Excimer Users Manual - Freescale Semiconductor / Motorola

1/1999

Draft 1.4

This document contains information on a new product under development by Motorola. Motorola reserves the right to change or

discontinue this product without notice.

EXCIMER USERÕS MANUAL

Minimal PowerPC 603e Evaluation

Board

Motorola RISC Applications

risc10@email.sps.mot.com

This document describes operation of the Excimer PowerPC 603eª evaluation board

manufactured by Motorola. Excimer is an implementation of a minimal PowerPC design

as described in the application note AN1769D, ÒDesigning a Minimal PowerPCª

SystemÓ.

This UserÕs Manual is a very dynamic document which will be updated frequently with

Motorola enhancements and customer feedback. Updates are available on our website:

http://www.mot.com/SPS/PowerPC/teksupport/teklibrary/index.html

The instructions in this manual are speciÞc to a particular revision of the components in the

Excimer kit. The revisions in effect at this writing are shown in Table 1.

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This document contains the following topics:

Topic Page

Part 1, ÒIntroductionÓ 2

Part 2, ÒGetting StartedÓ 4

Part 3, ÒProgrammingÓ 5

Part 2, ÒDebuggingÓ 6

Part 2, ÒDownloading a DINK UpgradeÓ 8

Part 3, ÒExcimer Memory MapÓ 10

Part 4, ÒDINK Memory MapÓ 11

Part 5, ÒUsing the Expansion ConnectorÓ 12

Part 6, ÒFrequency ControlÓ 12

Part 7, ÒSummaryÓ 14

Appendix A, ÒTroubleshootingÓ 15

Part 1 Introduction

The Excimer board is meant to be a low cost evaluation board to show a minimal PowerPC system design.

Possible uses for the EXCIMER include:

¥ PowerPC architecture learning tool

¥ PowerPC assembly language learning tool

¥ Embedded C programming learning tool

¥ University laboratory tool

¥ Running small benchmarks to investigate performance

¥ Proof of concept for system design-in

1.1 Features

The EXCIMER board has the following features:

¥ 1 MByte of RAM (only 512KB on rev X2)

¥ 4 Mbytes of FLASHROM

¥ 2 serial ports

¥ PowerPC 603e microprocessor

Table 1. Excimer Kit Component Revisions Addressed in this Document

Component Revision Date

(if applicable)

Excimer Board (part no PPCEVAL-EXCM3) X3

DINK32 UserÕs Guide Ver 9.0 Rev 5.0 Sep 1998

DINK32 Software Ver 10.0 Rev 5.0 Dec 1998

Macraigor OCD Interface

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¥ Berg connector I/O interface

¥ COP connector

The EXCIMER block diagram is shown in Figure 1.

Figure 1. Excimer Minimal System Board

1.2 Excimer Kit

In addition to the EXCIMER board the EXCIMER kit contains the following:

¥ One power supply

¥ One serial null modem cable

¥ One parallel cable

¥ One Macraigor Systems Inc. Wigglerª

¥ Several demonstration copies of C compilers/debuggers on CDROM

¥ PowerPC documentation CD

EXCIMER UserÕs Manual

(this document)

DINK UserÕs Manual

1.3 Physical Layout

Figure 2 shows the physical layout of the Excimer board with several important features labeled.

MPC603r

Main Memory

TS*

Start-up Code

Processor

Memory Controller

I/O PortSerial Ports

4MB FLASHROM

1MB RAM

Motorola

16550 UART Buffer

COP

(optional)

Berg Connector

User Interface

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Figure 2. Excimer Minimal System Board

Part 2 Getting Started

To begin using the Excimer evaluation board,

1. Connect one end of the serial null modem cable to the boardÕs serial port 1 and the other end to

COM1 on the PC.

2. Launch a terminal emulator program such as Smartcom or HyperTerminal on the PC. ConÞgure for:

Ñ 9600 baud

Ñ 8 data bits

Ñ no parity

Ñ 1 stop bit

Ñ hardware ßow control (RTS/CTS)

Ñ VT100 emulation

3. Connect the parallel cable between the parallel port on the PC and the Wiggler interface board.

4. Connect the twenty pin ribbon cable on the Wiggler to the JTAG/COP header on Excimer.

CAUTION: Get the orientation correct! Pin 1 on the cable has a red stripe; Pin 1 on the JTAG connector is

labeled. While the connector is designed to be keyed, the cables rarely are.

