KeyStone Multicore Device Family Schematic Checklist

KeyStone™ Multicore Device Family Schematic Checklist

This application report highlights design topics that should be addressed by all board designers. It shows examples and documents that specifically reference KeyStone-I and KeyStone-II devices.

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1 Introduction

This article applies to the devices listed below. Product documentation is available on the product pages available at each link.

KeyStone-I DSPs

KeyStone-II Devices

2 Hardware Design Guide

For more details about design ideas and recommendations, the hardware design guide is referenced.

For the KeyStone I hardware design guide, see the Hardware design guide for KeyStone I devices.
For the KeyStone II hardware design guide, see the Hardware design guide for KeyStone II devices.

3 Device Comparison

Table 1 and Table 2 do not provide an all-encompassing feature list. It is intended to show differences between the devices in order to know which sections of this document apply to your specific device. Features common to all devices such as EMIF16, 1GbE Switch, general-purpose input/output (GPIO), inter-integrated circuit (I2C), serial peripheral interface (SPI), universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter (UART), and so forth are not shown. The chart is color coded to emphasize the groups of devices that are pin-for-pin compatible.