Overview
Microchip's SmartFusion Development Kit offers a full-featured development board so you can try the world's only FPGA with hard ARM ® CortexTM-M3 and programmable analog. The device contains on-chip flash and SRAM memory, as well as additional off-chip memory on the board. The board can communicate via Ethernet and HyperTerminal. The board also contains LEDs, switches, and extensive analog experimentation, including voltage rail monitoring, current POT, temperature diodes and voltage sweeping using active bipolar prescalers (ABPS). Networking interfaces include Ethernet PHY, CAN, UART, and RS485.
The kit is supported by Libero SoC Design Software, Microchip's design software for flash-based FPGAs and SoC FPGAs. You can also use a free evaluation version or full licensed version of either KeilTM or IAR Systems ® compiler. The Quickstart card and the user's guide contain the information related to the options for software, downloads, and licensing.
SmartFusion Development Kit board includes:
Devices On-Board
- A2F500M3G-FGG484
- 500,000 System FPGA gates, 512 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
- Flash Memory, SRAM Memory, and PSRAM
Interfaces
- Programming connection for program and debug from Microchip's design tools
- RVI header for application programming and debug from either Keil or IAR Systems
- Mixed-signal header for daughter card support
- USB-to-UART connection to UART_0 for HyperTerminal examples
- DB9 connector for RS485 UART_1
- Two DB9 connectors for CAN ports
- RJ45 connector for 10/100 Ethernet (on-chip MAC and external PHY)
- IGLOO PLUS expansion header for I/O expansion (for routing through the EMC I/Os)
- A2F500 connector provides access to additional digital I/Os available in the A2F500 device
- I2C headers
- SPI headers
- DirectC header
- SmartFusion development board with SmartFusion A2F500M3G-FGG484 device
- Low-cost programming stick (LCPS)
- 5 V power supply with international adapters
- USB 2.0 A to mini-B cable
- Quickstart card
Note: This kit comes with a free Silver license for Libero SoC Design Software tool.
Documentation
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| PCN1502: Change in SmartFusion Development Kit (A2F500-DEV-KIT-2) hardware | Supporting Collateral | Download | ||
| PCN 1105: SmartFusion (A2F200 and A2F500) Datasheet and Libero® Integrated Design Environment (IDE) v9.1 SP1 Software Update | Supporting Collateral | Download | ||
| PDN 1005: New SmartFusion Development Kit A2F500-DEV-KIT Replaces A2F-DEV-KIT | Supporting Collateral | Download | ||
| CN 1105: SmartFusion (A2F200 and A2F500) Datasheet and Libero IDE Software v9.1 SP2/SP3 Update | Supporting Collateral | Download | ||
| A2F500-DEV-KIT-2 Manufacturing Programming File | Supporting Collateral | Download | ||
| Design Files for SmartFusion Micrium µC/OS-III Examples | Code Examples | Download | ||
| Design Files for SmartFusion Modbus TCP Demo Using lwIP and FreeRTOS | Code Examples | Download | ||
| Design Files for SmartFusion SoC Display Solution Using Open GL SC Graphics Library and Customizable Display Controller | Supporting Collateral | Download | ||
| Design Files for SmartFusion Modbus Reference Design | Code Examples | Download | ||
| Design files using IAR for SmartFusion cSoC Webserver Demo Using uIP and FreeRTOS | Code Examples | Download | ||
| Design files using Keil for SmartFusion cSoC Webserver Demo Using uIP and FreeRTOS | Code Examples | Download | ||
| Design files using Softconsole for SmartFusion cSoC Webserver Demo Using uIP and FreeRTOS | Code Examples | Download | ||
| Evaluation Files for RoweBots Unison Ultra Tiny Linux OS | Supporting Collateral | Download | ||
| MPM 5.0 for SmartFusion GUI and Design Files Installer | Code Examples | Download | ||
| EU Declaration of Conformity | 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 Modbus TCP Demo Using lwIP and FreeRTOS User's Guide | Application Notes | Link | Download | |
| SmartFusion Quickstart Guide for Micrium | User Guide | Download | ||
| QG0204: SmartFusion Development Kit Quickstart Guide | User Guide | Download | ||
| QSC0204: SmartFusion Development Kit Quickstart Card | User Guide | Download | ||
| UG0208: SmartFusion Development Kit User Guide | User Guide | Download | ||
| Intelligent Power Management with MPM for SmartFusion | Supporting Collateral | Download | ||
| Statement of Volatility for SmartFusion Development Kit | Supporting Collateral | Download | ||
| Mixed Signal Power Manager (MPM) for SmartFusion Reference Design Product Brief | Product Brief | 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 | ||
| Using Keil µVision and Microsemi SmartFusion | Supporting Collateral | Download | ||
| SmartFusion cSoC: Building Executable Image in Release Mode and Loading into eNVM Tutorial | Tutorials | Download |