NOTE: The JTAG connectorÕs pin 1 will be rotated 180 degrees from revision X2 to revision X3 to better

JTAG/COP

RST

BGA SOCKET CLEARANCE

LT1584 LT1584

RS232

RPak

BUF

66MHz

OSC

RAM I/O CORE I/O STAT ERR

ROM

POWER

Ô904

21MHz

PC16552

FPGA In-Circuit Program

RESET

BUTTON

POWER

CONNECTOR

Berg Expansion Connector

ERROR

STATUS

LEDS

I/O

3.3V

CAUTION!

HOT!

PowerPC

603e

SRAM

FLASH FLASH

FLASH

Ctrl

Mem

RAM

ROM

2.5V

2.5 V

Heat Sink

3.3V

Heat Sink

RS232

Serial 2

RS232

Serial 1

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accommodate the cable routing.

5. Choose the appropriate international AC power connection (if provided) and plug the power supply

into the AC power source.

6. Connect the power supply to the power connector on the board.

7. The EXCIMER will run a POST (power on self test) which will turn off the status and error LEDs.

A hardware failure will cause one or both LEDs to stay on. If this occurs refer to Appendix A,

ÒTroubleshooting.Ó

8. After successfully completing POST, Excimer will begin executing code from the reset vector at

0xFFF00100. The code executed will copy the contents of ROM into RAM and begin executing

MDINK, the minimal version of MotorolaÕs Diagnostic Nano-Kernel (DINK). The user should see

an MDINK banner and prompt on the terminal emulator screen.

MDINK_603e >>

9. The user now has a short interval to halt the boot process and remain in MDINK by hitting any key.

From MDINK, you can download upgrades to DINK available from MotorolaÕs website or other

software in s-record format.

10. If the user does not intervene in the boot process by hitting a key, Excimer will proceed to branch

to DINK32 and present another banner and the DINK32 prompt on the terminal emulator screen.

DINK32_603e >>

11. The DINK32 monitor is now available to accept commands. Type in ÔhelpÕ. This will show you a

list of DINK commands. Help will further explain a command if you type help and a command

name. For example Ôhelp mmÕ will explain the use of the memory modify command. For more

information on DINK consult the DINK UserÕs Manual.

Part 3 Programming

To write a C program for Excimer you will need an editor, a compiler, and a linker that will generate

Motorola format s-records. Several vendors have offered to provide limited capability, demonstration

versions of their compilers and linkers to be distributed with Excimer. Follow the manufacturerÕs directions

for installing the demo software on your PC.

The following example assumes you have installed MetawareÕs High C/C++ PowerPC Embedded

Development Toolset. The Limited Evaluation Version 3.1 of this program will operate indeÞnitely (no limit

to the demonstration period) but allows only 256 variable declarations and 256 function declarations. Also,

it will only link up to 12 Þles and the resulting executable must be less than 156KB. These limitations

prevent it from building DINK or any large projects but still allow it to be very useful for a minimal

evaluation board like Excimer.

1.1 An Example Program

To compile and download a simple program, type the following program into any text editor, e.g. NotePad

or WordPad on the PC:

example routine to turn on STATUS LED

void main(void)

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{

*(char *) (0x40200000) = 0x04; /* turn status led on */

}

Save the Þle as ledon.c as a text Þle. (Many text editors save in their own format with extra formatting

characters that will cause the compile to fail.) Also, text editors like WordPad in Windows will append a .txt

to the Þlename which must be removed before passing to the compiler.

Assuming you have installed a Metaware compiler on your PC type the following in a DOS window.

hcppc -Hppc603 -c ledon.c

To load the program and get a downloadable s-record Þle type the following in the DOS window.

ldppc -B start_addr=0x70000 -xm ledon.o

A Þle named Ôa.hexÕ Þle will be generated and this Þle will be the one to download to Excimer.

In the Excimer terminal window, at the DINK32 prompt type the following:

dl -k <return>

This is the DINK download command that takes the s-record Þle and loads it into RAM on the EXCIMER

board. Downloading to DINK is equivalent to typing entries into the keyboard. In fact, text Þles of

keystrokes or DINK commands can be downloaded as easily as s-records. The terminal emulation program

will provide an autotype function that permits the user to select the a.hex s-record Þle previously generated

and download it through the serial into Excimer.

