Specifications

Arcadia Motherboard Architecture
MPC8555E Configurable Development System Reference Manual, Rev. 1
5-2 Freescale Semiconductor
— Floppy disk controller
— Dual serial ports
• ATX motherboard form-factor
Figure 5-1 shows a block diagram of the Arcadia motherboard.
5.2 Configurations
Arcadia’s flexible, non-specific motherboard allows it to be used for several purposes, such as:
• CDS motherboard for CDS development purposes
• HIP-compatible parallel/serial RapidIO motherboard
With the on-board VIA PIPC and Ethernet, operating systems such as Linux, QNX, VxWorks,
ENEA/OSE, and others can be easily ported. The use of industry-standard components means that porting
existing Sandpoint BSP and application code should be relatively easy, though it is not code compatible.
5.2.1 CDS Motherboard
As a CDS motherboard, Arcadia also supports the use of CDS development/evaluation boards, such as the
CDS for the MPC8555E, MPC8541E, MPC8548E, the PowerQUICC III family, and others; PMC cards
such as the MPC7447-Valis, MPC7410-Altimus, MPC8245-Unity, and other network/control processor
cards; and HIP boards such as the Freescale MARS:Elysium, the Freescale MARS:Auxo, and the Tundra
TSI500 evaluation boards, as well as any other HIP-compatible boards.
Figure 5-1 shows an example usage in this mode.