The Freescale QUICCstart MPC8555 Evaluation System is a powerful, low-cost platform that allows a developer to rapidly design and execute a project with the Freescale MPC8555E PowerQUICC III processor, reducing time-to-market and increasing reliability. This evaluation system exercises the major features of the MPC8555E / MPC8541E through a configurable, full featured PrPMC board which can operate in standalone mode or be deployed as a PrPMC board on a Compact PCI carrier board.
This evaluation system has been packaged so that you can be productive within 30 minutes of unpacking the kit.
Features
Design information including OrCAD Schematics, simulation files and other data for the QUICCStart modules can be purchased separately from Embedded Planet. Contact Embedded Planet directly for details.
CodeWarrior Tools integration: a trial copy of Freescale´s CodeWarrior development tools provides a single development environment that includes CodeWarrior compilers, high-performance hardware debug capability via the included USB TAP with support for conditional breakpoints, data watchpoints and expression evaluation, a comprehensive Project Manager and Build System with an easy-to-use GUI and graphical flash memory programming capability.
Free Schematics: a PDF of this board’s schematics are available. These schematics can give an engineer a solid starting point when considering the use of this processor in their own boards.
Experienced Support: as a supplier of evaluation systems, reference designs and hardware-assisted debugging tools for an array of microprocessors, Freescale has the experience necessary to provide knowledgeable, responsive application and technical support for development projects.
Linux Board Support Package: Freescale provides the source code for a board support package available for use with our Linux Platform Edition product. Developers can fully utilize and modify the source code for current and future projects.
Accelerated Early Development: firmware, hardware and production test engineers can each take advantage of Freescale evaluation systems and reference designs. Firmware and hardware engineers can adapt Freescale evaluation systems to their own, enabling them to reduce development time. Production test engineers can use the board and included CodeWarrior Tools and USB TAP to design and prototype complex and efficient production algorithms before the custom hardware is prototyped.
Kit Contains
- Processor board
- CodeWarrior Development Studio for Power Architecture
- CodeWarrior USB TAP run control device
- Linux board support package
- Power supply
- cables
