The AMCC 405EP evaluation kit provides users with a comprehensive set of resources to evaluate the 405EP processor as well as to start system development.
The Taihu evaluation board, incorporating the industry-standard Linux operating system and U-Boot firmware, is an optimized, low-cost platform designed specifically for evaluation purposes. Schematics and layout files for the board are provided so that customers can start their designs from a proven baseline. Likewise, the Linux code and U-Boot firmware source are available to accelerate customers´ software development.
The kit includes advanced software development tools from multiple suppliers, to assist customers in selecting the most appropriate development and run-time environments.
Advanced diagnostics, which can be licensed by customers, perform in-depth testing of the processor and evaluation board. Industrystandard benchmarks are supplied to support customers´ performance analysis of the processor, while sample applications provide a starting point for software development and utilities assist in system configuration.
Taihu Board
The Taihu board, with anapproximately 7" x 8" form factor, is a custom designed platform developed by UD Tech for evaluating the 405EP processor:
- 333 MHz AMCC 405EP processor
- 128 MByte SDRAM
- 32 MByte Flash
- 2 MByte boot Flash
- Two 10/100 Ethernet ports
- One USB 1.1 device port
- JTAG connector
- Trace connector
- PCI host connector (33/66 MHz)
- Cardbus connector (33 MHz)
- Linux (2.6 kernel) in Flash
- Linux file system in Flash
- U-Boot boot firmware in Flash
