Avnet Electronics Marketing has launched a Linux development kit for a Freescale PowerQUICC I Integrated Communications Processor. The ADS-FRS-885-EVL kit includes a development board based on a 133MHz MPC885 PowerQUICC I Processor, networking peripherals, a Linux BSP (board support package), schematics, and… bill of materials.

(Click for larger view of the MPC885 development board)

The MPC885 is a low-cost communications processor that targets networking and industrial control applications, including VoIP phones and IP PBXs, DSLAMs, and home gateways. It is based on an embedded 8xx PowerPC core with 8KB each of instruction and data cache. It integrates the usual PowerQUICC “Communications Processor Module” (CPM), along with IPSec security accelerator, dual fast Ethernet, and USB. It clocks from 66 MHz to 133 MHz, with external bus speeds up to 80 MHz.

Avnet lists features of its MPC885 evaluation kit as follows:

• Freescale MPC885 PowerQUICC I Processor (133 MHz)
  
• AvBus expansion connectors
  
• 64 MB SDRAM
  
• 16 MB FLASH
  
• 1 MB SRAM
  
• RS-232 console port
  
• USB 2.0 low/full-speed port (host or endpoint)
  
• Dual 10/100 Mbps Ethernet port
  
• Linux Board Support Package

The ADS-FRS-885-EVL evaluation kit is available now, priced at $500.

 
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