Overview:
TORNADO-HCX series of
host & communication controllers add
powerful hosting and communication
capabilities to
TORNADO-E2 DSP controllers
and
TORNADO Digital Radio Controllers
and unload their on-board DSP from
routine external communication and
networking tasks and to add data
post-processing and mass storage
capabilities. Very compact board design,
industry standard communication
interfaces, high-performance external
I/O expansion capabilities, and
comprehensive software bundle make
TORNADO-HCX controllers an
ideal selection for embedding into
virtually any custom industrial and
telecom designs.
TORNADO-HCX controllers
use high-performance Freescale
PowerQUICC communication processors with
on-chip PPC CPU core and integrated
peripherals including encryption unit,
PCI/PCI-X/PCIe bus interface, a set of
communication interfaces including 1G
Ethernet EMACs, USB 2.0 host/device and
UART, and a set of peripheral I/O
interfaces including I2C and
SPI. The PowerQUICC CPU along with
on-board high-capacity DDR and FLASH
memories, PIOX2 and HCX daughter-card
module (DCM) interfaces, and system
μ-controller
(MC) provide extremely powerful and
flexible host communication engine for
TORNADO-E2 DSP controllers,
TORNADO Digital Radio Controllers
and for custom embedded applications.
TORNADO-HCX controllers
come with ported Linux and FreeRTOS
kernel, TCP/IP stack and FAT32 file
system support, all free. Application
development is supported by Freescale
CodeWarrior compiler/debug tools.
Key
features:
Freescale
PowerQUICC CPU
up to 2
Gbyte DDR and 64 MByte FLASH
10/100/1000 Base-T Ethernet ports
480 Mbit/s
USB 2.0 host/device interfaces
384 kBaud
UARTs with RS232C interfaces
SPI and I2C
ports
general
purpose I/O (GPIO)
533 Mbyte/s
PIOX2 32-bit parallel DCM site interface
for high-speed AD/DA/coprocessor
expansion
533 Mbyte/s
32-bit parallel host (HCX) DCM site
interface
system
μ-controller
(MC) with on-board power supply control,
board and external temperature
monitoring, on-board and chassis fans
control, remote power-supply control,
battery back-up real-time clock/calendar
(RTCC), programmable multi-event alarm,
NvRAM and EEPROM areas, and more...
JTAG port
for CPU debugging via Freescale JTAG USB
JTAG emulator
compact
form-factor
Linux
ready
simple and
fast FreeRTOS kernel
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Freescale PowerQUICC CPU |
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up
to 2 Gbyte DDR and 64 MByte
FLASH |
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10/100/1000 Base-T Ethernet
ports |
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480 Mbit/s USB 2.0 host/device
interfaces |
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384 kBaud UARTs with RS232C
interfaces |
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SPI and I2C ports |
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general purpose I/O (GPIO) |
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533 Mbyte/s PIOX2 32-bit
parallel DCM site interface for
high-speed AD/DA/coprocessor
expansion |
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533 Mbyte/s 32-bit parallel host
(HCX) DCM site interface |
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system
μ-controller
(MC) with on-board power supply
control, board and external
temperature monitoring, on-board
and chassis fans control, remote
power-supply control, battery
back-up real-time clock/calendar
(RTCC), programmable multi-event
alarm, NvRAM and EEPROM areas,
and more... |
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JTAG port for CPU debugging via
Freescale JTAG USB JTAG emulator |
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compact form-factor |
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Linux ready |
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simple and fast FreeRTOS kernel |
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free TCP/IP stack and FAT32 file
system support |
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bare board utilities and
ready-to-run demo samples |
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Freescale CodeWarrior
compiler/debug tools |
System
integration capabilities:
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stand-alone operation with host
PC communication via Ethernet,
USB, or UART ports |
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carries one PIOX2
TORNADO Digital Radio Controller,
or AD/DA/coprocessor DCM, or one
legacy PIOX/PIOX-16 DCM
(PIOX2-to-PIOX adapter board is
required) |
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installs onto
TORNADO-E2 controllers
and
TORNADO Digital Radio
Controllers via HCX
DCM site interface for hosting,
data post-processing,
networking, external
communication and mass storage
capabilities |
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