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CoreTile Express™ A15x2 Technical Reference Manual

Cortex™-A15 MPCore (V2P-CA15)

Copyright © 2011-2013 ARM. All rights reserved.

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Table of Contents

Preface
About this book
Intended audience
Using this book
Glossary
Conventions
Additional reading
Feedback
Feedback on this product
Feedback on content
1. Introduction
1.1. About the CoreTile Express A15x2 daughterboard
1.2. Precautions
1.2.1. Ensuring safety
1.2.2. Preventing damage
2. Hardware Description
2.1. CoreTile Express A15x2 daughterboard architecture
2.2. Cortex-A15 MPCore test chip
2.3. System interconnect signals
2.3.1. Overview of system interconnect signals
2.3.2. High-Speed Bus (HSB) to other daughterboard
2.3.3. Static Memory Bus (SMB)
2.3.4. MultiMedia Bus (MMB)
2.3.5. System Bus (SB)
2.3.6. Configuration Bus (CB)
2.4. Power-up configuration and resets
2.4.1. Configuration architecture
2.4.2. System configuration
2.4.3. Resets
2.4.4. Configuration and reset signals
2.5. Serial Configuration Controller
2.6. Voltage, current, power, temperature, and energy monitoring
2.6.1. Voltage control and current, temperature, and power monitoring
2.6.2. Energy meter
2.7. Clocks
2.7.1. Overview of clocks
2.7.2. Daughterboard programmable clock generators
2.7.3. Test chip PLLs and clock divider logic
2.7.4. External clocks
2.8. Interrupts
2.8.1. Overview of interrupts
2.8.2. Test chip interrupts
2.9. HDLCD
2.10. DDR2 memory interface
2.11. Debug
3. Programmers Model
3.1. About this programmers model
3.2. Daughterboard memory map
3.2.1. Overview of daughterboard memory map
3.2.2. Remapping memory
3.2.3. Overview of the memory map for the on-chip peripherals
3.3. Test chip SCC registers
3.3.1. Test chip SCC register overview
3.3.2. Test chip SCC register summary
3.3.3. Mask operation to define SMC chip select address ranges
3.3.4. Test chip SCC register descriptions
3.4. Programmable peripherals and interfaces
3.4.1. Cortex-A15 MPCore cluster
3.4.2. AXI network interconnect, NIC-301
3.4.3. HDLCD controller
3.4.4. Cortex-A15 L2 cache controller
3.4.5. DDR2 memory controllers, PL341
3.4.6. Static memory controller, PL354
3.4.7. Direct memory access controller, DMA-330
3.4.8. Watchdog, SP805
3.4.9. System counter
A. Signal Descriptions
A.1. Daughterboard connectors
A.2. HDRX HSB multiplexing scheme
A.3. Header connectors
A.4. Debug and trace connectors
A.4.1. JTAG connector
A.4.2. Trace connectors
B. HDLCD controller
B.1. Introduction
B.2. HDLCD programmers model
B.2.1. About the HDLCD controller programmers model
B.2.2. Register summary
B.2.3. Register descriptions
C. Electrical Specifications
C.1. AC characteristics
D. Revisions

