Actel Core1553BBC DevKit User manual

Core1553BBC DevKit
Quick Start Guide

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Core1553BBC DevKit
Quick Start Guide

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Table of Contents
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
Core1553BBC DevKit Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
1 Core1553BBC DevKit Quick Start Guide. . . . . . . . . . . . .9
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
What’s Included. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Software Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
2 Using the Core1553BBC Demo Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Exercising the 1553BBC Demo Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
3 Using the Bus Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Board Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
1553BBC Demo Card Back Panel Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Signals and Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
1553BBC Bus Connections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
1553BBC Demo Card Address Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Core1553BBC Memory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Core1553BBC CPU Registers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Initializing the 1553 Bus Controller Memory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Using the Bus Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
A Appendix A: cmdtohex Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
B Appendix B: Core1553BBC DevKit Contents . . . . . . . . 33
C Appendix C: Product Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Actel U.S. Toll-Free Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Customer Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Actel Customer Technical Support Center. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Actel Technical Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Web Site. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Contacting the Customer Technical Support Center. . . . . . . . . . . 36
Worldwide Sales Offices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

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Introduction
The 1553BBC DevKit is a starter kit for working with Actel Core1553BBC
products and is intended to help you get your 1553BBC product to market
faster. The kit consists of a 1553BBC board, example design, and software
drivers to exercise the board.
Core1553BBC DevKit Documentation
The Core1553BBC DevKit includes a printed and online version of the
Core1553BBC DevKit Quick Start Guide, which contains information and
procedures for using the Core1553BBC. The guide is in PDF format on the
CD-ROM in the “\doc” directory. To view the online manual, you must have
Adobe®Acrobat Reader®installed. The Reader is included on the Designer
and Libero IDE CD-ROMs.

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Core1553BBC DevKit Quick Start Guide
The Core 1553BBC DevKit is a starter kit for working with Actel
Core1553BBC products and is intended to help you get your 1553BBC product
to market faster. Intended uses are as follows:
1. To provide a hardware platform for software driver development specific
to your system.
2. To provide hardware functionality to complement the simulation test
bench.
3. To provide the ability to test modifications and enhancements made to the
Core1553BBC core (IP and additional devices sold separately).
Overview
The 1553B BC development kit contains an Actel Core1553BBC
Demonstration Board, reference design and software to support the card.
The board implements a PCI to 1553B Bus Controller function, the block
diagram is shown in Figure 1-1.
Figure 1-1. PCI to 1553B BC Controller Function Block Diagram
PCB
SSRAM
64K Bytes
Tranceiver
TX
TX
PCI
Bus
1553B
Buses
FPGA
PCI
Target
1553B
BC
SSRAM
Interface
Bus B
Bus A
CPU I/F

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The FPGA contains three main blocks: the PCI Target, 1553B BC, and the
SSRAM interface.
The PCI target is a standard implementation of the Actel CorePCI Target IP
core (version 5.31). The SSRAM interface allows both the CorePCI and
Core1553BBC to access the same external memory.
What’s Included
The following is included with your new Core1553BBC Development Kit.
Core1553BBC
Demo Board • 1553BBC card
• Socketed 54SX32A device implementing the Core1553BBC and CorePCI
function
• 1533B transceivers and transformers wired for direct coupling
• Header strips for backend observation
• Silicon Explorer connector for viewing internal nodes
CD with
Software
Drivers and
Design Files
• Actel 1553BBC Demo application software for either Win98, NT, XP, or
Windows 2000 systems
• VHDL source code for the chip-level wrapper, refer to Appendix B for more
information
IP Cores (CorePCI and Core1553BBC) are sold separately.
Software Installation
Note: You must install your software before you install the PCI
Demo Card.