Product Details for FireCracker Development and Reference Design Platform

The FireCracker Development and Reference Design Platform for Audio/Video and Communications Applications from Silica. It is based on Analog Devices popular Blackfin embedded processor family. For its development Silica (www.silica.com/firecracker) joined forces with Analog Devices (www.analog.com) and Bluetechnix.

FireCracker is a unique concept of a Hybrid between a Development Board and a Reference Design.

The Kit contains of the FireCracker Evaluation Board and will be available with either a BF537 or BF527 Module (Availibility of BF527 Module depends on Silicon availibility). For evaluation purposes evaluation software is preflashed at the Core Module. Different demonstration applications can be chosen. Reprogramming of software updates either for the Core Module or the FPGA is possible.

A binary of this evaluation software is included in the FireCracker Kit..

Features
Blackfin DSP ADSP-BF537 based Core Module from Bluetechnix supporting 10/100Mbit Ethernet
FPGA on-board Xilinx XC3S1000 FPGA and associated SRAM and Flash, USB based JTAG Interface
Camera 2Mpixel CMOS camera
Display a 3.5” TFT display, 320px x 240px
Audio connectors for analog Audio in and out (using ADI AD1938)
Video connectors for Composite Video in and out (using ADI ADV7183 and ADV7391)
ZigBee Zigbee enabled wireless interface
UART USB to UART bridge
ETHERNET 10/100 MBit, PHY on board
CAN CAN driver
SD Card SD card socket
WLAN

connectBlue wireless LAN module (not supported on the first release)

 
Debug Agent Optional Blackfin Debug Agent

Target Applications

Audio & Video Applications
Communications
Voice & Video over IP
Medical equipment – patient monitoring
Video surveillance
Portable Media player
Security
Game machines

Kit Content

FireCracker Baseboard
Bluetechnix Blackfin Core Module
complete cable set
power supply
3,5' color TFT (240x320)
Documentation

Order No. Info Status
901-5201 FireCracker BF537E Available at Silica (AVNET Group)
901-5202 FireCracker BF537E-DA Available at Silica (AVNET Group)

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