Preface - Motorola EVB555 Quick Reference

The EVB555 is an MPC555-based evaluation board that can be used for the develop-
ment and test of microcontroller systems. The MPC555 is a member of the Motorola
MPC500 PowerPC™ Risc microcontroller family. Beside its PowerPC core and the
internal memory subsystem it has a number of peripheral components (eg. 2 Analog-
to-Digital converters, 2 CAN controller modules, 2 Time Processor Units) onchip.
The EVB555 can be used to evaluate the capabilities of an MPC555-based microcon-
troller system. All special features of the MPC555 are supported. The evaluation board
is a development and test platform for software and hardware for the MPC555. It can
be used by software and hardware developers to test programs, tools or circuits with-
out having to develop a complete microcontroller system themselves.
The heart of the evaluation board is the MPC555. The processor can be operated in
"single chip mode" as well as using external resources. The EVB555 evaluation board
has 1 Mbyte RAM, 512 Kbyte flash memory, one port replacement unit and numerous
hardware expansion possibilities. To support development and test, the evaluation
board can be connected to logic analyzers, debuggers and emulators produced by dif-
ferent manufacturers.
EVB555
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