Chips:

ETRAX FS

ETRAX 100LX

ETRAX 100LX MCM

History
Developer boards:

AXIS 82+ Developer Board

Axis Developer Board LX

System platforms:

AXIS 83+Device Server

Axis Device Server Platform

AXIS ETRAX FS

Overview

Designed to meet demands for low cost, easy implementation and superior network performance, the ETRAX FS is Axis' seventh-generation optimized system-on-a-chip solution for putting peripherals directly on the network.




The ETRAX FS includes, within a single system-on-chip device, a 200 MIPS 32-bit RISC processor plus dual on-chip 10/100 megabit Ethernet controllers, a wide range of device interfaces including multiple high speed serial ports and an integrated USB 1.1 PHY. The device comes in a 256-pin PBGA package and uses 465 mW power (typical). The ETRAX FS was developed using 0.13 µm ASIC technology, giving it one of the best price/performance ratios available today.

The ETRAX FS runs the standard Linux 2.6 kernel and Axis provides a tested distribution with associated software components, all available in the SDK on the Axis developer website.

High Performance, Low Power Consumption

With its improved instruction set, ETRAX FS has 2.7-3 times more CPU performance and 8 times more internal bandwidth than its predecessor ETRAX 100LX. The CRIS CPU core (CRIS v32) now has a 5 stage pipeline, separate instruction and data caches (16 kbyte each) with 256-bit wide data buses.

For extra demanding applications or drivers, ETRAX FS also has an on-chip RAM of 128 kbytes, 256 bit wide, with 20 ns cycle time. Several power-save modes are also available.

 

Designed for Networking

Dual 10/100 Mbit/s full duplex Ethernet controllers make the ETRAX FS ideal for networking high performance devices.

 

Crypto Accelerator

Hardware accelerated wire-speed cryptography allows efficient implementation of cryptography protocols and applications. Supported crypto algorithms are AES, DES, 3DES. Supported hashing algorithms are SHA-1 and MD-5. Throughput 200 - 3000 Mbit/s depending on selected operations.

 

Built in Memory Controllers for Low Product Cost

The ETRAX FS has 4 GB of address space. It supports SDRAM, SRAM, EPROM, EEPROM, and NOR/NAND Flash PROM without external logic for fewer components and lower cost.

 

I/O Protocol Processor for Flexible Device Attachment

A patented micro-code programmable I/O protocol processor adds great flexibility to the product as it can be used to connect many types of devices to the system. Examples of protocols that can run in the I/O Processor are parallel and serial ports, PC-Card, CardBus, PCI, USB FS/HS host, USB FS device, SCSI and ATA. The I/O Processor has real-time performance and consists of three 200 MHz 32-bit processors with local memory and hardware accelerators.

 

Runs the Real Linux - Rapid Development

Thanks to the included MMU, ETRAX FS can run the real Linux 2.6 kernel. All the familiar Linux tools greatly reduces the up-front investment and learning time for developers. Free powerful debugging features available include:

• Strace is used on an application to trace which system calls it makes and which signals it receives from the kernel. It is a standard system tool, available on Linux host systems.
• GDB, both user mode and kernel mode
• Stub-less debug via JTAG TAP (requires a Xilinx Parallel Cable IV)
• Watchdog timer for self-diagnostics and increased reliability

        AXIS ETRAX FS

Documentation

Technical documentation
Read more about Axis' SDK and Linux 

Part numbers

NOTE: The integrated circuit ETRAX FS is classified as a dual use product according to Regulation (EC)  No. 1334/2000 and needs authorization for re-export outside the European Union, United States of America, Australia, Japan, Canada, New Zeeland, Norway, Poland, Switzerland, Czech Republic and Hungary.