User guide

Introduction

Development Kit Components

MPC8568E Kit Configuration Guide

• The CodeWarrior QUICC Engine Utility (QEU), a GUI-based tool that generates

C source code that initializes the QUICC Engine block of the MPC8568E processor.

• The CodeWarrior USB TAP debug probe, which lets you control the MPC8568E

processor at the hardware level, as well as manipulate flash memory.

These sections describe the MPC8568E kit components:

• “MPC8568E-MDS-PB Board”

• “CodeWarrior™ Development Studio for Power Architecture™ Processors,

Professional/Linux® Application Edition” on page 7

• “CodeWarrior™ Development Studio for Power Architecture™ Processors, Linux®

Platform/Linux Application Edition” on page 7

• “NetComm Device Drivers” on page 8

• “CodeWarrior™ QUICC Engine™ Utility” on page 8

• “USB TAP Debug Probe” on page 9

• “MPC8568E-MDS-PB Linux® Board Support Package” on page 9

MPC8568E-MDS-PB Board

The MPC8568E-MDS-PB board helps you build applications based on the MPC8568E

PowerQUICC III processor family. The board provides a development platform with

which you can work before production hardware is available.

The processor board hosts an MPC8568E processor. This processor incorporates the

QUICC Engine, a communications engine that supports a wide range of protocols.

Additional enhancements include the e500 Power Architecture core (which scales up to

1.33 GHz), a DDR2 memory controller, and an integrated security engine.

Using these on-board resources in conjunction with the CodeWarrior debugger, you can

download and run programs, set breakpoints, display memory and registers, and connect

proprietary hardware with the expansion connectors. These programs can then be

incorporated into any production application that uses an MPC8568E processor.

For embedded Linux development, the MPC8568E-MDS-PB board is pre-flashed with a

Linux image derived from a board support package (BSP) developed by Freescale. Each

time the board is powered up, it boots this Linux image.

Finally, for additional connectivity, you can attach the MPC8568E-MDS-PB board to the

optional 85xx platform I/O board (PIB). For even more connectivity options, you can

attach up to 4 PMC cards to the PIB.