freescale’s third-party applications for this platform, please contact your local Freescale sales office.
