ADSP BF538, BF538F (Blackfin)

ADSP BF538 is quite similar to BF533 processor but extends it with additional peripherals targeted for industrial and automotive markets. BF538F stands for BF538 with on-chip flash memory.

BF538 has the following features:

  • Up to 600MHz core
  • Parallel Peripheral Interface (PPI)
  • 4 SPORTs
  • 3 SPI ports
  • 3 UARTs
  • RTC
  • CAN controller compliant with CAN 2.0B (active) standard
  • 2 TWI (I2C) controllers
  • 2 DMA engines

Linux on BF538:
Excellent uClinux support at blackfin.uclinux.org contains open-source software and hardware projects for Blackfin.