Overview
The MPC8313E-RDB reference platform
is ideal for hardware and software
development for cost-optimized networking
applications. The cost-effective MPC8313E
communications processor family meets the
requirements of several small office/home
office (SOHO), printing, IP services and
industrial control applications. It leverages
Freescale’s highly integrated MPC8313E
processor built on Power Architecture™
technology and leadingedge external
components—a 5-port Gigabit Ethernet
switch, USB port, one Peripheral Component
Interconnect (PCI) slot, one MiniPCI slot and
one SD card memory slot. The high level of
integration in the MPC8313E helps to lower
overall system costs, improve performance
and simplify board design.
The MPC8313E microprocessor supports
dual 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet controllers,
single 32-bit PCI controller, integrated
security engine, USB 2.0 host, four-channel
direct memory access (DMA), dual universal
asynchronous receiver/transmitter (DUART),
serial peripherals, general purpose I/O and
system timers. The introduction of Gigabit
Ethernet (SGMII), High-Speed USB 2.0, and
low-power management makes it unique in
the marketplace.
For extremely precise clock synchronization
for applications such as time-sensitive
telecommunications services, industrial
network switches, powerline networks and
test/measurement devices, the MPC8313E
features integrated IEEE® 1588 time
synchronization, the leading-edge standard.
Network Development Kit
MPC8313E-RDB Reference Platform
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A board support package (BSP) is preinstalled
on the MPC8313E-RDB. This BSP consists
of a boot loader (u-boot), a generic Power
Architecture technology system based on
the Linux kernel. The u-boot and the Linux
kernel reside in the on-board flash memory.
On powering up, the Linux system runs on
the MPC8313E-RDB. The MPC8313E-RDB
BSP generation takes advantage of the
Linux Target Image Builder (LTIB), a suite of
tools that leverages existing open source
configuration scripts and source code
packages and bundles them all into a single
BSP generation bundle. The source code
packages include boot loaders and Linux
kernel sources as well as many user-space
source code packages to build a complete
BSP. The LTIB also provides compiler
packages required to build the BSP. Freescale
developers use the LTIB to create BSPs for a
multitude of Freescale development markets.
The LTIB leverages as many BSP elements as
possible for all Freescale markets supported,
while offering the flexibility necessary to
customize components that require
platform-specific modifications.
Many third-party applications are available
for the MPC8313E-RDB. They are typically
built on top of the BSP delivered by Freescale
and are installed on the hard disk. To see
demonstrations or to acquire details of
Freescale’s third-party applications for this
platform, please contact your local Freescale
sales office.
MPC8313E RDB Board Features
• CPU: Freescale MPC8313E running at
333/333 MHz (CPU/DDR2)
• Memory subsystem:
128 MByte unbuffered DDR2 SDRAM
discrete devices
8 MByte Flash single-chip memory
32 MByte NAND Flash memory
256 KBit M24256 serial EEPROM
SD connector to interface with the
SD memory card in SPI mode
• Interfaces:
10/100/1000 BaseT Ethernet ports:
·· eTSEC1, RGMII interface: five
10/100/1000 BaseT RJ-45 interfaces
using Vitesse™ VSC7385 L2 switch
·· eTSEC2, selectable RGMII or SGMII
interface: one 10/100/1000 BaseT
RJ-45 interface using Mavell™
88E1111 PHY
USB 2.0 port:
·· High speed host/device USB interface:
selectable on-chip PHY or external
ULPI PHY interface by SMSC
USB3300 USB PHY
PCI: 32-bit PCI interface running at
up to 66 MHz
·· One 32-bit 3.3V PCI slot connected
to PCI bus
·· One 32-bit 3.3V miniPCI slot connected
to PCI bus
Dual UART ports:
·· DUART interface: supports two
UART up to 115200 bps for
console display
• Board connectors:
LCD connectors by GPIO
ATX power supply connector
JTAG/COP for debugging
