The TWR-MPC8309 is a development board for the NXP® MPC8309 PowerQUICC® Industrial Development MPU. Using the Tower® System with MQX support allows a smooth migration path from NXP MCUs to the 835DMIPS Power Architecture® processor featuring an industrial protocol off-load engine which can remove the need for an external protocol FPGA/ASIC The TWR-MPC8309 operates as a standalone debug tool and can also be combined and used as part of the modular Tower System development platform.