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USER MANUAL
BCM91125F
Evaluation Board
91125F-UM100-R
16215 Alton Parkway
P.O. Box 57013
Irvine, CA 92619-7013
• Phone:
949-450-8700
• Fax:
949-450-8710
02/18/04

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  • Page 1 USER MANUAL BCM91125F Evaluation Board 91125F-UM100-R 16215 Alton Parkway • P.O. Box 57013 • Irvine, CA 92619-7013 • Phone: 949-450-8700 • Fax: 949-450-8710 02/18/04...
  • Page 2 All rights reserved Printed in the U.S.A. ® Broadcom and the pulse logo are registered trademarks of Broadcom Corporation and/or its subsidiaries in the United States and certain other countries. All other trademarks mentioned are the property of their respective owners.
  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    User Manual BCM91125F 02/18/04 ABLE OF ONTENTS Section 1: Product Overview ....................1 Introduction ..............................1 Items Included with the Shipment ......................1 Features ................................ 1 Hardware ..............................1 Firmware ..............................2 Section 2: Getting Started....................3 Section 3: Physical Description ..................4 Block Diagram ..............................
  • Page 4 BCM91125F User Manual 02/18/04 Bro adco m C orp or atio n Page Document 91125F-UM100-R...
  • Page 5 User Manual BCM91125F 02/18/04 IST OF IGURES Figure 1: Top View ............................. 4 Figure 2: Block Diagram ............................. 4 Figure 3: Connector Callouts..........................5 Figure 4: LED Callouts ............................6 Figure 5: Fuse and Battery Callouts ........................8 Figure 6: Switch Callouts............................ 9...
  • Page 6 User Manual BCM91125F 02/18/04 IST OF ABLES Table 1: Connector Descriptions ........................5 Table 2: LED Descriptions..........................7 Table 3: Fuse and Battery Descriptions ......................8 Table 4: Switch Descriptions ..........................9 Table 5: SMBus Peripherals..........................10 Table 6: Generic Bus Peripherals........................10 Table 7: GPIO Map............................
  • Page 7: Section 1: Product Overview

    The BCM91125F evaluation board is an evaluation platform intended to support the needs of prospective users of the BCM1125H processor. This user manual provides information on how to get the BCM91125F evaluation board up and running quickly. This manual also describes how to locate, configure, and observe the various connectors, switches, jumpers, and LEDs on the BCM91125F, allowing software development and evaluation of the BCM1125H processor to begin.
  • Page 8: Firmware

    There are many parameters configurable at build time that can be used to customize CFE to suit diverse customer requirements. On the BCM91125F, CFE can load programs (such as S-records, raw binary, or ELF formatted) from bootstrap devices in a variety of ways, including: •...
  • Page 9: Section 2: Getting Started

    Complete the following steps to get to a BCM91125F CFE (firmware) prompt. Connect a 9-pin null modem cable to the serial port of the BCM91125F and to a serial port on a workstation/PC. Use a terminal program and set it to 115200 bps, 8-bit data, 1-stop bit, no parity, and no flow control.
  • Page 10: Section 3: Physical Description

    BCM91125F User Manual 02/18/04 Se ction 3: Phy sical Des cription The BCM91125F is implemented in the standard half-length PCI card format. The following figure shows a top view of the BCM91125F. Figure 1: Top View LOCK IAGRAM The following figure shows a block diagram of the BCM91125F.
  • Page 11: Connectors

    For a description of each connector callout, compare Figure 3’s number callouts with Table Figure 3: Connector Callouts The following table shows the BCM91125F connectors. Table 1: Connector Descriptions Board ID Description J2 *** Dual-sided 62-pin edge finger PCI connector.
  • Page 12: Powering Up The Board

    Any one of the following three methods supply power to the board by plugging in: • The BCM91125F board’s PCI connector (J2) to a PCI slot on a motherboard. • A HDD power cable from a standard PC power supply to the HDD connector (J19).
  • Page 13: Table 2: Led Descriptions

    User Manual BCM91125F 02/18/04 Table 2: LED Descriptions Board ID Color Description Amber System reset. Amber Cold reset. D7 * Ethernet Port E1 PHY LEDs Link2 = Speed indicator. Green Link1 = Speed indicator. Yellow Fdx = Full-duplex indicator. Green Slv = Slave indicator.
  • Page 14: Fuse And Battery

    BCM91125F User Manual 02/18/04 USE AND ATTERY Figure 5 shows the positions of the fuse and battery numerically. Compare Figure 5’s number callouts with a description of each fuse and battery in Table Figure 5: Fuse and Battery Callouts Table 3: Fuse and Battery Descriptions...
  • Page 15: Switches

    User Manual BCM91125F 02/18/04 WITCHES Figure 6 shows the positions of switches numerically. Compare Figure 6’s number callouts with a description of each switch in Table Figure 6: Switch Callouts Table 4: Switch Descriptions Board ID Function Default Cold reset asserted when the button is pressed...
  • Page 16: Bcm1125H Peripheral Devices

    BCM91125F User Manual 02/18/04 BCM1125H P ERIPHERAL EVICES Table 5: SMBus Peripherals SMBus Channel SMBus Address Description 0x2A Maxim MAX6654 temperature sensor. 0x50 Microchip 28LC128C EEPROM. 0x54 ® Atmel AT24C02 SPD EEPROM*. 0x68 ST Microelectronic M41T81 RTC. * = Overwriting the data on the SPD EEPROM could adversely affect the firmware’s ability to configure the DRAM correctly.
  • Page 17: Section 4: Firmware Configuration

    User Manual BCM91125F 02/18/04 S e c ti o n 4 : F ir m wa r e C o n f ig ur a t i on The firmware image in the flash is bi-endian, so it supports both big and little-endian operation. The following table describes where and how much physical memory the firmware maps to the chip selects on the generic bus.
  • Page 18: Section 5: Troubleshooting

    Also ensure that the terminal program is set to a baud rate of 115200, 8-bit, no parity, no flow control. PCI problems may be encountered when placing the BCM91125F board into a PCI slot on a host PC or workstation.
  • Page 19: Section 6: Web Resources

    M&part_id=2805 Samsung K4H561638D-TCA2 256Mb http://www.samsung.com/Products/Semiconductor/DRAM/ DDR SDRAM DDRSDRAM/DDRSDRAMcomponent/256Mbit/K4H561638D/ K4H561638D.htm ® http://www.intel.com/design/flcomp/datashts/290667.htm Intel E28F128J3A 128 Mbit Strataflash Memory Broadcom BCM5421 10/100/ http://www.broadcom.com/products/ 1000BASE-T Gigabit Copper product.php?product_id=BCM5421&cookiecheck=1 Transceiver NTERFACE Table 14: Bus Interface Web Resources Resource Website EJTAG http://www.mips.com/content/Documentation/MIPSDocumentation/EJTAG/doclibrary/ specification PCI specification http://www.pcisig.com/specifications/conventional/...
  • Page 20 Fax: 949-450-8710 Broadcom Corporation reserves the right to make changes without further notice to any products or data herein to improve reliability, function, or design. Information furnished by Broadcom Corporation is believed to be accurate and reliable. However, Broadcom Corporation does not assume any liability arising out of the application or use of this information, nor the application or use of any product or circuit described herein, neither does it convey any license under its patent rights nor the rights of others.

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