Product Overview The AMCC Canyonlands evaluation kit provides users with a comprehensive set of resources to evaluate the 460EX processor as well as to start system development. The Canyonlands evaluation board, incorporating the industrystandard 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.
Canyonlands Board The Canyonlands board, with an approximately 7” x 7” form factor, is a custom-designed platform developed by Embedded Planet for evaluating the 460EX processor:
• 1.0 GHz AMCC 460EX processor • 256 MB DDR2 SDRAM • 64 MB NOR Flash • 32 MB NAND Flash • Two 10/100/1G Ethernet ports • One USB 2.0 host port • One USB 2.0 OTG port • Two PCI Express connectors • One PCI host connector • One SATA connector • Two serial ports • JTAG and trace connectors • SPI connector • Real-time clock • Linux (2.6 kernel) and file system in Flash • U-Boot boot firmware in Flash.
