The AMCC Kilauea evaluation kit provides users with a comprehensive set of resources to evaluate the 405EX processor as well as to start system development. The Kilauea 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.
Kilauea Board The Kilauea board, with an approximately 7” x 7” form factor, is a custom-designed platform developed by UDTech for evaluating the 405EX processor:
• 600 MHz AMCC 405EX processor • 256 MB DDR2 SDRAM • 64 MB NOR Flash • 64 MB NAND Flash • Two 10/100/1G Ethernet ports • One USB 2.0 host port • One USB 2.0 device port • Two PCI Express connectors • Two serial ports • JTAG and Trace connector • SPI and EBC Connector • RTC • Two SLIC devices with RJ11 connectors • Power over Ethernet (802.3af) • Linux (2.6 kernel) and file system in Flash • U-Boot boot firmware in Flash
