The PRISM500 is a high-performance, Prepackaged Reconfigurable Integrated System-on-Module (PRISM) designed to enable and accelerate advanced embedded system design. The PRISM500 boasts a high level of hardware and software integration and flexibility, employing a high-performance Freescale PowerPC processor coupled with the low-power, high-density, Altera Cyclone III FPGA.
Mastered by the MPC8544/E processor the PRISM405 delivers best-in-class performance with speeds up to 1.067 GHz and features double precision floating point and integrated security engines. The PRISM500 provides a powerful complement of memory together with extensive high-speed connectivity options including Gigabit Ethernet and PCI Express for control, communication, and data storage purposes.
AKA's latest PRISM extends the performance and reach of the microcontroller via a high-performance proprietary interface that bridges to the Avalon switch fabric in the Cyclone III, facilitating a true, dual processor system capable of implementing nearly any desired expansion interface. By arbitrating transactions in a standard Altera Nios II processor system within the FPGA, a host of custom peripherals can be added to the MPC8544/E embedded processor with ease and rapidity.
The PRISM500 includes numerous digital and analog peripherals commonly used in communications, automotive, and medical applications and an available FPGA bridge provides unparalleled ability to expand the number of peripherals further.
The PRISM500 architecture is modular in nature, allowing for ease of integration of custom user logic and or custom peripheral bridging functions. The PRISM500 also comes fully equipped with on board programmable clocks, voltage regulators, and power monitors, removing these critical and often difficult hardware elements from the designer's plate, accelerating the design cycle while facilitating the absolute fastest time to market.
Note: The PRISM500 was formally known as the PRISM400.
Features
Designed with a high-density FPGA (up to 80K LEs) for flexible system design
Includes a high-performance MPC8544/E processor
Capacity to store multiple logic-images for the implementation of diagnostics and fault-tolerant applications
Capacity to accommodate full-featured software applications in the large on-board flash
Accommodates easy feature-set expansion and application flexibility with the on-board high-performance PPC MPU and dedicated DRAM
Supports multiple power & performance profiles using the built-in programmable clock circuitry
Aggregates discrete logic and interfaces into a single device
Supports Linux & other MMU-capable OSs
Features a small footprint of 3.2x3.2 inches in a 656 pin PGA
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Specifications
Logic Device
Cyclone III (EP3C80) 80K LEs
FPGA RAM
64MB Mobile SDRAM
Processor RAM
512MB DDR2 SDRAM
FLASH
128MB NOR
Processor Architecture
PowerPC
Processor
Freescale MPC8544/E
1.067 GHz
Interfaces
- Dual 10/100/1000 Base-T/Base-LX/SX Ethernet
- USB 2.0 (Host & Device)
- PCIe (Dual x4, Single x1)
- PCI (x32 bit)
- Dual CAN
- MIL-STD-1553
- UART
- RS232
FPGA GPIOs
150
Processor GPIOs
n/a
Voltage input
3.3V
Footprint
656 PGA
Mechanical Dimensions
3.2" x 3.2"
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