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new products DSC development kits jump-start design work Texas Instruments has released ﬁve application-speciﬁc development kits for its TMS320F28x digital signal controllers (DSCs). The modular kits enable rapid prototyping of DSC based applications with interchangeable processor card modules, or controlCARDs, Experimenter Kits with breadboard areas for full access to device signals, and application speciﬁc dc/dc and ac/dc digital power developer’s kits. Each kit includes code examples and full hardware design details along with TI’s Code Composer Studio (CCStudio) 32 kbyte limited integrated development environment (IDE). By adopting the TMS320C2000 controlCARDs, OEMs can rapidly build prototypes and even full production systems using the complete controller subsystem that comes on a small (90mm x 25mm) removable 100-pin DIMM form-factor card. Key analog, digital I/O signals and JTAG test pins are available through the controlCARD interface and a 5V input is needed as all other power levels are provided on the board. The ﬁrst two controlCARDs are based on the TMS320F28335 ﬂoating-point DSC (running at 150MHz and with 512KB of on-board ﬂash) and the F2808 ﬁxed-point DSC (at 100MHz and 128 kbyte of on-chip ﬂash memory). The C2000 Experimenter kits include either the TMS320F2808 or ﬂoating point F28335 controlCARD and a docking station. Full access to all controlCARD pins is provided by the docking station, along with a 4-pin RS232 interface, and a breadboard area for designers to add components. The Experimenter kits also include a universal 5V power supply. The Digital Power Experimenter’s kit is suitable for those new to software based digital power management by providing a high function development environment including a dc/dc motherboard using two of TI’s digital nonisolated PowerTrain modules along with an F2808 controlCARD. The dc/dc board also includes a digital multi-meter and an active load that design engineers can use to perform transient response analysis and tuning. The Digital Power Experimenter’s Kit comes with a universal 9V power supply and a complete software package is available for free download that includes a working system and additional digital power instructional materials. The dc/dc Digital Power Developer’s kit targets multi-rail and multiphase applications and using a F28044 DSC based controlCARD to demonstrate the capabilities of the device as a 16-rail digital power controller. The dc/dc developer’s kit includes a dc/dc motherboard using eight of TI’s digital non-isolated PowerTrain modules useful for prototyping dc point-of-load power control in a wide range of equipments for industry, communications infrastructure and consumer electronics. The ac/dc Developer’s kit is a complete, 80-Watt (max) rectiﬁer development platform and uses a two-phase interleaved power factor correction (PFC) front end and a phase-shifted full-bridge secondary. The system is fully controlled by a single F2808 controlCARD and is useful for prototyping communications systems such as server farms and base stations, as well as telecom and consumer equipment. www.ti.com/f28workshops Board provides two 10/100/1000 Base-TX Ethernet channels TRS-STAR’s TRS CXC-MPC8544 computer-on-module (COM), based on Freescale Semiconductor’s Power Architecture, features the two internal 10/100/1000 Base-TX Ethernet channels, by means of which fast LAN connections can be immediately established. The compact module essentially complies with features of the PICMG deﬁned COM Express signal speciﬁcation. Power dissipation is less than 10 watts so the board does not require any active cooling when used in the speciﬁed operating temperature range of 0°C to 60°C. The TRS CXC-MPC8544 is built with an energy-saving MPC8544 PowerQUICC III processor, which operates 38 with clock speeds from 667 MHz up to 1.067 GHz. Up to 1 Gbyte DDR2 RAM are available via a standard 200-pin SODIMM socket. It has 64 Mbytes NOR ﬂash which can be expanded to 128 Mbytes or 256 Mbytes – in which the boot loader is stored. Customer speciﬁc enhancements of the module can be implemented via the x4 and x1 PCI Expres interfaces, PCI (32-bit @ 33 MHz) and the two I2C bus interfaces. It also has ﬁve USB 2.0 ports, GPIOs, two UARTs and graphical interfaces. Additionally, the Freescale Local Bus – to which external devices such as memory, DSPs and ASICs can be connected – is implemented on the COM. For data storage, the connection of SATA drives as well as a ﬂoppy via USB is possible. www.trs-star.com JUNE – JULY 2008 | embedded systems design europe | www.embedded.com/europe http://www.ti.com/f28workshops http://www.trs-star.com http://www.embedded.com/europe

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