ColdFire® V4e Microcontroller with Ethernet, CAN and Encryption

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The MCF548X ColdFire^® microprocessors are based on the ColdFire V4e core and feature multiple connectivity peripherals including Ethernet, CAN, PCI and other serial interfaces. Additionally, they offer an encryption accelerator for secure communications in network connected control applications. The MCF548x family is pin-compatible with the MCF547x family of microprocessors offering scalability and flexibility for designs that evolve over time.

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Features

ColdFire^® V4e core delivering up to 308 (Dhrystone 2.1) MIPS @ 200 MHz
Memory management unit (MMU)
Dual precision floating point (FPU)
Enhaced multiply-accumulate (eMAC) module handles DSP-like instructions
32 KB I-cache
32 KB D-cache
32 KB on-chip system SRAM
32-bit 133 MHz DDR/SDR-SDRAM controller
Connectivity:
- 10/100 fast ethernet controller (FEC)
- CAN 2.0B
- PCI Interface V2.2; 33/66 MHz; five external leaders
- Serial peripheral interface with direct memory access (DMA) capability
- I²C interface
- 16-channel DMA controller
Security:
- Hardware-acceleration encryption (DES, 3DES, RC4, AES, MD5, SHA-1, RNG)
388 PBGA package

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MCF5480 ColdFire^® V4e Microcontroller BSDL Files

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MCF5482 ColdFire^® V4e Microcontroller BSDL Files

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MCF5483 ColdFire^® V4e Microcontroller BSDL Files

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MCF5481 ColdFire^® V4e Microcontroller BSDL Files

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MCF548X/7X Hardware Reference Design

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MCF548X/7X Hardware Reference Design

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Configuration Tools
Processor Expert^® Software – Component Development Environment v1.0.4

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2008 Linux BSP for MCF5484LITE, MCF5475/85EVB (08-Aug-2008)

ISORev 3Aug 11, 2008 00:00:00423852 KBCWF-MCF547X-548X-2-6-KL

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Complimentary ColdFire^® Digital Signal Processing Library
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2011 ColdFire Linux Maintenance BSP Release (31-Oct-2011)

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Motor Control Application Tuning (MCAT) Tool
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MCUXpresso Integrated Development Environment (IDE)

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CodeWarrior^® Development Studio for ColdFire^® Architectures (Classic IDE) v7.2

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CodeWarrior^® Development Studio for ColdFire^® Architectures: Linux^® Editions (Classic IDE) v2.5

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CodeWarrior^® for MCUs (Eclipse IDE) - ColdFire^®, 56800/E DSC, Qorivva^® 56xx, RS08/S08, S12Z - 11.1

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ColdFire® V4e Microcontroller with Ethernet, CAN and Encryption

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Block Diagram

ColdFire MCF548X Microprocessor Block Diagram

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Application Note (9)

General soldering Temperature Process Guidelines[AN3300]

AN4752: FreeMASTER Usage, Serial Driver Implementation – Application Note[AN4752]

AN4753: Rational ClearCase Use in CodeWarrior 10.3 – Application Note[AN4753]

Display eGUI using TWR-LCD board[AN4452]

ColdFire® Security: SEC and Hardware Encryption Acceleration Overview[AN2788]

Solder Joint Temperature and Package Peak Temperature[AN3298]

AN3038, Using the ColdFire® EMAC Unit to Improve RSA Performance - Application Notes[AN3038]

DDR-SDRAM Layout Considerations for MCF547x/8x Processors[AN2826]

Understanding Cryptographic Performance[AN2761]

Application Note Software (2)

MCF547x/8x Linux BSP Quick Start[AN2950]

Accompanying software to AN3038[AN3038SW]

Data Sheet (1)

MCF548x ColdFire®® Microprocessor[MCF5485EC]

Errata (1)

MCF5485 - Device Errata[MCF5485DE]

Fact Sheet (3)

MCF547x and MCF548x Families Fact Sheet[USMCF547548XFS]

PowerQUICC Integrates IEEE 1588 Time Synchronization[PQIEEE1588FS]

USCFDEVEVBFS ColdFire® Development Tools[USCFDEVEVBFS]Featured

Product Brief (1)

MCF5485 Product Brief[MCF5485PB]

Reference Manual (7)

MCF5485 Reference Manual Errata[MCF5485RMAD]

"Digital Signal Processing Libraries Using the ColdFire® eMAC and MAC User's Manual" Software[DSPLIBUMSW]

Digital Signal Processing Libraries Using the ColdFire® eMAC and MAC[DSPLIBUM]

Software for the Library of Macros for Optimization Using eMAC and MAC Programmer's Manual[CFLMOPMSW]

Library of Macros for Optimization Using eMAC and MAC Programmer's Manual[CFLMOPM]

ColdFire® ® Family Programmer’s - Reference Manual[CFPRM]

MCF548x Reference Manual[MCF5485RM]Featured

Selector Guide (1)

32-bit ColdFire MCU and MPU Product Summary Page[BRCOLDFIRESUM]Featured

White Paper (1)

MCF5XXXDBWP Debug Support on the ColdFire® Architecture[MCF5XXXDBWP]

MCF548x Reference ManualFeatured

USCFDEVEVBFS ColdFire® Development ToolsFeatured

32-bit ColdFire MCU and MPU Product Summary PageFeatured

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MCF5480 ColdFire® V4e Microcontroller BSDL Files

MCF5482 ColdFire® V4e Microcontroller BSDL Files

MCF5483 ColdFire® V4e Microcontroller BSDL Files

MCF5481 ColdFire® V4e Microcontroller BSDL Files

MCF548X/7X Hardware Reference Design

MCF548X/7X Hardware Reference Design

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2008 Linux BSP for MCF5484LITE, MCF5475/85EVB (08-Aug-2008)

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ColdFire^® V4e Microcontroller with Ethernet, CAN and Encryption

ColdFire^® Security: SEC and Hardware Encryption Acceleration Overview[AN2788]

AN3038, Using the ColdFire^® EMAC Unit to Improve RSA Performance - Application Notes[AN3038]

MCF548x ColdFire^®® Microprocessor[MCF5485EC]

USCFDEVEVBFS ColdFire^® Development Tools[USCFDEVEVBFS]Featured

"Digital Signal Processing Libraries Using the ColdFire^® eMAC and MAC User's Manual" Software[DSPLIBUMSW]

Digital Signal Processing Libraries Using the ColdFire^® eMAC and MAC[DSPLIBUM]

ColdFire^® ® Family Programmer’s - Reference Manual[CFPRM]

MCF5XXXDBWP Debug Support on the ColdFire^® Architecture[MCF5XXXDBWP]

USCFDEVEVBFS ColdFire^® Development ToolsFeatured

MCF5480 ColdFire^® V4e Microcontroller BSDL Files

MCF5482 ColdFire^® V4e Microcontroller BSDL Files

MCF5483 ColdFire^® V4e Microcontroller BSDL Files

MCF5481 ColdFire^® V4e Microcontroller BSDL Files

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