SK-FM4-216-ETHERNET

Applications of the SK-FM4-216-ETHERNET evaluation board include IoT gateways, home automation, control systems, industrial equipment interfaces, medical systems, and fleet management.

The SK-FM4-216-ETHERNET evaluation board is equipped with the Cortex-M4 Core processor and a range of standard peripherals, including the Ethernet controller, SPI, I2C, USB 2.0, and CAN. The board also features capacitive touch sensing as well as multiplexed serial peripherals and a range of communication peripherals. The board’s on-board memory includes 16 KB of SRAM, and 256 KB of ROM. It also includes a dedicated Network Security Graphing Engine (NSGE) and a dedicated AES encryption engine.

For application development, the evaluation board supports the IAR Embedded Workbench, Keil MDK, and Renesas e2 studio IDEs. These IDEs include device drivers for the on-board peripherals as well as RTOS and middleware support for leveraging the board’s high performance.

The SK-FM4-216-ETHERNET evaluation board’s working principle is based on the ARM® Cortex®-M4 architecture. The Cortex-M4 processor is optimized for on-chip communications and connectivity, powering the 10/100 Ethernet, SPI, I2C, USB 2.0, CAN, UART, flexible timer units, DMA, capacitive touch sensing, multiplexed serial peripherals, and range of communication peripherals.

The on-board Ethernet controller supports Gigabit Ethernet as well as 10/100 Ethernet data rates. The controller supports Ethernet header and payload parsing and can support IPv4/IPv6 networks. The controller also features a built-in switching table for efficient connection and packet routing.

The SK-FM4-216-ETHERNET evaluation board includes a USB 2.0 host port and an FTDI serial port for programming and serial communications. It also has an on-board power switch and a DC-DC step-down power converter, which allows the board to be powered via USB or an external power supply.

The SK-FM4-216-ETHERNET evaluation board features an on-board NFC (Near Field Communication) reader, which supports up to five different NFC protocols. The NFC controller supports peer-to-peer (P2P) communication, card emulation, data exchange, and card reader/writer modes.

The SK-FM4-216-ETHERNET evaluation board features an on-board Cortex-M4 based Graphing Engine (NSGE) and a dedicated AES encryption engine. The NSGE includes an advanced hardware accelerator for processing network security applications, such as IPSec, while the on-chip AES encryption engine enables fast, secure data encryption/decryption of up to 128-bit encryption.

Overall, the SK-FM4-216-ETHERNET evaluation board is an excellent evaluation board for developers to quickly evaluate the applications, communications, and connectivity capabilities of the ARM Cortex-M4 Core with Ethernet and NFC. It provides the necessary tools for application development, and can be used to develop applications in the field of IoT gateways, home automation, control systems, industrial equipment interfaces, medical systems, and fleet management.