The DINK32 prompt returns when the download is complete.

Now we can type the ÔgoÕ command to run the program to turn the led on.

go 70000

The Status LED on Excimer is controlled by the OUT 2 signal of the Serial 1 UART (National

Semiconductor PC1655D Dual Universal Asynchronous Reciever/Transmitter). It will turn on when this

program writes a one to bit 3 (bit 0 is the LSB) of the MODEM Control Register at address 0x40200000 of

Excimer. It will remain on until disabled by another program you write, compile, link and download or until

the Excimer board is reset.

If the LED does not go out, the debug capabilities of Excimer and the Wiggler can be used to debug your

program.

Part 2 Debugging

Debug on Excimer is supported with the following capabilities in DINK:

¥ Assembly and disassembly of PowerPC instructions

¥ Display and modiÞcation of registers

¥ Display, modiÞcation and movement of system memory

¥ Singlestep and continued execution from a speciÞc address

¥ Display, setting, removal of instruction breakpoints

DINK is an example of a ROM-resident debugger. It resides in ROM and is copied down to RAM for

execution. ROM resident debuggers are often criticized because:

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¥ They take up space in the target system memory

¥ They have to change (save and restore) the context of the userÕs application to run

¥ They are ineffective at debugging boot code that initializes the hardware or ROM resident debugger

¥ They often cannot set breakpoints in ROM

PowerPC microprocessors provide on-chip debugging logic to overcome some of these deÞciencies and

provide other capability without storing code in memory or having to save and restore the state of the UserÕs

program. SpeciÞcally, the PowerPC on-chip debugging support includes:

¥ Run control - the ability to halt, single step, resume execution , or go to a speciÞc address and begin

execution.

¥ Display and modiÞcation of registers and processor resources

¥ Display, modify and download to memory (possibly including on chip memory like cache and/or

TLBs)

¥ Display, setting, removal of instruction breakpoints in hardware

This capability is accessed by sending commands to the common on-chip processor (COP) through the

JTAG (Joint Test Advision Group or IEEE1149.1 standard) interface. A connector is provided to access this

on Excimer and numerous third parties provide software and hardware to take advantage of it while

debugging code. The Excimer kit includes an inexpensive Wiggler JTAG/COP interface from Macraigor

Systems, Inc.

1.1 The Wiggler

The Wiggler from Macraigor Systems is an inexpensive JTAG/COP interface for run control and debug of

the PowerPC Microprocessor though the parallel port of the PC. It translates software commands from

various debugger vendors such as Cygnus, Green Hills, Metaware, Metrowerks, Microtec, Motorola, SDS,

Tasking, and Wind River that utilize MacraigorÕs On-Chip Debug (OCD) Application Programming

Interface (API). The Wiggler supports various Motorola microprocessors including CPU32, MPC5xx,

MPC6xx, MPC7xx, MPC8xx, etc.

Macraigor provides several different but compatible products that perform this function at increasing levels

of performance, functionality, and cost. The Wiggler is the least expensive, simplest device and provides an

appropriate level of performance and capability for an inexpensive evaluation kit like Excimer, but for more

serious software and hardware development the user may be interested in higher capability JTAG/COP

interface tools from Macraigor or other vendors.

The third party debugger solutions provided by developers in the Excimer kit may utilize the Wiggler

interface. Check their documentation.

Macraigor Systems provides a software application that tests and exercises the Wiggler and that can be used

to control the processor, examine registers or memory, download code, etc. The Macraigor application is

included in the Excimer kit and instructions for loading it onto WindowsNT or Windows95 are described in

Section 1.2, ÒInstalling the Wiggler Software.Ó

1.2 Installing the Wiggler Software

To install Wiggler on Windows NT:

1. Log on as administrator.

2. Copy the file setupex.exe to a temporary directory.

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3. Execute setupex.exe

4. Reboot the machine when the setup procedure is complete.

5. Log on as user (or remain as administrator).

To install Wiggler on Windows95:

1. No administrator activities are necessary.

2. Perform steps 2-5 above.

To use the wiggler on either NT or Windows95.