List of Figures

1. Key to timing diagram conventions
1.1. CoreTile Express A15×2 daughterboard layout
2.1. CoreTile Express A15×2 daughterboard block diagram
2.2. Top-level view of the Cortex-A15 MPCore test chip components
2.3. System connect example with optional LogicTile Express FPGA daughterboard
2.4. CoreTile Express A15×2 configuration architecture with Motherboard Express, V2M-P1
2.5. CoreTile Express A15×2 configuration architecture with custom motherboard
2.6. CoreTile Express A15×2 daughterboard resets
2.7. CoreTile Express A15×2 daughterboard configuration and reset timing cycle
2.8. Overview of SCC connectivity
2.9. System clocks overview
2.10. CoreTile Express A15×2 daughterboard clocks
2.11. Test chip PLLs and clock divider logic
2.12. CoreTile Express A15×2 daughterboard interrupt overview
2.13. HDLCD graphics system interconnect
2.14. DDR2 memory interface
2.15. CoreTile Express A15×2 CoreSight and trace
3.1. CoreTile Express A15×2 daughterboard memory map
3.2. Cortex-A15 MPCore on-chip peripheral memory map
3.3. Cortex-A15 MPCore CoreSight component memory map
3.4. Test chip CFGREG0 Register bit assignments
3.5. Test chip CFGREG1 Register bit assignments
3.6. Test chip CFGREG2 Register bit assignments
3.7. Test chip CFGREG3 Register bit assignments
3.8. Test chip CFGREG4 Register bit assignments
3.9. Test chip CFGREG5 Register bit assignments
3.10. Test chip CUSTOMER_ID Register bit assignments
3.11. Test chip CFGREG6 Register bit assignments
3.12. Test chip CFGREG7 Register bit assignments
3.13. Test chip CFGREG9 Register bit assignments
3.14. Test chip CFGREG10, CFGREG12, CFGREG14, and CFGREG16 Register bit assignments
3.15. Test chip CFGREG11, CFGREG13, CFGREG15, and CFGREG17 Register bit assignments
3.16. Test chip CFGREG22 Register bit assignments
3.17. Test chip CFGREG23 Register bit assignments
3.18. Test chip APB_CLEAR Register bit assignments
3.19. Test chip TC_ID Register bit assignments
3.20. Test chip CPU_ID Register bit assignments
3.21. System counter REGLWR Register bit assignments
3.22. System counter REGUPR Register bit assignments
3.23. System counter CNTLWR Register bit assignments
3.24. System counter CNTUPR Register bit assignments
A.1. CoreTile Express A15×2 daughterboard connectors
A.2. HSB multiplexing
A.3. JTAG connector, J6
A.4. Trace Connector, J4 and J5
B.1. Version Register bit assignments
B.2. Interrupt Raw Status Register bit assignments
B.3. Interrupt Clear Register bit assignments
B.4. Interrupt Mask Register bit assignments
B.5. Interrupt Status Register bit assignments
B.6. Frame Buffer Base Address Register bit assignments
B.7. Frame Buffer Line Length Register bit assignments
B.8. Frame Buffer Line Count Register bit assignments
B.9. Frame Buffer Line Count Register bit assignments
B.10. Bus Options Register bit assignments
B.11. Vertical Synch Width Register bit assignments
B.12. Vertical Back Porch Width Register bit assignments
B.13. Vertical Data Width Register bit assignments
B.14. Vertical Front Porch Width Register bit assignments
B.15. Horizontal Synch Width Register bit assignments
B.16. Horizontal Back Porch Width Register bit assignments
B.17. Horizontal Data Width Register bit assignments
B.18. Horizontal Front Porch Width Register bit assignments
B.19. Polarities Register bit assignments
B.20. Command Register bit assignments
B.21. Little endian byte layout
B.22. Big endian byte layout
B.23. Pixel Format Register bit assignments
B.24. Color Select Register bit assignments

