FPGA-baseret udviklingskit til en bred vifte af applikationer
Arrow Electronics og Microsemi annoncerer nyt Arrow-bygget SF2+ udviklingskit, der bl.a. sigter mod applikationer, hvor arbejdes med adskillige sensorer og interfaces (in english).
Arrow Electronics and Microsemi has announced the latest addition to Arrow’s growing portfolio of development tools: the Arrow-built SF2+ Development Kit, featuring Microsemi’s SmartFusion2 system-on-a-chip (SoC) field-programmable gate array (FPGA), Microsemi’s Timberwolf audio processor and Microsemi’s LX series power devices. The SF2+ Development Kit is ideal for both software and hardware engineers looking to jumpstart next-level integrated designs.- The SF2+ is a full-feature hardware development kit that enables software and hardware engineers to reduce not only the area of their board, but also the cost and complexity of working with multiple sensors and interfaces. The SF2+ kit is a great addition to Arrow’s growing portfolio of development tools, says Chakib Loucif, vice president of engineering at Arrow Electronics.
Arrow collaborated with top semiconductor and system solutions provider Microsemi to design and build the SF2+. Microsemi’s SmartFusion2 SoC FPGAs are ideal for implementing a wide array of functions like PCIe Gen2 control plane, image processing, I/O expansion and bridging.
They also address fundamental requirements for advanced security, high reliability and low power in industrial, military, aviation, communications and medical applications. Additionally, SmartFusion2 devices integrate an inherently reliable flash-based FPGA fabric, a 166 MHz ARM CortexTM-M3 processor, advanced security processing accelerators, DSP blocks, SRAM, eNVM and industry-required high performance serial communication interfaces—all on a single chip.
- Customers appreciate that Microsemi has produced the fullest featured low-density FPGA family on the market. The SF2+ Development Kit is an excellent platform for customers to begin the implementation of their own design, says Ted Marena, director of SoC marketing at Microsemi.
The Microsemi Timberwolf audio processor is ideal for today’s growing need of low-power, hands-free communications in security camera, communications and connected home applications. The field upgradable firmware enables far field microphone, beam forming, sound location estimation, Acoustic Echo Cancellation (AEC), noise reduction and a variety of other voice enhancements to deliver clear voice quality in harsh environments.
Microsemi’s LX7186A, an efficient switching regulator, and its LX8213, a low-power, fast-responding LDO, provide the SF2+ Development Kit with all of the power necessary for a variety of applications.
The SF2+ Development Kit also features Emcraft Systems’ SmartFusion2 system-on-module (SOM), along with Micron memory and Samtec connectors to help evaluate Microsemi’s Timberwolf audio processor and an array of Adruino compatible shields.
