MicroBlaze 6, MicroBlaze 7, and PowerPC: BlueCat Embedded Linux and LynxOS RTOS for Xilinx Reference Platforms

MicroBlaze 6, MicroBlaze 7 and PowerPC: BlueCat Embedded Linux and LynxOS RTOS for Xilinx Reference Platforms

For MicroBlaze™ 6, MicroBlaze 7 and PowerPC® processors, BlueCat® Linux® is now available integrated in Xilinx® EDKs (embedded development kits).

For real-time systems, our LynxOS® support for the Xilinx Virtex-4 FPGA brings 20 years of RTOS experience to Xilinx' PowerPC processors.

The Xilinx MicroBlaze and PowerPC EDKs provide a rich feature set for developing BlueCat Linux and LynxOS applications and configuring custom BSPs using Xilinx hardware designs. The EDKs also provide an easy path to system expansion with additional PowerPC and MicroBlaze hardware based on the Virtex-4 FPGA or the Spartan-3E FPGA.

The Eclipse-based Luminosity IDE for embedded software development is also a perfect companion alongside the Xilinx EDK and Eclipse-based Platform Studio.

Training on developing embedded systems with BlueCat Linux and LynxOS is regularly offered.

To retrieve the GPL version of BlueCat and BlueCat-ME for Xilinx PowerPC and MicroBlaze cores, please visit our repository.

Targets by form factor:

Boards for

PowerPC and x86 processor boards

Boards for all LynuxWorks operating systems

Device drivers

PowerPC
PowerPC 405
Xilinx Virtex-4 ML403 Embedded Platform	5.4	4.2 (coming soon)
Xilinx Virtex-4 ML405 Embedded Platform	5.4
Xilinx Virtex-4 ML410 Embedded Platform	5.4
Xilinx Virtex-5 ML507 Embedded Platform	5.4 (coming soon)
MicroBlaze
MicroBlaze 6
Xilinx Spartan-3E 1600E MicroBlaze Development Kit	ME 5.4.1
Xilinx Virtex-4 ML401 Evaluation Platform	ME 5.4.1
MicroBlaze 7
Xilinx Spartan-3A DSP 1800A	ME 5.4.2
Xilinx Spartan-3E 1600E MicroBlaze Development Kit	ME 5.4.2

Supported devices for Xilinx platforms

MicroBlaze Xilinx EDK 9.2 supported devices for BlueCat
xps_uart16550_v1_00_d	SP3E
xps_ethernet_v1_04_a	SP3E
xps_emc_v2_00_a	SP3E
xps_gpio_v3_01_b	SP3E
xps_uartlite_v1_00_b	SP3E
xps_ll_temac	SP3E
xps_spi_v1_00_e	SP3E

MicroBlaze and PowerPC Xilinx EDK 9.1 supported devices for BlueCat
opb_uart16550_v1_00_d	ML403, ML405, ML410, SP3E
opb_ethernet_v1_04_a	ML403, ML405, ML410, SP3E
opb_emc_v2_00_a	ML403, ML405, ML410, SP3E
opb_sysace_v1_00_c	ML403, ML405, ML410
plb_telmac_v3_00_a	ML403, ML405, ML410
opb_iic_v1_02_a	ML403, ML405, ML410
opb_gpio_v3_01_b	ML403, ML405, ML410, SP3E
apu_fpu_v3_00_a	ML403, ML405, ML410
opb_uartlite_v1_00_b	SP3E
opb_ethernetlite_v1_01_b	SP3E
opb_spi_v1_00_e	SP3E