Products and Technologies for Embedded Systems and Networking
2009-02-24
CPU Module: ARIA
CPU module based on Freescale MPC512x
Description:
Aria represents DAVE's return in the PowerPC arena after PPChameleon success. Aria is DAVE's new CPU module, powered by the Freescale MPC512x CPU, built upon an efficient 32 bit e300 Power Architecture core. The MPC512x integrated processor provides an exceptional computing platform for automotive, industrial and consumer applications, where network connectivity, sophisticated displays and rich user interfaces are required.
The MPC512x has automotive qualification: for Aria, this means competitive costs, quality, reliability and availability for years to come.
Aria offers high flexibility, integrating a powerful FPGA on board which allows customers to extend the range of application adding IP cores and other customized interfaces. The complete list of the available IP cores is reported here.
To allow quick deployment of applications based on Aria, the CPU module is one of the first available embedded solution in the market which complies to the open COM Express standard. Therefore, Aria is provided in a Pluggable version that can be hosted by every COM Express compliant carrier board. Other version are Plus, which offers more interfaces than the standard COM Express, and Enhanced, which adds a third connector for specific signal routing.
Technical specifications:
CPU: Freescale MPC5121 or MPC5123 @ 400 MHZ
NAND Flash: Up to 1 GB
NOR Flash : Up to 128 MB
DDR2 SDRAM: Up to 1 GB @400 MHz
Size: 95mm x 84mm
Main Features
e300 Core - Power Architecture Technology - Up to 760 MIPS
PowerVRŽ MBX Lite 2D/3D Graphics Engine
32 bit AXE RISC Audio Accelerator Engine
Connectivity
LAN: 10/100 Fast Ethernet
USB: 4 x 2.0 Host ports
UART : 2 x serial ports
2 x CAN ports
1 x LVDS port
I/O
1 x Parallel ATA
1 x Serial ATA
SD/MMC
External PCI bus
LPC bus
Touch screen controller
GPIO available
FPGA on board
Other Features
JTAG interfaces (CPU and FPGA)
Temperature sensor
Serial ID chip for unique identification
I2C EEPROM
Software
U-Boot
Linux 2.6.x
Availability
Block Diagram
* Interface available only on COM Express Plus and COM Express Enhanced versions
Please click here to download the large version of Aria block diagram
Models and order codes:
Please contact us for info, available models and prices
Documentation:
Aria Product Brief: Aria.pdf
Aria Hardware Manual: aria-hm.pdf
Aria Mechanicals: Top view
Available FPGA IP cores: IP cores table
Development kits:
Aria Embedded Linux Kit (ARELK):
Aria Embedded Linux Kit Download: ARELK 0.9.0
The Kit is composed by:
Aria represents DAVE's return in the PowerPC arena after PPChameleon success. Aria is DAVE's new CPU module, powered by the Freescale MPC512x CPU, built upon an efficient 32 bit e300 Power Architecture core. The MPC512x integrated processor provides an exceptional computing platform for automotive, industrial and consumer applications, where network connectivity, sophisticated displays and rich user interfaces are required.
The MPC512x has automotive qualification: for Aria, this means competitive costs, quality, reliability and availability for years to come.Aria offers high flexibility, integrating a powerful FPGA on board which allows customers to extend the range of application adding IP cores and other customized interfaces. The complete list of the available IP cores is reported here.
To allow quick deployment of applications based on Aria, the CPU module is one of the first available embedded solution in the market which complies to the open COM Express standard. Therefore, Aria is provided in a Pluggable version that can be hosted by every COM Express compliant carrier board. Other version are Plus, which offers more interfaces than the standard COM Express, and Enhanced, which adds a third connector for specific signal routing.Technical specifications:CPU: Freescale MPC5121 or MPC5123 @ 400 MHZ
NAND Flash: Up to 1 GB
NOR Flash : Up to 128 MB
DDR2 SDRAM: Up to 1 GB @400 MHz
Size: 95mm x 84mm
Main Features
e300 Core - Power Architecture Technology - Up to 760 MIPS
PowerVRŽ MBX Lite 2D/3D Graphics Engine
32 bit AXE RISC Audio Accelerator Engine
Connectivity
LAN: 10/100 Fast Ethernet
USB: 4 x 2.0 Host ports
UART : 2 x serial ports
2 x CAN ports
1 x LVDS port
I/O
1 x Parallel ATA
1 x Serial ATA
SD/MMC
External PCI bus
LPC bus
Touch screen controller
GPIO available
FPGA on board
Other Features
JTAG interfaces (CPU and FPGA)
Temperature sensor
Serial ID chip for unique identification
I2C EEPROM
Software
U-Boot
Linux 2.6.x
Availability
- COM Express type2 Pluggable (2 connectors, COM Express compliant, offers the standard interfaces. Can be plugged on standard COM Express carrier boards)
- COM Express type2 Plus (2 connectors, provides more interfaces than the Pluggable version)
- COM Express type2 Enhanced (as Plus version, but with the third connector used for more specific signal routing)
- COM Express type2 SuperEnhanced (as Enhanced version, but with a more powerful FPGA)
Block Diagram
* Interface available only on COM Express Plus and COM Express Enhanced versions
Please click here to download the large version of Aria block diagram
Models and order codes:
Please contact us for info, available models and prices
Documentation:
Aria Product Brief: Aria.pdf
Aria Hardware Manual: aria-hm.pdf
Aria Mechanicals: Top view
Available FPGA IP cores: IP cores table
Development kits:
Aria Embedded Linux Kit (ARELK):Aria Embedded Linux Kit Download: ARELK 0.9.0
The Kit is composed by:
- Aria CPU module - Pluggable profile
- U-Boot bootloader (source code and binaries)
- Linux operating system (source code and binaries)
- Fpga binaries
- Full Aria documentation (Manuals, User's Guides, Application Notes, ..)
