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Application note

PCB layout guidelines for SPEAr600

Introduction

SPEAr600 is a 23 x 23 mm PBGA420 device with 1 mm ball pitch. It is a member of the

at up to 333 MHz, an external DDR2 memory interface and a full set of powerful on-chip

peripherals.

This application note provides guidelines for successfully designing the PCB layout for

SPEAr600. It covers following main topics:

Placement guidelines for the decoupling capacitors are provided in Appendix A.

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