ADI 公司的ezLINX iCoupler絕緣接口開發平臺采用ADSP-BF54x Blackfin系列處理器,用來評估八種物理層數字絕緣的通信標準(USB, RS-422, RS-485, RS-232, CAN, SPI, I2C 和LVDS),由于Blackfin ADSP-BF548處理器運行在uCLinux操作系統,很容易通過開源硬件和軟件平臺實現個性化,大大縮短了開發時間,ezLINX上的接口ezLINX采用ADI的絕緣收發器.本文介紹了ADSP-BF54x主要特性,方框圖,ezLINX iCoupler絕緣接口開發平臺主要特性,框圖,電路圖和材料清單.

The ADSP-BF54x Blackfin® processors are members of the Blackfin family of products, incorporating the Analog Devices/ Intel Micro Signal Architecture (MSA). Blackfin processors combine a dual-MAC state-of-the-art signal processing engine, the advantages of a clean, orthogonal RISC-like microprocessor instruction set, and single-instruction, multiple-data (SIMD) multimedia capabilities into a single instruction-set Architecture.

LOW POWER ARCHITECTURE

Blackfin processors provide world-class power management and performance. Blackfin processors are designed in a low power and low voltage design methodology and feature on-chip dynamic power management, the ability to vary both the voltage and frequency of operation to significantly lower overall power consumption. Reducing both voltage and frequency can result in a substantial reduction in power consumption as compared to reducing only the frequency of operation. This translates into longer battery life for portable appliances.

SYSTEM INTEGRATION

The ADSP-BF54x Blackfin processors are highly integrated system-on-a-chip solutions for the next generation of embedded network connected applications. By combining industrystandard interfaces with a high performance signal processing core, users can develop cost-effective solutions quickly without the need for costly external components. The system peripherals include a high speed USB OTG (On-the-Go) controller with integrated PHY, CAN 2.0B controllers, TWI controllers, UART ports, SPI ports, serial ports (SPORTs), ATAPI controller, SD/SDIO controller, a real-time clock, a watchdog timer, LCD controller, and multiple enhanced parallel peripheral interfaces.

BLACKFIN PROCESSOR PERIPHERALS

The ADSP-BF54x processors contain a rich set of peripherals connected to the core via several high bandwidth buses, providing flexibility in system configuration as well as excellent overall system performance . The general purpose peripherals include functions such as UARTs, SPI, TWI, timers with pulse width modulation (PWM) and pulse measurement capability, general-purpose I/O pins, a real-time clock, and a watchdog timer. This set of functions satisfies a wide variety of typical system support needs and is augmented by the system expansion capabilities of the part. The ADSPBF54x processors contain dedicated network communication modules and high speed serial and parallel ports, an interrupt controller for flexible management of interrupts from the onchip peripherals or external sources, and power management control functions to tailor the performance and power characteristics of the processor and system to many application scenarios.

All of the peripherals, except for general-purpose I/O, CAN, TWI, real-time clock, and timers, are supported by a flexible DMA structure. There are also separate memory DMA channels dedicated to data transfers between the processor’s various memory spaces, including external DDR (either standard or mobile, depending on the device) and asynchronous memory.

Multiple on-chip buses running at up to 133 MHz provide enough bandwidth to keep the processor core running along with activity on all of the on-chip and external peripherals.

The ADSP-BF54x Blackfin processors include an on-chip voltage regulator in support of the dynamic power management capability. The voltage regulator provides a range of core voltage levels when supplied from VDDEXT. The voltage regulator can be bypassed at the user’s discretion.

ADSP-BF54x主要特性:

Up to 600MHz high performance Blackfin processor

Two 16-bit MACs, two 40-bit ALUs, four 8-bit video ALUs

RISC-like register and instruction model

Wide range of operating voltages and flexible booting options

Programmable on-chip voltage regulator

400-ball CSP_BGA, RoHS compliant package

MEMORY

Up to 324K bytes of on-chip memory comprised of instruction SRAM/cache; dedicated instruction SRAM; data SRAM/cache; dedicated data SRAM; scratchpad SRAM

External sync memory controller supporting either DDR

SDRAM or mobile DDR SDRAM

External async memory controller supporting 8-/16-bit async memories and burst flash devices

