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SiFive and ESWIN do not assume any liability arising out of the application or use of any product or circuit, and specifically disclaims any and all liability, including without limitation indirect, incidental, special, exemplary, or consequential damages.
Required Hardware ..................11 Optional Hardware ................... 12 Qualified Vendor List ..................12 Hardware known to not work with HiFive Premier P550 ........13 Block Diagrams and Key Features ................. 14 HF106 System Diagram ................... 14 HiFive Premier P550 RESET Block Diagram ........... 15 HiFive Premier P550 (HF106) Key Features ............
• HF106-000 (with 16GB LPDDR5) • HF106-001 (with 32GB LPDDR5) The HiFive Premier P550 Platform is intended for use by end users only, and solely for such end users to test and evaluate SiFive’s and ESWIN’s services and products, including, but not limited to, SiFive’s and ESWIN’s semiconductor components and software applications (the “Intended Use”).
• All cables and connectors used with the HiFive Premier P550 must be properly insulated in accordance with safety standards and requirements.
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• Except for right to use the Premier P550 Platform for the Intended Use, nothing in this HiFive Premier P550 Getting Started Guide is intended or will be deemed to grant any end user any rights under any intellectual property rights of SiFive and ESWIN, by implication, estoppel, or otherwise.
Figure 1-1 7. HDMI cable (1m length) (connects to #9 in Figure 1-1 8. Paper with QR code link to the latest version of the HiFive Premier P550 Getting Started Guide. 3.2 Required Hardware • Mini-DTX Compatible Enclosure: For safety purposes, the HiFive Premier P550 board must be housed within a PC enclosure which can accommodate chassis fan(s).
• CR1220 Lithium 3V coin-cell battery for Real-Time Clock • USB WiFi/BT module 3.4 Qualified Vendor List The following third-party components are being used and qualified by SiFive to work out of the box with the Premier P550 board. • ATX Power Supply:...
• WiFi Adapters: o tp-link Archer T3U Plus (US) – USB WiFi Adapter. 3.5 Hardware known to not work with HiFive Premier P550 • ATX Power Supply: o FSP DAGGER PRO 650W (SFX PSU) when used to also power RX580- 8GB GFx card.
5.5 Rear Panel Connector The rear panel of HiFive Premier P550 is shown below: Figure 5-4: Rear Panel Interface (same numbering as Figure-1-1) HiFive Premier P550 board’s rear edge has the following connectors: • One microSD card interface (#6) of the SOC.
GPIO10 5.8 JTAG and debug UART HiFive Premier P550 provides access to the SOC’s JTAG port through USB (using FT4232) as well as connector J59 (#17 in Figure 1-1) which is the 10-pin JTAG header compliant to MIPI-10 pinout defined in section 6.1.7 of “RISC-V External Debug Support”...
For most users it would be easier to use JTAG through the USB interface. 5.9 LED Description HiFive Premier P550 board contains LEDs that indicate the status of different power rails and state of software running on EIC7700X. Location of LEDs is shown in figure...
, USB mouse, keyboard, network cable, audio cable, etc. We will use the onboard eMMC to verify that the SiFive Freedom-U-SDK boots and runs properly on the Premier P550 board, but first we need to set up the Console Terminal Window on a host computer to monitor the boot messages and verify that the board has booted properly.
Figure 7-3: PuTTY Configuration • Select "Serial" connection type • Select Serial line for the COM port the HiFive Premier P550 board is connected to as shown in the Device Manager • Select Speed of 115200 • From “Serial” under “Connection” in category section on left select “Flow Control”...
8 Support for HiFive Premier P550 Join the SiFive forums to ask questions and receive support for the HiFive Premier P550 development board: https://forums.sifive.com/c/hifive-Premier P550/16 For supplemental information about HiFive Premier and the latest versions of the supporting documentation, visit: https://www.sifive.com...
9 Limitation of Liability ESWIN AND SIFIVE WARRANTS THAT FOR A PERIOD OF 12 MONTHS FROM THE DATE THAT THE PREMIER P550 BOARD IS RECEIVED, THE PREMIER P550 BOARD WILL BE FREE OF DEFECTS IN MATERIALS AND WORKMANSHIP UNDER NORMAL USE. EXCEPT FOR THE FOREGOING, THE PREMIER P550 PLATFORM IS PROVIDED “AS IS.”...
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