The ATMEL SAM9G45 Board produced by Embest is a full-featured evaluation board based on the ATMEL' new processor – AT91SAM9G45 which runs at up to 400MHz, with 128 Mbytes DDR2 memory and 256 Mbytes SLC NAND Flash. The board provides a wide range of peripherals, including a high-speed USB host/device port, an Ethernet 10/100 interface, two high-speed SD/MMC slots and a QVGA 320x240 LCD panel with Resistive touch screen. In addition, the board supports Linux, WinCE and Android OS and offers plenty of example applications under these three OS, makes engineers easy to develop their project based on this AT91SAM9G45 processor.
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Hardware Features
Support Linux2.6 and WinCE6.0 OS, with free relevant board support packages (BSPs)
Includes one 4.3" QVGA 480x272 LCD panel with Resistive touch screen
Power: 5VDC from connector, with back-up battery on board
Working temperature: -10 to 70 Deg C
Dimension: 120 x 90 mm
Software Features
There are plenty of software examples provided for you to test and debug this ATMEL SAM9G45 ARM9 board, all in source code. These software examples (as follows) can be debugged under the popular Keil MDK (Microcontroller Development Kit) environments and help with your design and development.
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Example Programs
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WinCE6.0 OS Mapping, and the FirstBoot and Eboot set up from NandFlash
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Linux2.6.30 source code and mapping, and the UBoot set up from NandFlash
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Audio output test program
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NandFlash read/write test program
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NorFlash read/write test program
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DDR2 SDRAM read/write test program
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DataFlash read/write test program
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EEPROM read/write test program
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RTT Realtime timer test program
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RTC Realtime timer test program
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TWI Test program
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DMA transfer test program
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DBGU Serial interface communication test program
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Ethernet test program
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USB test program
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Micro SD Card Read/Write test program
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SD/MMC Card Read/Write test program
WinCE6.0 Software Resource
WinCE6.0 BSP Software Resource
Category
Function
Description
Bootloader
FirstBoot
Use to boot Eboot, provide source code and FIRSTBOOT.nb0 image
Eboot
Provide source code and Eboot.nb0 image Eboot’ function include: 1.Ethernet download: Set Mac address, static IP or dynamic IP through DHCP, and you can download WinCE kernel through Ethernet download 2.Format NandFlash 3.Set boot delay time 4.Set WinCE image address in NandFlash, and run address of the RAM, and image’s size
Driver programs
Display
LCD driver,
EEPROM
EEPROM memory driver,
EMACB
Ethernet driver,
I2C
I2C driver
KeyPad
Button driver, support external matrix keyboard,
NandFlash
NandFlash driver,
SDHC
Micro SD driver,
Serial
Serial port driver,
Touchscreen
Touchscreen driver,
USB Host
USB Host driver, support EHCI and OHCI modes,
WAVEDEV
Audio driver, support WM8731, use I2C to transfer command, and use TWI to transfer data,
Application
The application WinCE brings
The functions which are included in WinCE: 1.Touchscreen calibration 2.Internet Explorer 3.Windows Media Player, support mp3, WMV files 4.Picture viewer, support the format of bmp, gif, jpg, png files 5.Internal input keyboard
The synchronization software in PC
Microsoft Activesync
This software is used to communicate between PC and WinCE. After build synchronization, you can transfer data from device to PC, or from PC to device through USB line. And you can also do remote debug using this software
The download tools in PC
HyperTerminal
Serial port debug tool
SAM-BA1.13+USB
SAM-BA download Eboot and Wince image to the NandFlash of the board through USB line
Linux2.6.30 Software Resource
Linux2.6.30 Software Resource
Category
Function
Description
Bootloader
AT91Bootstrap
Use to boot Uboot,
Uboot
Version: UBoot1.3.4
Function: 1.Support to erase, read and write NandFlash 2.Support to download images through Ethernet 3.Support to set and save environment parameters 4.Support to display or modify the memory data 5.Support to set bootm and bootargs
Kernel and device driver
Kernel
Kernel version: Linux-2.6.30
System clock
System master frequency: 400MHz
Display
Support many kinds of the LCD size, can set resolution ratio
Touchscreen
Touchscreen driver,
DM9000
DM9000 Ethernet driver,
HSMMC
SD/MMC/SDIO driver,
IIC
I2C driver,
SPI
SPI driver,
NANDFLASH
NandFlash driver,
SERIAL
Serial port driver
WAVEDEV
Audio driver, support AC97, the default driver is IIS (WM8731)
USB Host
USB Host driver, support USB keyboard, mouse, flash disk and so on
DMA
DMA driver,
GPIO
LED and button driver,
File system
Jffs2 file system
Support jffs2 file system
Cross-compiler
arm-none-linux-gnueabi
Cross tool chain,
GUI
angstrom
The functions of the GUI: 1. View picture 2.MPlayer, support to play mp3, wmv, avi 3.Calendar, Clock, Calculator 4.File manager 5.Terminal 6.Serveral games 7.Touchscreen calibration program
The download tools in PC
HyperTerminal
Serial port debug tool
SAM-BA1.13+USB
SAM-BA download Bootloader and Wince image to the NandFlash of the board through USB line
PACKING LIST
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NAME / TYPE
QTY
DESCRIPTION
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ATMEL SAM9G45 ARM9 Board
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Target board; CPU: AT91SAM9G45
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IDC10 Cable
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10-10pins, 10cm, gap:2.00mm
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Mini USB Cable
1
To supply power to the board or for downloading programs and debug
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10/100 Ethernet Cable
1
Connect to the network
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DB9-IDC10 Cable
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DB9(F) to IDC(10 pins) cable
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20Pins-10Pins JTAG Converter
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Connect with 20pins or 10pins JTAG Debug Cables
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TFT LCD Panel
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4.3 inches QVGA 480x272 LCD panel with resistive touch screen
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