SPRUI97E May 2017 – September 2025
Each of the AM571x IDK EVM boards contains a 256Kb (32KB) Serial EEPROM that contains board-specific data. This data allows the application software to automatically detect the type of board that it is running on and also to determine its version and, potentially, optional features. Other hardware specific data can be stored on this memory device as well. The part number of the memory device is CAT24C256WI-G in a SOIC-8 package. Refer to Section 2.3 for details on the data stored in this memory.