List of Tables

1.
2.1. Configuration and reset signals
2.2. Monitoring and setting the CPU cluster voltage
2.3. Monitoring the CPU cluster current
2.4. Monitoring the CPU cluster power
2.5. Monitoring the Daughterboard Configuration Controller temperature
2.6. Energy Monitoring
2.7. Cortex-A15 test chip maximum clock operating frequencies
2.8. Daughterboard OSCCLK clock sources
2.9. External clock sources
2.10. Test chip interrupts
2.11. Test chip Trace connection addresses
3.1. Daughterboard memory map
3.2. Cortex-A15 MPCore on-chip peripheral memory map
3.3. CoreSight component memory map
3.4. Test chip SCC register summary
3.5. Test chip CFGREG0 Register bit assignments
3.6. Test chip CFGREG1 Register bit assignments
3.7. Test chip CFGREG2 Register bit assignments
3.8. Test chip CFGREG3 Register bit assignments
3.9. Test chip CFGREG4 Register bit assignments
3.10. Test chip CFGREG5 Register bit assignments
3.11. Test chip CUSTOMER_ID Register bit assignments
3.12. Test chip CFGREG6 Register bit assignments
3.13. Test chip CFGREG7 Register bit assignments
3.14. Test chip CFGREG9 Register bit assignments
3.15. CFGREG10, CFGREG12, CFGREG14, and CFGREG16 Register bit assignments
3.16. Test chip CFGREG11, CFGREG13, CFGREG15, and CFGREG17 Register bit assignments
3.17. Test chip CFGREG22 Register bit assignments
3.18. Test chip CFGREG23 Register bit assignments
3.19. Test chip APB_CLEAR Register bit assignments
3.20. Test chip TC_ID Register bit assignments
3.21. Test chip CPUID Register bit assignments
3.22. Interrupt controller implementation
3.23. AXI network interconnect implementation
3.24. HDLCD controller implementation
3.25. Cortex-A15 Level-2 cache controller implementation
3.26. DDR2 memory controllers implementation
3.27. Static memory controller implementation
3.28. DMA implementation
3.29. Watchdog implementation
3.30. System counter implementation
3.31. System counter register summary
3.32. System counter REGLWR Register bit assignments
3.33. System counter REGUPR Register bit assignments
3.34. System counter CNTLWR Register bit assignments
3.35. System counter CNTUPR Register bit assignments
3.36. System counter CNTCTL Register bit assignments
A.1. JTAG connector, J6, signal list
A.2. Trace Single connector, J4, signal list
A.3. Trace Dual connector, J5, signal list
B.1. Register summary
B.2. Version Register bit assignments
B.3. Interrupt Raw Status Register bit assignments
B.4. Interrupt Clear Register bit assignments
B.5. Interrupt Mask Register bit assignments
B.6. Interrupt Status Register bit assignments
B.7. Frame Buffer Base Address Register bit assignments
B.8. Frame Buffer Line Length Register bit assignments
B.9. Frame Buffer Line Count Register bit assignments
B.10. Frame Buffer Line Count Register bit assignments
B.11. Bus Options Register bit assignments
B.12. Vertical Synch Width Register bit assignments
B.13. Vertical Back Porch Width Register bit assignments
B.14. Vertical Data Width Register bit assignments
B.15. Vertical Front Porch Width Register bit assignments
B.16. Horizontal Synch Width Register bit assignments
B.17. Horizontal Back Porch Width Register bit assignments
B.18. Horizontal Data Width Register bit assignments
B.19. Horizontal Front Porch Width Register bit assignments
B.20. Polarities Register bit assignments
B.21. Command Register bit assignments
B.22. Pixel Format Register bit assignments
B.23. Color Select Register bit assignments
C.1. AC characteristics
D.1. Issue A
D.2. Differences between issue A and issue B
D.3. Differences between issue B and issue C
D.4. Differences between issue C and issue D
D.5. Differences between issue D and issue E

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Product Status

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Conformance Notices

This section contains conformance notices.

Federal Communications Commission Notice

This device is test equipment and consequently is exempt from part 15 of the FCC Rules under section 15.103 (c).

CE Declaration of Conformity

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The system should be powered down when not in use.

The daughterboard generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment causes harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off or on, you are encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures:

  • Ensure attached cables do not lie across the card.

  • Reorient the receiving antenna.

  • Increase the distance between the equipment and the receiver.

  • Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected.

  • Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.

Note

It is recommended that wherever possible shielded interface cables be used.

Revision History
Revision A02 December 2011First release for V2P-CA15
Revision B15 July 2012Second release for V2P-CA15
Revision C06 August 2012Third release for V2P-CA15
Revision D12 October 2012Fourth release for V2P-CA15
Revision E31 March 2013Fifth release for V2P-CA15
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