1. Connect the parallel port cable from the PC parallel port to the wiggler.

2. Connect the ribbon cable to the JTAG/COP header. (See caution above regarding Pin1.)

3. Copy the Þle, a:\wiggler\raysÞles\Wiggler.exe to your local directory.

4. Copy the Þles, a:\wiggler\cop_debugger\* (i.e. all the Þles) to your local directory.

5. Using a command prompt window, execute Ocd_cmdt.exe. This is a more thorough test.

6. After using this test, terminate the test.

1.2.1 Using the Wiggler Software for Debug

Launch the Wiggler application. A window will appear with pull-down menus and control buttons to halt or

reset the processor. A button displays the general purpose register (GPR) contents. A button allows the user

to specify an address to Ògo toÓ and begin execution. A help command describes additional functionality.

While this debugger is very basic, it is also very powerful and has several advanced capabilities, including

icache and dcache display and modiÞcation and high-speed code download.

Part 2 Downloading a DINK Upgrade

DINK32 as supplied on the Excimer board is available from MotorolaÕs website in source or s-record

format. While not ofÞcially supported, DINK32 serves as an application note of example PowerPC code. It

is often enhanced with new functionality, support for new microprocessors or reference designs, and bug

Þxes. There may be enhancements or bug Þxes after you have received your Excimer kit. Excimer can be

easily upgraded by downloading the latest DINK32 as s-records into FLASHROM. The following

paragraphs contain detailed instructions for downloading a new DINK32 using SmartCom and

HyperTerminal.

To prepare to download:

1. Obtain the latest DINK32.src code from MotorolaÕs website. (Or download the source Þles and

build your own.)

2. Reset Excimer and strike any key to interrupt the booting of DINK32 while in MDINK.

To download a new DINK32 from MDINK using

SmartCom

1. Put the ßash into a cleared state by typing "fw -e" at the MDINK prompt. This will cause the ßash

to be erased and a new copy of MDINK will be copied from RAM (at 0x00000000) to the ßash

ROM (0xfff00000).

WARNING

: In X2 revision Excimer boards, the sector in FLASHROM where

MDINK is stored is eraseable! Typing "fw -e" from the DINK32 prompt instead

of MDINK will erase all of FLASHROM and the board will be inoperable at the

next reset. Should such an unfortunate event occur, MDINK will have to be

reloaded into ßash through the JTAG port (probably in MotorolaÕs Apps Lab).

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Revision X3 will have the hardware capability to protect the sector where

MDINK resides and should be less vulnerable to unintentional erasure.

WARNING

: The Òfw -eÓ command takes a few minutes to execute. Do not power

off the board or attempt to stop the Òfw -eÓ command once it has begun. Since this

command clears the ßash and reloads MDINK, stopping the command will cause

only a partial image of MDINK to be reloaded to ROM. Next time the board is

reset, it will not function correctly.

2. DINK32 is a large Þle. Transfer time at 9600 baud will be lengthy. DINK allows the user to reset

the baud rate to baud rates up to 57600. Check your terminal emulation package for the fastest rate

supported. For example, if the fastest rate supported by your terminal emulation software is 57600,

set the baud rate to 57600 by typing "sb -k 57600" in MDINK.

3. In the terminal emulator, change the baud rate to the new 57600 as well. Under Settings | Speed &

Format, choose 57600 as the baud rate. Click OK in the dialog box and hit <return> in MDINK.

4. Change the autotype protocol so that there is no delay. Do this by selecting Settings | Autotype

Protocol | Protocol Settings. In the space for "Delay", enter a 0 and click OK.

5. Disconnect communication from the board by pressing the telephone icon.

6. Under Connection | Choose Port | Flow Control, select the RTS/CTS option and click OK.

7. Reconnect to the board by pressing the telephone icon again.

8. Press <return> in MDINK.

9. Download the new dink32.src Þle:

Ñ Type "dl -ß -o ffc00000" at the MDINK prompt.

Ñ Hit the autotype icon in Smartcom. Use the directory tree to select the Þle to download and press

the OK button.

Ñ The MDINK prompt returns when the download is complete.

CAUTION

: If communication or power is lost during this process, DINK32 in

FLASHROM will be corrupted. If you can reset and get back to the MDINK

prompt, be sure to start over at step one.

10. Set the baud rate in Smartcom back to 9600 (DINK defaults to 9600 baud). Choose 9600 in the

baud rate Þeld under "Settings | Speed & Format " and click OK.

11. Reset the board by pressing the reset button. MDINK will boot up and will branch to the DINK32

that was just downloaded.

