Overview
TORNADO-HCX series of host &
communication controllers
add powerful hosting and communication capabilities to
TORNADO-E2 DSP controllers and
TORNADO Digital Radio Controllers
and unload their on-board DSP from routine external communication and
networking tasks and to add data post-processing and mass storage
capabilities. Very compact board design, industry standard communication
interfaces, high-performance external I/O expansion capabilities, and
comprehensive software bundle make TORNADO-HCX
controllers an ideal selection for embedding into virtually any custom industrial and telecom
designs.
 TORNADO-HCX controllers use high-performance
Freescale PowerQUICC communication processors with on-chip PPC CPU core and
integrated peripherals including encryption unit, PCI/PCI-X/PCIe bus
interface, a set of communication interfaces including 1G Ethernet EMACs, USB 2.0
host/device and UART, and a set of peripheral I/O interfaces including I2C
and SPI. The PowerQUICC CPU along with on-board high-capacity
DDR and FLASH memories, PIOX2 and HCX daughter-card module (DCM) interfaces,
and system μ-controller (MC) provide
extremely powerful and flexible host communication engine for
TORNADO-E2 DSP controllers,
TORNADO Digital Radio Controllers
and for custom embedded applications.
TORNADO-HCX controllers come with ported Linux and FreeRTOS kernel,
TCP/IP stack and FAT32 file system support, all free. Application
development is
supported by Freescale CodeWarrior compiler/debug tools.
Key features
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Freescale PowerQUICC CPU |
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up to 2 Gbyte DDR and 64 MByte FLASH |
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10/100/1000 Base-T Ethernet ports |
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480 Mbit/s USB 2.0
host/device interfaces |
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384 kBaud UARTs
with RS232C interfaces |
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SPI and I2C ports |
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general purpose I/O (GPIO) |
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533 Mbyte/s PIOX2 32-bit parallel
DCM site interface for high-speed
AD/DA/coprocessor expansion |
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533 Mbyte/s 32-bit parallel
host (HCX) DCM site interface |
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system μ-controller
(MC) with on-board power supply
control, board and external temperature monitoring, on-board and chassis
fans control, remote power-supply control, battery back-up real-time clock/calendar
(RTCC),
programmable multi-event alarm, NvRAM and EEPROM areas, and more... |
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JTAG
port for CPU debugging via Freescale JTAG USB JTAG emulator |
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compact form-factor |
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Linux ready |
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simple and fast FreeRTOS kernel |
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free TCP/IP stack and FAT32 file system
support |
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Express Logic ThreadX, NetX, FileX, USBX,
TraceX RTOS port comes all-in-one library package with special pricing |
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bare board utilities and
ready-to-run demo samples |
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Freescale CodeWarrior compiler/debug tools |
System integration capabilities
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stand-alone operation with host PC
communication via Ethernet, USB, or UART ports |
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carries one PIOX2
TORNADO Digital Radio Controller, or AD/DA/coprocessor DCM, or
one legacy PIOX/PIOX-16 DCM (PIOX2-to-PIOX adapter board is required) |
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installs onto TORNADO-E2
controllers and TORNADO Digital Radio
Controllers via HCX DCM site interface for hosting,
data post-processing, networking, external communication and mass
storage capabilities |
Applications
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telecommunication |
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digital radio |
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networking |
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audio and
multimedia |
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industrial and
medical |
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instrumentation |
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education |
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TORNADO-HCX/8349
Host Communication Controller DCM
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TORNADO-HCX Host Communication Controllers
Block Diagram
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TORNADO-HCX/8349 Host Communication Controller DCM installed
onto TORNADO-E2/6713 DSP Controller
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TORNADO-HCX/8349 Host Communication Controller with
TORNADO-PX/DDC4G rev.3A Digital Radio Receiver Controller DCM
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TORNADO-E2/6713 DSP Controller with TORNADO-PX/DDC4G rev.3A
Digital Radio Receiver DCM and TORNADO-HCX/8349 Host
Communication Controller DCM
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