"Rainier" PowerPC 440GRx Evaluation Kit

Enables comprehensive evaluation of the AMCC 440GRx processor, while minimizing customers´ hardware and software development time.
The AMCC 440GRx evaluation kit provides users with a comprehensive set of resources to evaluate the 440GRx processor as well as to start system development.
The Rainier evaluation board, incorporating the industry-standard Linux operating system and UBoot 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. Industry standard 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.

Rainier Board

The Rainier board, with an approximately 5" x 7" form factor, is a custom designed platform developed by Embedded Planet for evaluating the 440GRx processor:

• 667MHz AMCC 440GRx processor
• 256 MByte DDR2 SDRAM
• 64 MByte NOR Flash
• 16 MByte NAND Flash
• Two 10/100/1G Ethernet ports
• Two PCI host connectors (33/66MHz)
• Two serial ports
• JTAG connector
• Trace connector
• Linux (2.6 kernel) in Flash
• Linux file system in Flash U-Boot boot firmware in Flash

Sample Applications and Utilities

The Resource CD provides a wide range of sample applications as a starting point for software development, and utilities to assist in system configuration:

• Web server on evaluation board
• Telnet server on evaluation board
• FTP server on evaluation board
• Webslots game on evaluation board
• Processor / board configuration report
• Ethernet utility to configure IP address, configure MAC address and modify EMAC registers
• Example flash file system for persistent storage
• Script-based Linux root file system build environment

Benchmarks

The Resource CD includes a wide range of industry-standard benchmarks for use in processor performance analysis:

• DBench
• Dhrystone
• HINT
• MPEG-4 encode and decode
• STREAM
• TTCP
• Whetstone

Diagnostics

Also included in flash on the evaluation board is a comprehensive suite of advanced processor and board diagnostics supplied by Kozio, Inc., and available for license to customers. Kozio´s Kdiagnostics perform a wide range of tests, including:

• PPC440 core
• SDRAM
• DMA
• UARTs
• USB
• PCI
• I2C
• Flash
• EEPROM