ARM RealView Hardware Platforms

ARM RealView Hardware Platforms are suitable for architecture and CPU evaluation, hardware and software design, and ASIC emulation. They are designed to provide value to customers in a number of ways:

• Early access to the latest ARM IP, including processors, AMBA interfaces, and PrimeCell blocks
• Faster time to market achieved by fast software development early in the development cycle
• Risk reduction in ASIC designs by prototyping custom hardware in FPGAs and connecting it to real processors and peripherals
• Fast environment for application development for a number of operating systems

The RealView Hardware Platforms Selector (1.3MB pdf) white paper provides general guidance about the advantages and disadvantages of different boards, and shows the typical combinations of boards and the basic compatibility rules between different types of boards.

RealView Versatile Family Overview
Versatile is ARM’s latest generation family of boards. They are based on high density Q Strip® connectors from Samtec which allow several AMBA AHB or AXI buses to be routed between baseboard and daughter cards, also called "tiles".

The Versatile Family supports systems based on the ARM7TDMI, ARM926EJ-S, ARM1136JF-S, ARM1156T2F-S, ARM1176JZF-S and ARM11 MPCore and will be the reference architecture for support of new processors.

To learn more about the ARM RealView Hardware Platforms and Development tools go to:
http://www.arm.com/products/DevTools/Hardware_Platforms.html

Below are links to information and Dataheets for the various ARM RealView Versatile Family Development Tools along with listings of associated Samtec interconnects on ARM boards, Samtec mating connectors, Data Rate cables, and Final Inch® PCB Design Tools available from Samtec to assist with your board layout.

Samtec Final Inch® PCB Design Tools
for Customer Designs

Samtec Signal Integrity engineers have developed Final Inch® Break Out Region (BOR) PCB trace routing recommendations for many of their most popular high speed connector series including the Q Strip® QTH/QSH Series selected by ARM on their RealView Hardware Platforms. These no-charge design tools save you design, development, and validation time. Final Inch® PCB Design Tools predict real-world performance expectations in real world signal integrity applications.

• Final Inch® Overview

Please note that a license agreement will be required to receive each form of Final Inch® Information you request. Click here to view a read-only copy of the terms and conditions of each applicable license agreement.

Click here to go directly to the Final Inch® Information Request Form.

RealView Versatile Family Boards
Utilizing Samtec Connectors

Platform Baseboard for the ARM1176JZF-S processor http://www.arm.com/products/DevTools/PB1176JZF-S.html

Expansion connector
The static memory expansion board uses a uses 120-way Samtec Q Strip® connector QSH-060-01-F-D-A-K. www.samtec.com?QSH

The baseboard uses the corresponding
Q Strip® QTH Series connector, QTH-060-01-F-D-A. www.samtec.com?QTH

Platform Baseboard for ARM926EJ-S
http://www.arm.com/products/DevTools/VPB926EJ-S.html

Expansion connector
The static memory expansion board uses a uses 120-way Samtec Q Strip® connector QSH-060-01-F-D-A-K. www.samtec.com?QSH?

The baseboard uses the corresponding Q Strip® QTH Series connector, QTH-060-01-F-D-A. www.samtec.com?QSH

Logic Tile for the Xilinx Virtex-5 XC5VLX330 FPGA
http://www.arm.com/products/DevTools/LT-XC5VLX330.html

Table A.6 lists the Samtec part numbers and Table A.7 lists the mating heights for each part number extension.

Samtec describes the Q Strip® QTH Series connector (used on the upper side of the tile) as a header and the QSH Series connector (used on the lower side of the tile) as a socket.

Table A.6. Samtec part numbers

Table A.7. Samtec lead style and mating heights

Note:  Logic Tiles use the -05 lead style QTH Series connectors on the upper side of the board and have 19mm board separation to the tile above. The Logic Tiles have a maximum component height of 2.5mm on the bottom and 17mm on the top of the board. This ensures that there are no component interference problems with mated boards.

Samtec mating parts QTH-090, QSH-090, QTH-150, and QSH-150 can be referenced at: www.samtec.com?QTH and www.samtec.com?QSH

Final Inch® information for QTH/QSH Series: http://www.samtec.com/signal_integrity/Final_Inch/QXH_case1.asp

To build a Samtec Data Rate Cable, go to their Cable Builder: http://www.samtec.com/cable_builder/pitchseries.asp

Core Tile for the ARM1156T2F-S processor
http://www.arm.com/miscPDFs/15093.pdf

Table 5.1 lists the Samtec part numbers.
The CT1156T2F-S uses the Samtec -02 lead style QTH Series connectors on the top and the Samtec -01 lead style QSH Series connectors on the bottom of the board. The total board separation is 8mm. The Core Tiles have a maximum component height of 2.5mm on the bottom and 5mm on the top of the board. This ensures that there are no component interference problems with mated boards.

