Atmel AT91CAP7X-DK User Manual

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CAP

CUSTOMIZABLE MICROCONTROLLERS

AT91CAP7X-DK Development Kit

for CAP Customizable Microcontroller

The AT91CAP7X-DK development board implements the fixed portion of the AT91CAP7 device as a
microcontroller standard product, tightly coupled to a high-density FPGA that emulates the MP Block.
The boards also include a range of memories and physical interfaces/connectors representing
external system components. This configuration enables parallel hardware/software testing of
the application under development at close to operational speed, with no
penalty for hardware modifications. This enables software development
to proceed in parallel with hardware development, and significantly
reduces the design cycle time, increasing confidence in a right-first-time
system solution.

The AT91CAP7X-DK development board or “kit” is composed of three
associated boards, namely Motherboard, Mezzanine and Memory
Extension to be used jointly in order to develop AT91CAP7 processor
applications.

AT91CAP7X-DK Motherboard

The AT91CAP7X-DK motherboard features the following on-board interfaces:

n ATX power supply connector
n 2x Full-speed Host USB interfaces
n 100-base TX Ethernet PHY with three status

LEDs

n DBGU serial communication port
n 4x analog inputs
n AC97 interface with three 3.5 mm audio jack

connectors (MIC IN, LINE IN, LINE OUT)

n I2S audio codec with two 3.5 mm audio jack

connectors (LINE IN, LINE OUT)

n 2x SD/MMC card slots
n Atmel TWI serial EEPROM
n 1/4 inch TFT LCD VGA interface
n Touch Screen Controller

n Image Sensor expansion connector
n 16 push buttons arranged in a keypad form
n CAN bus interface
n Software controlled Power LED
n 2x general-purpose LEDs
n PIO expansion connectors (PIOA, PIOB, PIOC,

PIOD)

n CAP Mezzanine extension connectors

(2x 320 pins)

n PCI64 form FPGA I/O extension connector
n Custom mezzanine-style FPGA I/O extension

connector

n 3x USB device PHY interfaces with USB B

connectors (FPGA controlled)

AT91CAP7X-DK Development Kit

for CAP Customizable Microcontroller

AT91CAP7X Features

n 160 KB of fast on-chip SRAM

n A large MP Block of 450K ASIC gates (2-input NAND equivalents)

n Micro Core = ARM7TDMI

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at 80 MHz

n MPRAM = 2x DPRAM 2K x 16

n ROM = 256 KB

n A minimal number of ARM peripherals are instantiated in the fixed portion

of the design to address low cost applications

n Flexibility to instantiate other peripherals in the MP Block using IP

available in Atmel's vast library

The CAP Customizable Microcontroller

Atmel’s CAP is an ARM microcontroller-based system-on-chip with fast local memory, a wide range
of industry standard peripherals and interfaces, and a Metal Programmable (MP) Block that allows the
designer to add custom logic. By combining the performance, density and low power consumption of
the fixed portion of the device with the flexibility of the MP Block, CAP enables application-specific
products to be developed in a fraction of the time and at a fraction of the cost of standard-cell ASICs,
but at a unit price close to that of standard cell devices. CAP also offers superior performance, smaller
form factor and lower power consumption at a unit price significantly lower than an MCU-plus-FPGA
combination for the same functionality.

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