12. If you wish to stop the download in step 10 after it has begun, type "S9" and hit <return>.

13. To return to MDINK from DINK32, type "go fff00100". MDINK will start again.

14. Steps 4 and 5 do not need to be repeated after the Þrst time unless they are modiÞed or the terminal

emulation application is restarted.

To download a new DINK32 from MDINK using

HyperTerminal

1. Put the ßash into a cleared state by typing "fw -e" at the MDINK prompt. This will cause the ßash

to be erased and a new copy of MDINK will be copied from RAM (at 0x00000000) to the ßash

ROM (0xfff00000).

WARNING

: In X2 revision Excimer boards, the sector in FLASHROM where

MDINK is stored is eraseable! Typing "fw -e" from the DINK32 prompt instead

of MDINK will erase all of FLASHROM and the board will be inoperable at the

next reset. Should such an unfortunate event occur, MDINK will have to be

reloaded into ßash through the JTAG port (probably in MotorolaÕs Apps Lab).

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Revision X3 will have the hardware capability to protect the sector where

MDINK resides and should be less vulnerable to unintentional erasure.

WARNING

: The Òfw -eÓ command takes a few minutes to execute. Do not power

off the board or attempt to stop the Òfw -eÓ command once it has begun. Since this

command clears the ßash and reloads MDINK, stopping the command will cause

only a partial image of MDINK to be reloaded to ROM. Next time the board is

reset, it will not function correctly.

2. DINK32 is a large Þle. Transfer time at 9600 baud will be lengthy. DINK allows the user to reset

the baud rate to baud rates up to 57600. Check your terminal emulation package for the fastest rate

supported. For example, if the fastest rate supported by your terminal emulation software is 57600,

set the baud rate to 57600 by typing "sb -k 57600" in MDINK.

3. Disconnect from the board by choosing Call | Disconnect.

4. Change the baud rate in HyperTerminal. Select File | Properties | ConÞgure | Connect To and change

the baud rate to 57600 in the space provided.

5. Reconnect to the board by selecting Call | Connect

6. Hit <return> in MDINK. You should return to the prompt.

7. Download the new dink32.src Þle:

Ñ Type "dl -ß -o ffc00000" at the MDINK prompt.

Ñ In HyperTerminal, select Transfer | Send Text File. Fill in the path to your DINK32 s-record in

the space provided and press <return>. The Þle download should begin. If your computer locks

up at this point, you will have to exit HyperTerminal, reset the board, and start over. At this

point, only MDINK remains in the ßash since the DINK32 image has been at least partially

overwritten by the aborted dl attempt. You will have to perform this entire process again.

Ñ The MDINK prompt returns when the download is complete.

CAUTION

: If communication or power is lost during this process, DINK32 in

FLASHROM will be corrupted. If you can reset and get back to the MDINK

prompt, be sure to start over at step one.

8. Disconnect again by selecting Call | Disconnect.

9. Change the baud rate in HyperTerminal back to 9600 under File | Properties | ConÞgure | Connect

To and entering 9600 in the appropriate Þeld.

10. Reset the board by pressing the reset button. MDINK will boot up and will branch to the DINK32

that was just downloaded.

Part 3 Excimer Memory Map

The EXCIMER memory map is shown in Table 2. Due to the partial hardware decode used on this simple

design, unimplemented addresses generate no error signal and are aliased at multiple positions within the

address range. The suggested address columns in Table 2 represent the address that DINK uses to address

this function.

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Part 4 DINK Memory Map

The hardware memory map shown in Table 2 is useful for programming input/output functions. For

example, controlling the status LED in the coding example of section 1.1 on page 5 required knowledge of

where the Serial One UART Control register could be addressed in the memory space. Equally important is

the knowledge of where the user can download code without overwriting DINK or where functions or

variables in DINK that are useful to the programmer are stored within memory.

Unlike the physical hardware of the UART addresses, the addresses DINK assigns to functions or variables

may change with each compilation and link of DINK. The linker can be conÞgure to generate a Þle which

cross-references the symbol name of functions and global variables with their assigned physical address. A

copy of this Þle name xref.txt is generally provided by Motorola with the s-record Þle for a new build of

DINK. As an example, Table 3 provides some key addresses combed from the xref.txt for DINK32 version

10.3.

