OpenRD-Client

A Compact, Low Power, Scalable, RoHS Compliant, Fan Less Reference Design

Features

Benefits

High performance Marvell® Sheeva™ up to 1.2 GHz

  • 16/16KB I/D 4 way set associative L1 caches and unified 256KB 4-way associated L2 cache
  • 32 bit and 16 bit RISC architecture
  • Compliant with ARMv5TE architecture
  • Includes MMU to support virtual memory
  • 64 bit internal data bus
  • Branch prediction unit
  • Supports both big and little endian

Provides high performance and flexible design for a broad range of embedded applications

DDR2 SDRAM Controller

  • 512 MB DDR2-800 SDRAM in 2 banks of x8 devices
  • Up to 800 MHz data rate

Enables cost effective designs, wide range of high bandwidth DDR2 SDRAM

SATA Host controller with integrated Marvell 3 Gbps SATA PHYs

Provides Storage Interface for NAS, set-top-box, media servers and RAID applications

Cryptographic engine which provides hardware acceleration to encryption and authentication algorithms

  • Implements AES, DES and 3DES encryption algorithms
  • Implements SHA1 and MD5 authentication algorithms

Boosts performance for security applications such as VPN routers

USB 2.0 host with integrated PHY, host or device

Allows easy field upgrades

Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) Media Access Control (MAC) with GMII and RGMII support

Enables greater data throughput

Fully Integrated System-On-Chip (SoC)

Lower total system cost while optimizing performance, with reduced total system chip count and board real estate

MPEG TS interface12

Enables easy integration with video decoders and encoders

S/PDIF and I2S audio In/Out interface1

Provides digital and analog audio interface

TDM SLIC / CODEC interface12

For applications such as VOIP Gateways

Comprehensive software and hardware support with Linux board support packages

Fast time-to-market and reduced development cost

Note:

  1. Interface with '1' indicates that output pins are multiplexed
  2. Interface with '2' indicates that this is the feature of Marvell SoC and validation of this feature is pending.

System Components

CPU

  • High performance Marvell® Sheeva™ up to 1.2 GHz
  • 16/16KB I/D 4 way set associativeL1 caches
  • Unified 256KB 4-way associated L2 cache
  • 32 bit and 16 bit RISC architecture, Compliant with ARMv5TE
  • Supports both big & little endian
  • Includes MMU to support virtual memory

On Board Memory

  • 512 MB DDR2-800 SDRAM in 2 banks of x8 devices
  • 512 MB NAND Flash

Power Requirement

  • 12 volts power supply

Power Monitoring

  • SM Bus

Storage

  • SD Card
  • SATA & eSATA Ports for HDD and Optical Storage Devices

Graphics

  • VGA support up to 1280x1024 at 60 Hz

On Board I/O

  • 7 USB 2.0 Port with integrated PHYs
  • 2 GbE Ports with GMII and RGMII support
  • SATA & eSATA Ports with integrated Marvell 3 Gbps SATA PHYs
  • UART with RS232/RS485 interface
  • USB interface with Debug supports JTAG & Serial Console
  • Audio In/Out Interface
  • Header Connector for TDM Port

Operating System:

  • Linux 2.6.22.18
  • Ubuntu

OpenRD-Client hardware diagram
Note : * indicates Assembly Option

Top View with Front PanelBack View
Front PanelBack Panel

Board Size:8.82" x 6.25" x 0.063"
Operating Temperature: 0 C to 50 C
Storage Temperature: -40 C to 85 C
Power: 12V/2A (24W)
On board Interfaces: 1xEthernet, 1xUSB, 1xSD, 1x eSATA, 1x SMBus, 1x RS232, 1x Debug, 2.5” SATA HDD Connector