Actel Core1553BRT DevKit User manual

Core1553BRT DevKit
Quick Start Guide
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Table of Contents
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
Core1553BRT DevKit Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
1 Core1553BRT DevKit Quick Start Guide. . . . . . . . . . . . .9
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
What’s Included. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Software Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
2 Using the Core1553BRT Demo Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Exercising the 1553BRT Demo Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
3 Using the Remote Terminal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Board Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
1553BRT Demo Card Back Panel Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Signals and Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
RT Address Jumpers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
1553BRT Bus Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
1553BRT Demo Card Address Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Standard Address Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Extended Address Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Control Registers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
A Core1553BRT DevKit Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
B Product Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Actel U.S. Toll-Free Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Customer Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Customer Applications Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Guru Automated Technical Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Web Site. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
FTP Site . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Contacting the Customer Applications Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Worldwide Sales Offices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
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Introduction
The 1553BRT DevKit is a starter kit for working with Actel Core1553BRT
products and is intended to help you get your 1553BRT product to market
faster. The kit consists of a 1553BRT board, example design, and software
drivers to exercise the board.
Core1553BRT DevKit Documentation
The Core1553BRT DevKit includes a printed and online version of the
Core1553BRT DevKit Quick Start Guide, which contains information and
procedures for using the Core1553BRT. 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. Actel provides Reader on the Designer
CD-ROM.
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Core1553BRT DevKit Quick Start Guide
The Core 1553BRT DevKit is a starter kit for working with Actel
Core1553BRT products and is intended to help you get your 1553BRT 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
Core1553BRT core (IP and additional devices sold separately).
Overview
The 1553B RT development kit contains an Actel Core1553BRT
Demonstration Board, reference design and software to support the card.
The board implements a PCI to 1553B remote terminal function, the block
diagram is shown in Figure 1-1.
Figure 1-1. PCI to 1553B Remote Terminal Function Block Diagram
PCB
SSRAM
16K Bytes
Tranceiver
TX
TX
PCI
Bus
1553B
Buses
FPGA
PCI
Target
1553B
RT
Control
Registers
SSRAM
Interface
Jumpers
Address
Mapper
Bus B
Bus A
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The FPGA contains five main blocks: the PCI Target, Control registers, 1553B
RT, address mapper and the SSRAM interface.
The PCI target is a standard implementation of the Actel CorePCI Target IP
core (version 5.3). The Control registers control the operating mode inputs on
the 1553BRT core (see “Using the Remote Terminal” on page 17). The address
mapper allows the RT to operate with an enhanced memory map. Finally, the
SSRAM interface allows both the CorePCI and Core1553BRT to access the
same external memory.
What’s Included
The following is included with your new Core1553BRT Development Kit.
Core1553BRT
Demo Board
• 1553BRT card
• Socketed 54SX32A device implementing the Core1553BRT 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 1553BRT Demo application software for either Win98, NT, XP, or
Windows 2000 systems
• VHDL source code for the chip-level wrapper, refer to Appendix A for more
information
IP Cores (CorePCI and Core1553BRT) are sold separately.
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