Table 2: Excimer Hardware Memory Map

Suggeste

d Start

Suggested

End

Address

Start

Address

End R/W Size Device

0000 0000 00FF FFFF

(007F FFFF

in rev X2)

0000 0000 3FFF FFFF 1, 2, 4, 8 byte,

burst

1, 2, 4, 8 byte

1MB of Static RAM

4000 0000 4000 0000 4000 0000 4000 FFF0 COM2 Data register

4008 0000 4008 0000 4008 0000 4008 FFF0 Interrupt enable

4010 0000 4010 0000 4010 0000 4010 FFF0 FIFO control

4018 0000 4018 0000 4018 0000 4018 FFF0 Line control

4020 0000 4020 0000 4020 0000 4020 FFF0 Status LED (Modem control)

4028 0000 4028 0000 4028 0000 4028 FFF0 Line status

4030 0000 4030 0000 4030 0000 4030 FFF0 Modem status

4038 0000 4038 0000 4038 0000 4038 FFF0 Scratch

4040 0000 4040 0000 4040 0000 4040 FFF0 COM1 Data register

4048 0000 4048 0000 4048 0000 4048 FFF0 Interrupt enable

4050 0000 4050 0000 4050 0000 4050 FFF0 FIFO control

4058 0000 4058 0000 4058 0000 4058 FFF0 Line control

4060 0000 4060 0000 4060 0000 4060 FFF0 Error LED (Modem control )

4068 0000 4068 0000 4068 0000 4068 FFF0 Line status

4070 0000 4070 0000 4070 0000 4070 FFF0 Modem status

4078 0000 4078 0000 4078 0000 4078 FFF0 Scratch

4079 0000 7FFF FFFF Unused

8000 0000 BFFF FFFF 8000 0000 BFFF FFFF User/expansion I/O (XCS1)

FF80

0000

FFFF FFFF C000 0000 FFFF FFFF (1 read only),

2, 4, 8 bytes

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Part 5 Using the Expansion Connector

Excimer provides a very limited expansion capability for input/output . The Berg connector on the board is

an expansion connector that pins out the processor or FPGA signals shown in Table 1. See the Excimer

schematics or the Minimal PowerPC System application note to understand this interface.

Part 6 Frequency Control

Motorola reserves the right to ship several different frequencies of PowerPC 603e processor on the Excimer

board (Excimer often utilizes excess inventory). Consult the PowerPC 603e Hardware SpeciÞcation on our

Table 3: DINK Memory Map

Use Start End

.text (program code) 0x00000000 0x00002bcb

.data 0x00024bd0 0x0003c192

.bss 0x0003c194 0x00041f1b

Stack 0x000f1f20 0x0005fffff

Reserved memory for DINK 0x00060000 0x0006fffff

Memory for User programs 0x00070000 0x000ffffff

Table 4: Expansion Connector

Pin Signal Name Function

1, 2, 3 Vcc 3.3 Power

4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 12, 14, 16, 18 XD(0), XD(1), XD(2), XD(3), XD(4), XD(5), XD(6), XD(7) Buffered Data

Bus

5, 7, 9 Vcc 5.0 Power

11, 13, 15, 17 A(25), A(26), A(27), A(28) Address Lines

19, 21, 23 NC No Connect

20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32, 34 XF(0), XF(1), XF(2), XF(3), XF(4), XF(5), XF(6), XF(7) Unused Pins of

FPGA

36, 37, 38, 40 GND Ground

39 XCLK 66MHz Bus Clock

25 IRQ3* Interrupt 3

27 IRQ2* Interrupt 2

29 RESET* Reset

31 XOE* ROE Output Enable

33 XCS1* 0x8000000 0xBFFFFFF Chip Enable

35 BWE* Byte Write Enable

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website and your local Motorola sales ofÞce for more information on the range of frequencies that the 603e

will operate at. The maximum frequency of operation under the full spec recommended temperature and

voltage ranges is encoded in the part number on the top of the part. This number might be 233MHz or

266MHz or 300MHz (always integer or half integer multiples of the 66MHz Excimer clock speed). The part

can be operated slower than this, to reduce power or for other reasons, as documented in the hardware

speciÞcation. While operation above the maximum frequency or below the minimum frequency for the

particular part is not recommended, the frequency can be changed via the PLL_CFG jumpers on the

Excimer board. If the PLL_CFG on Excimer is conÞgured for a frequency outside of the recommended

frequency range for the processor installed, program execution may fail or be unreliable.

