Freescale Semiconductor Tower System Universal RS08/S08 MCU module TWR-S08UNIV TWR-S08UNIV Guide D’Information

 

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Document Number: TWRS08UNIVFS / REV 0

Primary Elevator

•  Common serial and

expansion bus signals

•  Two 2x80 connectors

on backside for easy

signal access and  

side-mounting board

(LCD module)

•  Power regulation

circuitry

•  Standardized signal

assignments

•  Mounting holes

Board Connectors

•  Four card-edge

connectors

•  Uses PCI Express

®

 

connectors  

(x16, 90 mm/ 

3.5” long, 164 pins)

Peripheral Module

•  Examples include serial interface module,

memory expansion module and Wi-Fi

®

Size

•  Tower is approx. 3.5” H x 3.5” W  

x 3.5” D when fully assembled

Controller Module 

•  Tower MCU/MPU board

•  Works stand-alone or in

Tower System

•  Features integrated

debugging interface for

easy programming and

run control via standard

USB cable

Secondary Elevator

•  Additional and

secondary serial and

expansion bus signals

•  Standardized signal

assignments

•  Mounting holes and

expansion connectors

for side-mounting

peripheral boards

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•  Each daughter card features a unique ID

associated with the MCU on the daughter 
card allowing automatic identification by 
development tools

•  Each 5V MCU daughter card with option to

select between 3V and 5V setting

•  All daughter cards, regardless of the 3/5V

switch, control the system voltage on the 
TWR-S08UNIV module board

•  Software included to enable engineers

to bring up sample CodeWarrior projects 
to exercise many on-chip and on-board 
peripherals, including:

o

  Sample code for the TPM, A/D, internal 

clock set-up

o

  Sample code for different serial protocols, 

I

2

C, SPI, UART and sensor TWRPI 

initialization

*The TWR-S08UNIV should always be ordered 
in combination with one or more of the  
plug-in daughter cards (TWR-(R)S08DC-xxxx). 
The TWR-S08UNIV-DEMO is also available, 
providing the TWR-S08UNIV main module 
along with all six initial daughter cards.