MICROSSP^® System LSI Design Platform for ARM926EJ-S / ARM946E-S Designs

The IPs required for the development of software, such as for CPUs and DSPs, and the integration of advanced IPs as part of driver development both add value to the developed sets. On the other hand, these factors also make the design for system LSI (SoC) more difficult. When sets are developed by customers, wide-variety support and shorter life cycles become more urgent, so ways must be found to reduce development costs and shorten lead time without sacrificing design quality.

To help customers resolve these difficulties, NEC Electronics provides the ARM926EJ-S / ARM946E-S MICROSSP system LSI design platform, which can be used for verification of actual chip level functions. When customers use MICROSSP for prototype development, they are able to quickly check both hardware and software functions to speed up the quality improvement process while also cutting additional development costs and shortening development lead time.

 

Features:

• ARM946E-S: 192 MHz max. or ARM926EJ-S: 192 MHzmax.
  • Both ARM9E cores are implemented on the same prototype chip
• External AHB/APB bus:
  • AHB: 66 MHz max.
  • APB: 75 MHz max. (varies depending on circuit configuration)
• Xilinx FPGAs
  • VirtexTM-4 LX / XC4VLX
  • 250 to 375 K gates of logic circuits can be mounted
• Implementation of a collaborative environment for RTL and software
• General-purpose interfaces
  • SDCard Memory stick
  • IrDA
  • RS-232C
  • 10/100Mbps LAN (Ethernet)
  • USB 2.0 Host/Function
• Expansion connectors
  • Equipped with connector for high-speed bus interface
  • Equipped with connector for low-speed bus interface
  • Can be connected to the logic modules of Integrator family manufactured by ARM
• On-chip debugging
  • Can be connected to JTAG ICE for ARM cores

     

 

Prototype chip block diagram:

 

 

ARM926EJ-S / ARM946E-S Platform Development Board Block Diagram

 

MICROSSP is a registered trademark of NEC Electronics Corporation in Japan.