For Immediate Release

Corelis Delivers Low-Cost PowerPC™ Embedded Computer

High-performance, low-cost single board PowerPC™ 403 embedded computer
acts as a drop in solution or development system
 

Cerritos, CA, February 1, 1996 -- Corelis Inc., is the first company to offer a low-cost single board embedded computer based on IBM's PowerPC™ RISC family of processors. Mounted on a small 3.4" by 3.9" board, the SBC-403 incorporates 1 M byte of fast DRAM, up to 1 M byte of EEPROM (128 Kbytes supplied), an RS232C serial port, debug monitor in ROM and a JTAG boundary-scan interface. Expansion connectors mounted on the board provide access to all CPU signals for debugging as well as the addition of customer designed hardware expansions.

For real time state or timing analysis, a special mechanical design allows the use of the HP E246A PowerPC 403GA Preprocessor Interface with Hewlett Packard's family of logic analyzers. The combination of the preprocessor interface and the monitor program provided in EEPROM turns the SBC-403 into a low-cost development system. The debug monitor allows setting of breakpoints, display and/or modification of registers and memory, and communication to a host system through the RS232C interface.

For demanding development applications that require real-time emulator capabilities, the Corelis PowerEM-403™ JTAG Emulator and source level debugger can be connected to the standard JTAG interface connector provided on the board. The same connector can also be used to connect IBM's RISCWatch™ 400 development system.

Tom Collopy, IBM PowerPC Embedded Tools Manager is quoted as saying: "The Corelis SBC-403 offers our PowerPC customers a low-cost development platform as well as an easily expandable embedded processor board. This product enables a larger number of customers to take advantage of the price/performance gains inherent in the PowerPC architecture."

Menachem Blasberg, president of Corelis Inc., adds: "Not only does the SBC-403 provide the necessary means for software debugging, the inclusion of the standard JTAG interface allows its capabilities to be easily expanded through the addition of the PowerEM-403 emulator or IBM's RISCWatch 400 development system. This allows our customers to add functionality to their development tools while maintaining their initial investment."

Due to its small footprint, low cost and easily accessible expansion connectors, the SBC-403 is ideally suited as an embedded controller for equipment that requires a high MIPS RISC processor engine. Operating at 25 MHz, the SBC-403 can be powered from a single +5V supply. Availability is from stock.

Corelis Inc., offers a broad line of JTAG emulators and boundary-scan software and hardware products including Automatic Test Pattern Generation (ATPG), diagnostics, vector translators and a full range of IEEE-Std 1149.1 boundary-scan testers for the PC ISA bus, PCMCIA bus, VXI bus, and IEEE-488.2.

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