The AMCC 440EP evaluation kit provides users with a comprehensive set of resources to evaluate the 440EP processor as well as to start their system development.
The Yosemite 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 evaluation copies of advanced software development tools and operating systems 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.
Yosemite Board
The Yosemite board, with an approximate 5" x 7" form factor, is a custom-designed platform, developed by Embedded Planet, for evaluating the 440EP processor:
- 533-MHz AMCC 440EP processor
- 256-Mbyte SDRAM
- 32-Mbyte Flash
- Two 10/100 Ethernet ports
- One USB 2.0 device port
- Two USB 1.1 host/ device ports
- JTAG connector
- Trace connector
- PCI host connector
- Linux (2.6 kernel) in Flash
- Linux file system in Flash
- U-Boot boot firmware in Flash
