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OpenHardware releases MC68EZ328 SBC reference design
Apr. 07, 2000

OpenHardware.net announces the availability of the design data for a Motorola MC68EZ328 board design which runs the current uClinux (www.uClinux.org) embedded Linux distribution. All design data, including the schematics & PCB GERBER data files needed to reproduce the MPU board and a matching mini-motherboard, are available on the site, as well as a number of photos.

The 72-pin SIMM MPU board currently includes the following features:
  • the MC68EZ328 CPU
  • 2-8MB Flash memory
  • 8MB EDO DRAM
  • Battery-backed clock (Dallas DS1306E)
  • 128K word external device bus
  • Processor Reset & BDM mode invoked via the SIMM edge connector
  • Lots of I/O pins! 9 general purpose I/O bits; 9 LCD control lines; 3 RS232 signals; 3 serial peripheral interface signals (SPI) at the SIMM edge connector
  • External memory bus, organized as 128Kx16 for external add-on cards
  • 96 bytes of battery backed SRAM (DS1306E)
  • MPU can assert Reset to all bus devices
  • Replaceable Lithium CR2032 "coin" battery
  • GNU GCC development tools
  • Approx. 80 mA current drain
The motherboard currently includes:
  • a prototyping area
  • Touch screen & LCD interface logic
  • 3 switching power supplies (+5V, +3.3V, +35V)
  • 4 SIMM sockets
  • DB9 RS232 connector
  • 30 terminals for wired connections
  • 2 RJ45 jacks for Ethernet cards
The design was produced in response to the high cost of obtaining an evaluation board from Motorola. For further details, visit the project's website, at: http://www.openhardware.net/Users/TomW.

This design is reproducible under a "not for profit" copyright. What this means is quite simple: "if you want to sell, or bundle, my design for profit, I want some of it. If you produce the design to learn how to build 'such a thing' and do not make a profit in conjunction with its distribution, then you are free to do so." This is not the GPL license, but the TPL license (Tom's Public License :^). For further information contact tom@cyberiansoftware.com.

Editor's note: Tom says the schematics are not covered by the "TPL" license; they are freely available and you can see download them from the site.

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