User guide

5 MPC8568E Kit Configuration Guide
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Introduction
This document explains how to use each component of the MPC8568E-MDS-PB modular
development kit. Specifically, the document explains how to:
• Set up the MPC8568E-MDS-PB processor board and connect it to your
development PC.
• Install CodeWarrior™ Development Studio for Power Architecture™ Processors,
Professional Edition.
• Install CodeWarrior Development Studio for Power Architecture Processors,
Linux® Platform Edition.
• Use these CodeWarrior tools to create a simple project, build this project, and
download and debug the resulting application on the processor board.
• Install the Netcomm Device Drivers package and use it to run protocol-based use
cases on the processor board. This package includes the QUICC Engine utility.
• Use the USB TAP debug probe.
• Install the MPC8568E Linux board support package and the Linux Target Image
Builder (LTIB) tools framework.
The sections of this chapter are:
• “Development Kit Components”
• “How this Manual is Organized” on page 10
• “Table of Acronyms” on page 12
Development Kit Components
The MPC8568E development kit consists of these items:
• An MPC8568E-MDS-PB processor board (PB) that is preflashed with an embedded
Linux image.
• A Linux board support package (BSP) tailored to the MPC8568E-MDS-PB board,
along with tools for generating custom Linux images from the BSP.
• Windows®- and Linux-hosted CodeWarrior software development tools along with
debug hardware that lets these tools interact with the MPC8568E-MDS-PB board.
• The NetComm Device Drivers package.