STMicroelectronics Spear300

Description

The SPEAr300 is a member of the SPEAr family of embedded MPUs for networked devices. It is based on the powerful ARM926EJ-S processor (up to 333 MHz), widely used in applications where high computation performance is required.In addition, SPEAr300 has an MMU that allows virtual memory management -- making the system compliant with advanced operating systems like Linux. It also offers 16 KB of data cache, 16 KB of instruction cache, JTAG and ETM (embedded trace macro-cell) for debug operations. A full set of peripherals allows the system to be used in many applications, some typical applications being HMI, Security and VoIP phones.

Features

• ARM926EJ-S core up to 333 MHz
• High-performance 8-channel DMA
• Dynamic power-saving features
• Configurable peripheral functions on 102
• shared I/Os (please refer to Table 11:
• PL_GPIO multiplexing scheme)
• Memory
• – 32 KB ROM and 56 KB internal SRAM
• – LPDDR-333/DDR2-666 external memory
• interface (up to 1 GB addressable memory)
• – SDIO/MMC card interface
• – Serial Flash memory interface (SMI)
• – Flexible static memory controller (FSMC)
• up to 16-bit data bus width, supporting
• external SRAM, NAND/NOR Flash and
• FPGAs
• – Serial SPI Flash interface
• Connectivity
• – 2 x USB 2.0 Host
• – USB 2.0 Device
• – Fast Ethernet (MII port)
• – 1x SSP Synchronous serial peripheral
• (SPI, Microwire or TI protocol)
• – 1x I2C
• – 1x I2S,
• – 1x fast IrDA interface
• – 1x UART interface
• – TDM bus (512 timeslots)
• – Up to 8 additional I2C/SPI chip selects
• Security
• – C3 cryptographic accelerator
• Peripherals supported
• – Camera interface (ITU-601/656 and CSI2 support)
• – TFT/STN LCD controller (resolution up to
• 1024 x 768 and up to 24 bpp)

– Touchscreen support (using the ADC)

• – 9 x 9 keyboard controller
• – Glueless management of up to 8
• SLICs/CODECs
• Miscellaneous functions
• – Integrated real time clock, watchdog, and
• system controller
• – 8-channel 10-bit ADC, 1 Msps
• – 1-bit DAC
• – JPEG codec accelerator
• – Six 16-bit general purpose timers with
• capture mode and programmable prescaler
• – Up to 62 GPIOs

Typical applications

• General purpose NAND Flash or NOR
• WiFi or IP phones (low end or high end)
• ATA PABX systems (with or without I2S)
• 8-bit or 14-bit camera (with or without LCD)
• Digital photo frames

More information

• Datasheet
• IC product information