User`s manual

Minimal PowerPC 603e Evaluation Board

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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