SD3.0 / eMMC5.0 Hardware Validation Platform - Advanced Info

SD and eMMC memory card interfaces dominates the mobile storage markets such as tablets, smartphones, video camcorders, and many other portable or stationary consumer electronics. Designed to be cost effective and Linux based, this SD3.0 / eMMC5.0 hardware validation platform (HVP) consists of Arasan’s SD3.0/eMMC5.0 IP mapped into FPGA’s, offering full speed physical connectivity to a complementary SoC host or memory card device. Owing to its active participation in the SDA and JEDEC/MCC standards bodies, and being the first to market SD controller IP.

Arasan’s SD controller IP implementation is considered a reference implementation in the industry.

An equally important part of the SD3 / eMMC 5.0 HVP is the software stack, which abstracts all the low level software drivers and hardware to a loadable shared object with easy to use API’s. Hence, an applications software, validation or systems engineer does not need to delve into the protocol and signaling details, and considers the Arasan platform as a programmable complementary device.

The SD3.0/eMMC5.0 HVP can be used by system developers, system integrator, software developers and system quality analysts to debug as well as validate their products during the product life-cycle.

SD3.0 HVP Picture

Diagram

HVP SD3/SDIO3/eMMC5 Hardware Validation Platform by Arasan Chip Systems

Features

Compliances:

  • Meets SD host controller standard specification Version 3.0
  • Supports SD Physical Specification Version 3.0
  • Supports SDIO Card Specification Version 3.0
  • Supports Embedded SD Physical Specification Version 2.1
  • Meets SD host controller standard specification Version 3.0
  • Meets MMC specification up to and including Version 4.51
  • Meets eMMC specification Version 5.0

Functional Validations:

  1. 1-bit, 4-bit SD modes
  2. 1.8 V switching for SD3.0 cards
  3. UHS I modes
  4. Tuning support
  5. High speed mode up to 208MHz SD host clock
  6. High Capacity Class 2, 4 and 6 SD cards
  7. eMMC HS400 mode, HS200 tuning
  8. 1-bit, 4-bit and 8-bit MMC modes
  9. eMMC boot partition access
  10. Non DMA, Single operation DMA and ADMA modes
  11. Supports byte and block mode transfers for SDIO
  12. Card auto detection (Insertion /removal)
  13. Card bounce condition handling
  14. eMMC Field firmware update, device health report, production state awareness, & secure removal types

Benefits

  • Premier direct support from Arasan IP core designers
  • Commercial/industrial standard test bench development platforms
  • Customer training available
  • RoHS compliant

Deliverables

  • Arasan HVP Hardware
  • Linux Installer Package with Documentation

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