K2E-EVM Custom Hardware Design Services

The K2E Evaluation Modules(EVM) with double wide AMC form-factor, enables developers to immediately start evaluating 66AK2Ex processor and begin building application around it. These consist of especially demanding high-performance applications like cloud computing, cloud storage, networking, mission critical applications, video/audio and image processing and general purpose control processor applications. The EVMs include an on-board, single 66xx Keystone-2 SOC with robust connectivity options that allows customers to use this double AMC form factor card in various systems. EVMs can also work as a standalone. The software accompanying the K2E EVM includes the Code Composer Studio™ Integrated Development Environment version 5 (CCS v5), and the Multicore Software Development Kit (MCSDK) that includes the Board Support Package (BSP), Chip Support Library (CSL), Power On Self-test (POST), Network Development Kit (NDK), SYSBIOS, and Out of Box (OOB) Demonstration software.

K2EEVM

Hardware Features
  • Four ARM Cortex-A15 Processor Cores
  • One TMS320C66x™ DSP Core Subsystem (C66x CorePacs)
  • RTM connectors which supports Hyperlink and XFI interfaces
  • 170 pin B+ style AMC interface connector which supports SGMII, PCI Express 2.0 and SATA 3.0 interfaces
  • Dual 10/100/1000 Ethernet ports on board
  • Supports Two USB 2.0/3.0  interfaces
  • Supports 6Gbps SATA 3.0 interface
  • 4 GB ECC DDR3 1600 SO-DIMM
  • 512 MB of NAND Flash
  • 128 MB of NOR Flash
  • 128 KB I2C EEPROM
  • 120-pin expansion header which supports EMIF, timer, SPI,UART,I2C,GPIO interfaces
  • 4 User Indication LEDs
  • UART ( RS232 level) on 4-Pin header or UART over USB miniB
  • Supports On Board Emulation XDS200
  • Supports External Emulator through MIPI 60-Pin connector
  • Powered by DC power-brick adaptor (12V/5A) or AMC Carrier back-plane
  • Board management controller (BMC) to control power, clock and reset circuits
  • High-speed DSP interconnect enabled by Gigabit EMAC and HyperLink SERDES interfaces
  • RoHS Compliant Design
  • Double wide PICMG ® AdvancedMC (AMC) form factor (7.11” x 2.89”)
Software Features
  • Code Composer Studio™ version 5 (CCSv5)
  • Board Support Library (BSL)
  • EVM boot loader package
  • Chip Support Library
  • Network Development Kit (NDK)
  • U-Boot and Linux kernel support in NOR and NAND
Kit Content
  • EVMK2E Evaluation Module
    The K2E EVM comes with XDS200 onboard emulation capability. In addition, an external emulator via JTAG emulation header can be also be used.
  • Power supply and power cord and universal adapter
  • USB cable for On-board JTAG emulation
  • 4-pin to 9-pin serial cable
  • Ethernet Cable
  • Software (Flash Drive)
  • The K2E EVM Quick Set Up Guide

Versions

The EVM board hardware and software versions can be identified as follows

PCA REV  PCB REV  Description
Hardware Software
18-00175-03 17-00175-03 Production built-Rev 1.0.3.1. Released in September-2015
  • BMC v1.1.0.6
  • UCD9090 v2.0
  • MCSDK v3.1.4.7
18-00175-03 17-00175-03 Production built-Rev 1.0.3.0. Released in December-2014
66AK2E Silicon Rev 1.0.
  • BMC v1.1.0.6
  • UCD9090 v2.0
  • MCSDK v3.1.3
18-00175-02 17-00175-02 Beta built-Rev 1.0.2.2. Released in August-2014
66AK2E Silicon Rev 1.0.
  • BMC v1.1.0.4
  • UCD9090 v2.0
  • MCSDK v3.1.0.3
 18-00175-02  17-00175-02  Alpha built-Rev 1.0.2.0. Released in April-2014 66AK2E Silicon Rev 1.0.
  • BMC v1.1.0.3
  • UCD9090 v2.0
  • MCSDK v3.1.0.1

PCA – Printed Circuit Assembly; PCB – Printed Circuit Board

Resources – K2E EVM Support

This page contains latest support documentation and software components for the EVMK2E. For EVMK2E support related questions, please send us an email at tievmsupport@einfochips.com

EVM Rev 1.0.3.0 Documentation

EVMK2E Quick Setup Guide

Quick steps to setup the EVM.

EVMK2E Technical Reference Manual

Technical reference manual describing EVM hardware.

EVMK2E Schematics PDF

Schematics in PDF format.

EVMK2E Schematics in Orcad format

(in .dsn format)Orcad design file.

EVMK2E Gerber

Gerber layout package.

EVMK2E PCB

PCB BRD file.

EVMK2E Bill of Materials

Listing of build components.

EVMK2E Known Issues

EVMK2E Support file

RMA Form

Use this form to return faulty EVM

EVM Rev 1.0.2.2 Documentation

EVMK2E Quick Setup Guide

Quick steps to setup the EVM.

EVMK2E Technical Reference Manual

Technical reference manual describing EVM hardware.

EVMK2E Schematics PDF

Schematics in PDF format.

EVMK2E Schematics in Orcad format

(in .dsn format)Orcad design file.

EVMK2E Gerber

Gerber layout package.

EVMK2E PCB

PCB BRD file.

EVMK2E Bill of Materials

Listing of build components.

TCIEVMK2LX Known Issue

TCIEVMK2LX support file

RMA Form

Use this form to return faulty EVM

Software & Firmware

EVM SDK

Multicore Software Development Kit

BMC

Board Management Controller Binaries & Source Code

EMU PACK

Emulator Pack for Keystone 2 Devices

EVM Gel File

Gel file for EVMK2E

MCSDK User’s Guide

EVMK2E XML File

UCD9090 XML File.

UCD9090 Update Tool

Python script to update ucd9090

Software files are compatible with all EVMs.

Looking for customization of EVMK2E? Need embedded software development based on EVMK2E? Contact eInfochips at marketing@einfochips.com

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