NAND flash controller

4 memory-to-memory DMA pairs, 2 with ext. requests

Memory management unit providing memory protection

Code security with Lockbox secure technology and 128-bit

AES/ARC4 data encryption

One-time-programmable (OTP) memory

PERIPHERALS

High speed USB On-the-Go (OTG) with integrated PHY

SD/SDIO controller

ATA/ATAPI-6 controller

Up to 4 synchronous serial ports (SPORTs)

Up to 3 serial peripheral interfaces (SPI-compatible)

Up to 4 UARTs, two with automatic H/W flow control

Up to 2 CAN (controller area network) 2.0B interfaces

Up to 2 TWI (2-wire interface) controllers

8- or 16-bit asynchronous host DMA interface

Multiple enhanced parallel peripheral interfaces (EPPIs), supporting ITU-R BT.656 video formats and 18-/24-bit LCD connections

Media transceiver (MXVR) for connection to a MOST network

Pixel compositor for overlays, alpha blending, and color conversion

Up to eleven 32-bit timers/counters with PWM support

Real-time clock (RTC) and watchdog timer

Up/down counter with support for rotary encoder

Up to 152 general-purpose I/O (GPIOs)

On-chip PLL capable of frequency multiplication

Debug/JTAG interface

圖1.ADSP-BF549功能框圖

圖2.Blackfin處理器核框圖

ezLINX iCoupler絕緣接口開發平臺

The ezLINX iCoupler Isolated Interface Development environment provides developers with a cost-effective, plug and play method for evaluating eight physical Layer, digitally-isolated communication standards(USB, RS-422, RS-485, RS-232, CAN, SPI, I2C and LVDS). The Blackfin ADSP-BF548 processor is used to run the uCLinux operating system and allows for easy customization through the open source hardware and software platform. Development time is significantly reduced for embedded designers and system architects who are designing and evaluating isolated communication standards.The Interfaces on ezLINX use ADI’s isolated transceivers with integrated iCoupler and isoPower® digital isolator technology.


圖3.ezLINX iCoupler絕緣接口開發平臺外形圖

The Hardware of the ezLINX iCoupler isolated interface development environment contains the ADSP-BF548 blackfin processor with 64MB of RAM and 32MB of Flash memory. The Isolated Physical layer communication standards are implemented using ADI’s isolated transceivers with integrated iCoupler and isoPower technology. Routing between the various communication standards is implemented at the hardware level.

ezLINX iCoupler絕緣接口開發平臺包括:

Isolated USBusing the ADuM3160

Isolated CANusing the ADM3053 Signal and Power Isolated CAN transceiver

Isolated RS-485/RS-422using the ADM2587E Signal and Power Isolated RS-485/RS-422 transceiver

Isolated RS-232using the ADM3252E Signal and Power Isolated RS-232 transceiver

Isolated I2Cusing the ADuM1250 and ADuM5000

Isolated SPIusing the ADuM3401, ADuM3402 and ADuM5000

Isolated LVDSusing the ADuM3442, ADuM5000, ADN4663 and ADN4664


圖4.ezLINX iCoupler絕緣接口開發平臺方框圖

The ezLINX™ Development Platform also includes the following:

Hirose FX8 120P-SV(91) Extender Connectorfor daughter board connections.

RS-232 DB-9 Console Connector

1.2V, 2.5V, 3.3V, 5V Regulated Output Voltages

ADSP-BF548 Isolated Transceivers EvalBoard

圖5.ezLINX iCoupler絕緣接口開發平臺電路圖(1)

圖6.ezLINX iCoupler絕緣接口開發平臺電路圖(2)

圖7.ezLINX iCoupler絕緣接口開發平臺電路圖(3)

圖8.ezLINX iCoupler絕緣接口開發平臺電路圖(4)

圖9.ezLINX iCoupler絕緣接口開發平臺電路圖(5)

圖10.ezLINX iCoupler絕緣接口開發平臺電路圖(6)

圖11.ezLINX iCoupler絕緣接口開發平臺電路圖(7)

圖12.ezLINX iCoupler絕緣接口開發平臺電路圖(7)
ezLINX iCoupler絕緣接口開發平臺材料清單:




詳情請見:
http://www.analog.com/static/imported-files/data_sheets/ADSP-BF542_BF544_BF547_BF548_BF54.pdf
和
http://www.analog.com/static/imported-files/eval_boards/ezLINX_Schematic.pdf
以及
http://www.analog.com/static/imported-files/eval_boards/ezLINX-PCB-Bill_of_Materials.pdf