Samtec describes the Q Strip® QTH Series connector (used on the upper side of the tile) as a header and the QSH Series connector (used on the lower side of the tile) as a socket.

Table 5.1. Samtec part numbers

Samtec mating parts QTH-090, QSH-090, QTH-150, and QSH-150 can be referenced at: www.samtec.com?QTH and www.samtec.com?QSH

Final Inch® information for QTH/QSH: http://www.samtec.com/signal_integrity/Final_Inch/QXH_case1.asp

To build a Samtec Data Rate Cable go to their Cable Builder: http://www.samtec.com/cable_builder/pitchseries.asp

Core Tile for the ARM11 MPCore
http://www.arm.com/miscPDFs/11474.pdf

Table 5.1 lists the Samtec part numbers.

The CT11MPCore uses the Samtec -02 lead style QTH Series connectors on the top and the Samtec -01 lead style QSH Series connectors on the bottom of the board. The total board separation is 8mm. The Core Tiles have a maximum component height of 2.5mm on the bottom and 5mm on the top of the board. This ensures that there are no component interference problems with mated boards.

Samtec describes the Q Strip® QTH Series connector (used on the upper side of the tile) as a header and the QSH Series connector (used on the lower side of the tile) as a socket.

Table 5.1. Samtec part numbers

Samtec mating parts QTH-090, QSH-090, QTH-150, and QSH-150 can be referenced at: www.samtec.com?QTH and www.samtec.com?QSH

Final Inch® information for QTH/QSH: http://www.samtec.com/signal_integrity/Final_Inch/QXH_case1.asp

To build a Samtec Data Rate Cable, go to their Cable Builder: http://www.samtec.com/cable_builder/pitchseries.asp

Core Tile for the ARM7TDMI, ARM926EJ-S and ARM1136F-S processors
http://www.arm.com/miscPDFs/7843.pdf

ARM7TDMI
http://www.arm.com/products/DevTools/Versatile/CT7TDMI.html

ARM926EJ-S
http://www.arm.com/products/DevTools/Versatile/CT926EJ-S.html

ARM1136F-S
http://www.arm.com/products/DevTools/Versatile/CT1136JF-S.html

Table 6.1 lists the Samtec part numbers.

Core Tiles use the -05 lead style QTH Series connectors on the top of the board and the -01 lead style QSH Series connectors on the bottom of the board. The total separation is 22mm. The Core Tiles have a maximum component height of 2.5mm on the bottom and 19mm on the top of the board. This ensures that there are no component interference problems with mated boards.

Samtec describes the Q Strip® QTH Series connector (used on the upper side of the tile) as a header and the QSH Series connector (used on the lower side of the tile) as a socket.

Table 6.1. Samtec part numbers

Samtec mating parts QTH-090, QSH-090, QTH-150, and QSH-150 can be referenced at: www.samtec.com?QTH and www.samtec.com?QSH

Final Inch® information for QTH/QSH: http://www.samtec.com/signal_integrity/Final_Inch/QXH_case1.asp

To build a Samtec Data Rate Cable, go to their Cable Builder: http://www.samtec.com/cable_builder/pitchseries.asp

Emulation Baseboard for all RealView Core Tiles
http://www.arm.com/miscPDFs/13152.pdf

Expansion connector
The memory expansion board uses a 120-way Samtec Q Strip® connector QSH-060-01-F-D-A-K. www.samtec.com?QSH

The baseboard uses the corresponding QTH Series connector, QTH-060-01-F-D-A. www.samtec.com?QSH

Note:  The numbering of pins is for the view facing the connector. Some PISMO boards also have a QTH Series connector on the top of the memory board to enable stacking.

Table A.7. Samtec part numbers

Interface Tile 1
http://www.arm.com/miscPDFs/9574.pdf

Technical Support and General Information
For Signal Integrity support related to implementation of Samtec High Speed connectors and cables, contact Samtec’s Signal Integrity Group at SIG@samtec.com

You can check the User Guides in the ARM Info center to confirm Samtec part numbers used on these and other ARM Development Boards http://infocenter.arm.com/help/index.jsp. After going to the link, type the keyword “Samtec” into the Search box and you can reference the various User Guides.

For General Information, contact Samtec at http://www.samtec.com or ARM at http://www.arm.com.