CoolRunner™- II

in PDAs

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Agenda

• Today’s PDA• Add ons• Power limitations• Where CoolRunner-II fits• Future Directions• XPATH Demonstration

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Today’s PDA

μproc

KEYBOARD

DISPLAY

IrDA

EPROM

SRAM

CoolRunner-II CPLD

Analog I/F

CoolRunner-II CPLD

PCMCIA CF+

Baseline PDA Extended Functionality

USB

DRAM Camera Chip

MP3

MPEG 4

GPS MMC/SD

SRAM

DRAM

CoolRunner-II

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Case Study:

Palm i705

• Xilinx CPLDs fill the need

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HandEra PDA

• CoolRunner XPLA3 XCR3128XL

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Add Ons

• Cameras• Wireless communicators• GPS transceivers• Memory upgrades• MP3 players• EEG monitors

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IDEO Eyemodule2 Camera

• CoolRunner XPLA3 XCR3256XL• 320x240-pixel resolution

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Kodak Palm Camera

• Palmpix digital camera– XCR3064XL

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Palm m505 Handheld

• SD Card expansion module reference design– First revision: XCR3256XL– Second revision: XCR3064XL

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Xircom 802.11b Module

• CoolRunner XPLA3 XCR3064XL• Handspring wireless modem

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OmniSky Wireless Modem

• OmniSky CDMA Handspring add on module – XCR3128XL-10CS144C and XCR3032XL-10CS48C

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GeoDiscovery Geode GPS

• Springboard CoolRunner design

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Where CoolRunner Fits

• Ideal interface for portable systems– Negligible battery drain– Ample speed for any portable application– Totally flexible voltage interfacing– Easily adapts to future changes

• Interface memories, transducers, displays, keyboards, digital RF modules, MP3 . . .– Literally anything!

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Emerging Standards & Protocols

• New standard I/O ports:– Immediate solution to interface– No ASIC waiting time

• No waiting for memory support as voltages drop• No permanent attachment to any specific ASSP

– Cameras, compression– Memories– RF modules

• Bluetooth, GPS, etc.

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Demonstration: XPATH

• Developed by CoolRunner Applications Group• Includes multiple features:

– Built-in compass– Temperature measurement– Air pressure measurement– Multiple display formats– A/D and add on memory interfaces

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XPATH

• Handspring add-on module• Application Note: XAPP356

Pressure Altimeter Temperature Heading

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PATH

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PATH• Motorola Pressure Transducer MPX4115A

• Maxim TemperatureSensor MAX6577

• Honeywell MagneticSensor HMC1002