Hardware Description
ARM DUI 0447J
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2.1
Motherboard architecture and buses
Figure 2-1
shows a motherboard with attached Tile Express and LogicTile Express
daughterboards.
Figure 2-1 System architecture block diagram
The major system components and interfaces that the motherboard provides are:
•
A dedicated
Motherboard Configuration Controller
(MCC) configures the motherboard
and all attached daughterboards.
•
IO FPGA that uses a static memory interface to access standard peripherals.
•
Multiplex FPGA that selects the source for the audio and video signals to the DVI
connector.
•
Two daughterboard slots, one for a CoreTile Express board and one for LogicTile Express
board.
CoreTile Express
(daughterboard site 1)
LogicTile Express
(daughterboard site 2)
HDRY
HDRX
Motherboard Express μATX
HDRY1
HDRX1
HDRY2
HDRX2
HDRX
HDRY
SB
MMB
SMB
Motherboard IO FPGA
SB
Test chip
Daughterboard
Configuration
Controller
Motherboard
Configuration
Controller
(MCC)
CB
CB
HSB (M)
HSB (S)
HSB (M)
HSB (S)
PCIe
Multiplexer
FPGA
PCI-Express
Switch
FPGA
PCIe
Slots
DVI
USB
Configuration
flash memory
(USBMSD)
ZBT
memory
DDR2
memory
SMB1
SMB2
MMB1
MMB2
PCIe1
PCIe2
(configuration)
Peripheral connectors
(LAN, USB, OTG, UARTs, CF,
SD/MMC, KMI, AACI)
Video
SRAM
LAN
USB
NOR
flash
SB
MMB
SMB
PCIe
CB
User
SRAM
Daughterboard
Configuration
Controller