Overview
Microchip's SmartFusionTM Evaluation Kit offers a simple, low-cost way to try the world's only FPGA with hard ARM ® CortexTM-M3 and programmable analog. The device contains on-chip flash and on-chip SRAM memory, as well as additional SPI flash memory. The board can communicate via Ethernet and HyperTerminal. The board also contains LEDs, switches, and various voltage, current, and temperature monitoring functions for analog experimentation on the board.
The kit is supported by Libero SoC Design Software, Microchip's design software that includes SoftConsole Eclipse-based GNU software IDE. You can also use a free evaluation version or full licensed version of either KeilTM or IAR Systems ® compilers. The Quickstart card and the user's guide will walk you through the options for software, downloads, and licensing. Note: The OLED Display has been defeatured from the SmartFusion Evaluation Kit effective November 1, 2014, as per Customer Notification CN1418.Customer Notification CN1418A (addendum to CN1418) describes the process of designing without the OLED display on kits.
User Inputs and Outputs
- First-order ?? DAC (sigma delta) output with 12-bit 500 Ksps update rate
- Potentiometer used to vary voltage input for voltage and current monitoring
- 8 LEDs connected to the FPGA fabric for FPGA demonstration
- Jumpers for individual access to 4 out of 8 LEDs
- 2 user input switches connected through FPGA fabric
- Both LEDs and switches can be used with GPIO by connecting through the fabric
- Selector to choose between GNU SoftConsole or RVI-Header for debug
- Selector to switch between programming the device (fabric) and debug mode
- On-board 20 MHz crystal for system clock
- On-board 32.768 KHz for RTC
- 5 user I/Os for debug
- Access to header for unused I2C_1 peripheral
- Access to header for unused SPI_1 peripheral
- Access to header for unused UART_1 peripheral
- Access to VAREFOUT header
- Option to use internal 1.5 V regulator
The SmartFusion Evaluation Kit board includes:
- A2F200M3F-FGG484
- 200,000 System FPGA gates, 256 KB flash memory, 64 KB SRAM, and additional distributed SRAM in the FPGA fabric and external memory controller
- Peripherals include Ethernet, DMAs, I2Cs, UARTs, timers, ADCs, DACs and additional analog resources
- Refer to the SmartFusion product page for full device information
- SPI-flash memory connected to SPI_0 on the device
- USB connection for programming and debug from Microchip's design tools
- USB to UART connection to UART_0 for HyperTerminal examples
- 10/100 Ethernet interface with on-chip MAC and external PHY
- RVI header for application programming and debug from either Keil or IAR Systems
- Mixed-signal header for daughter card support
- SmartFusion evaluation board with SmartFusion A2F200M3F-FGG484 device
- USB 2.0 A to mini-B cable
- Quickstart card
Documentation
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| AC269: Implementing an OLED Controller Parallel Interface Design Example App Note | Application Notes | Link | Download | |
| SmartFusion SoC FPGA: Interfacing with OLED using I2C App Note | Application Notes | Link | Download | |
| CN1407:SH-RTFG896-INTERPOSER-SB is bundled and purchasable with SK-AX2-CQ256-KITTOP only | Supporting Collateral | Download | ||
| CN1418: Designing without OLED Display on SmartFusion Evaluation Kits | Supporting Collateral | Download | ||
| CN1418A: Addendum A - Designing without OLED Display on Kits | Supporting Collateral | Download | ||
| New/Old OLED Display Drivers and Datasheets | Reference Manual | Download | ||
| EU Declaration of Conformity | User Guide | Download | ||
| FlashPro v9.1 User Guide | User Guide | Download | ||
| Installing IP Cores and Drivers User's Guide | User Guide | Download | ||
| Libero IDE v9.1 User's Guide | User Guide | Download | ||
| Microsemi SoftConsole v3.1 User's Guide | User Guide | Download | ||
| Mixed Signal Power Manager for SmartFusion User's Guide | User Guide | Download | ||
| Mixed Signal Power Manager MPM 5.0 for SmartFusion User's Guide | User Guide | Download | ||
| RoweBots Unison Ultra Tiny Linux OS | User Guide | Download | ||
| SmartFusion Quickstart Guide for Micrium | User Guide | Download | ||
| SmartFusion Evaluation Kit Quickstart Card | User Guide | Download | ||
| UG0209: SmartFusion Evaluation Kit User Guide | User Guide | Download | ||
| PCN 1207: New Revisions of Hardware Kits (A2F-EVAL-KIT, A2F500-DEV-KIT, A3PE-STARTER-KIT | Supporting Collateral | Download | ||
| RoHS, WEEE, and FCC Notification for Design Hardware and Software | Supporting Collateral | Download | ||
| Libero SoC v11.6 User's Guide | User Guide | Download | ||
| SmartFusion cSoC: Building Executable Image in Release Mode and Loading into eNVM Tutorial | Tutorials | Download | ||
| Using Keil µVision and Microsemi SmartFusion | Supporting Collateral | Download | ||
| Using UART with a SmartFusion cSoC – Libero SoC and SoftConsole Flow Tutorial | Data Sheets | Download |