The PLL_CFG jumper settings for Excimer are shown in Table 5.

WARNING:

The PLL_CFG jumpers should never be changed while power is applied to the processor.

CAUTION

: The microprocessor, linear regulator, and heat sink area of the board (See Figure 2) can get

very hot when the microprocessor is operated at high frequency (temperature at 300MHz is approximately

90¡C/195¡F) . When used for normal code development, 133MHz provides adequate performance and will

reduce the danger of injury (temperature approximately 66¡C/150¡F) if this area of the board is

inadvertently touched. If running above 133MHz, moving air from a nearby fan will assist in cooling the

components; a clip-on heatsink for the microprocessor will further reduce the microprocessorÕs temperature.

Table 5. Excimer Frequency (PLL_CFG jumper ) Settings

Jumper

Position

(seen as

pin1 pin2 pin3)

PLL_CFG[0Ð3]

CPU Frequency in MHz (VCO

Frequency in MHz)

Comment

Bus-to-

Core

Multiplier

Core-to

VCO

Multiplier

Bus

66.67

MHz

0100 2x 2x 133 Part may not work

here because of VCO

limitation.

0101 2x 4x 133 Should work here

because VCO is 4x

the core frequency.

0110 2.5x 2x 166

1000 3x 2x 200

1110 3.5x 2x 233

1010 4x 2x 266 Check max processor

frequency

0111 4.5x 2x 300 Check max processor

frequency

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Part 7 Summary

The EXCIMER kit is a vehicle for exploring the PowerPC architecture and simple embedded software

development. The kit is meant to be a low-cost example of a PowerPC design suitable for learning, teaching,

or experimenting. Substantive applications that require large memory, PCI devices, or other advanced

features should explore the Yellowknife platform also available from Motorola or evaluation systems from

numerous third party vendors.

1011 5x 2x 333 Not recommended

1001 5.5x 2x 366 Not recommended

1101 6x 2x 400 Not recommended

0011 PLL bypass 66 Not recommended

1111 Clock off Board will be inop

Table 5. Excimer Frequency (PLL_CFG jumper ) Settings

Jumper

Position

(seen as

pin1 pin2 pin3)

PLL_CFG[0Ð3]

CPU Frequency in MHz (VCO

Frequency in MHz)

Comment

Bus-to-

Core

Multiplier

Core-to

VCO

Multiplier

Bus

66.67

MHz

Vdd CFG

MOTOROLA

Minimal PowerPC 603e Evaluation Board

Appendix A Troubleshooting

Table 6 provides some failure conditions and probable causes.

Table 6. Failure Analysis

Problem Symptom Possible Cause

Nothing happens on the terminal

after powerup.

All LEDs Off 5V Supply

Error, Status, ROM LEDs on ROM or RAM test failed

Corrupted or no code in ROM

PLL jumpers incorrect (too fast/slow)

PLL in bypass (no jumpers installed)

Power Supply Connection Faulty -

unplug and reconnect

Wiggler hardware interference -

disconnect Wiggler and try again

Error LED on, Status LED off Duart test failed

dl command ÒhangsÓ forever DINK prompt never returns Corrupted s-records

Baud rate too fast?

S-Record downloads cause DINK

error 0xfb00..

Autotyping results in

Òunrecognized command or

symbol error.Ó

Bits lost in serial transmission. Add

delay between lines in Autotype

protocol settings on terminal emulator.

Nothing happens on the terminal

after go nnnnn command.

ROM access LED ßashing Code has branched into ROM and is

looping there. Push reset.

SRAM access LED ßashing Code is in an inÞnite loop in RAM.

Wiggler might halt the processor and

provide the location of the currently

executing instruction.

No access LEDs ßashing Code is in an inÞnite loop in cache or

processor has taken a machine check.

Push reset.

Performance less than expected Code runs ÒslowÓ or SRAM access

LED ßashes during cache-bound

program.

Caches disabled. Modify HID0 register

to 0x8000c000

Data accesses are slow DCache marked Òcache inhibitedÓ for

user code. Modify dbat1l register to

0x00000012.

Heat sink area or processor is Òtoo

hotÓ to touch.

Physical contact with the board is

painful.

Processor is running Òtoo fastÓ for

ambient cooling conditions. Reduce

speed via PLL_CFG jumpers or cool

with moving air.

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