Description
The AM3359 Industrial Development Kit (IDK) is a full-featured application development platform for evaluating the capabilities and features of Sitara™ AM335x generation of ARM® Cortex™-A8 microprocessors (MPUs) for industrial applications.
The AM335x ARM Cortex-A8 based microprocessors are optimized for industrial communications, industrial control, and industrial drives applications. The AM335x processors integrate a broad range of industrial communication standards that work on Ethernet, CAN, and RS-485 physical layers.
The AM3359 IDK enables customers to evaluate and develop applications that require industrial communication standards such as CANOpen, PROFIBUS, EtherCAT, Ethernet/IP, PROFINET and SERCOS-III with minimal developmental efforts below the Application Layer. The hardware and software resources required for physical and data link layers are included on AM3359 ARM MPU and the IDK.
To simplify the development process, the IDK includes evaluation copies of software frameworks such as the SYS/BIOS real-time kernel, application stacks for industrial communication standards, and sample applications that enable compelling demonstrations of the capabilities of the IDK. Complete software tool chain is included to facilitate the software development efforts.
Target ApplicationsThe IDK hardware and included software is designed for industrial applications:
- Industrial sensors and I/O units
- Industrial communication gateways
- Industrial drives with integrated communications and multi-axis motor control
- Programmable logic/automation controllers (PLC/PAC) with integrated industrial communications such as PROFIBUS, CAN and Ethernet
- A high level block diagram is shown to the right to provide an overview of the capabilities and connectivity available on the IDK.
Features
Hardware Specifications- Processors
- Sitara AM3359 ARM Cortex-A8 MPU
- Memory
- NAND Flash
- DDR2
- SD/MMC
- SPI Flash
- Industrial interfaces
- PROFIBUS interface
- CAN interface
- Ethernet interfaces for real-time industrial Ethernet
- PWM Controllers
- Motor axis position feedback
- Industrial peripherals
- Dual motor drivers
- Digital inputs and outputs (I/O)
- TI Piccolo™ TMS320F28027 C2000 microcontroller with integrated analog to digital converters (ADCs)
- TI Stellaris® LM3S5R31 ARM Cortex-M3 Microcontroller
- Connectivity
- USB
- Ethernet
- SPI
- I2C
- UART
- General purpose I/O
- Debug
- JTAG header
- Debug UART
Complete software tool chain is provided in the IDK to enable faster development process. The software components included in the IDK are listed below:
- Open source SYS/BIOS real-time kernel with boot loader and sample applications including motion control
- Starter-ware library of peripheral drivers
- Code Composer Studio integrated development environment (IDE) v.5.x
For evaluation of sample industrial applications:
- AM3359 Industrial Development Kit (IDK)
- EtherCAT/PROIBUS master/PLC equipment to communication with the TI IDK (not included)
- Power supply
- Cables
- AM3359 IDK
- Windows XP/7 based workstation (not included)
- Code Composer Studio IDE v5 (installation media provided in the IDK)
- Power Supply
- Cables
What's Included
- AM3359 base board
- Debug UART cable
- Ethernet cables (three units)
- Industrial daughter board
- Power supplies (5V, 24V) with universal pin adapter and power cables
- SD Card with boot loader, demo application, SYS/BIOS 6.x, SDK installer and CCS v5.1 installer
- SD card reader
- USB Cable
