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Part Number: RTPF-DEV-KIT

RT PolarFire Development kit

HW Features:

  • RTPFDEV-KIT-CB-1 includes one RTPF500T-1CB1509PROTO FPGA
  • DDR3 x 72 DIMM connector
  • 1GB QSPI Flash Memory
  • 1GB SPI Flash Memory and SPI Flash Daughter Board Connector
  • Two High Pin Count (HPC) FMC1 and FMC2 Connectors
  • VSC8541RT with an RJ45 connector for 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet
  • USB to UART Interfaces
  • Expansion interfaces – PMOD and Bread board connectors
  • One pair SMA connectors for testing of the full-duplex SERDES channel
  • USB-JTAG FlashPro6 Programmer 
  • Fabric JTAG Header and SPI DB Connector
  • Dual in-line package (DIP) switches for user application
  • Push-button switches and LEDs for demo purposes
  • I2C Interface 
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Overview

RT PolarFire Dev Kit – Provides platform to customers for developing and evaluating Control, DSP, AI/ML, and Image Processing applications along with high speed serial connectivity and bus interfaces using Microchip’s latest radiation tolerant RT PolarFire FPGAs. The development board features a RTPF 500 device offering 481,000 logic elements, 33 Mbits of embedded SRAM, 1480 DSP blocks, and 24 lanes of 10 Gbps transceivers in a ceramic package with 1,509 pins.

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Description                                                                                                          

RTPF-DEV-KIT-CB-1

 RT PolarFire Development Kit with one “-1” speed grade (15% faster than standard speed) RTPF500 PROTO device in 1509-pin, Ceramic Ball Grid Array (CBGA) package
Package Contents
  • 1 RT PolarFire Development Board 
  • 2 Micro AB CONN Cable
  • 1 Ethernet Cable
  • 1 12 V, 5A AC Adapter
  • 1 12V POWER CORD
  • 1 Quickstart Card

Please Note: a Libero SoC Design Software Platinum license is required to use the RTPF500T device which must be purchased and is not included with the kit.

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All Application Notes

Documentation

Title
Document Id
RT PolarFire Dev Kit User Guide Download 98c977da-814f-4288-aebe-b88217b2e2ac
RT PolarFire Dev Kit QuickStart Guide Download 6d20cc34-e7fa-4b64-97f2-a74e28577322
RT PolarFire Dev Kit Schematics Download 7730a9c7-115e-448d-b137-8a94473b7c98
RT PolarFire Dev Kit Board Files Download 96892981-8efe-4ed9-b145-1d130ed044a2

Application Notes

Title
Date
Document Category
AN4424: RT PolarFire FPGA DDR3 Native Interface Application Note 29 Jan 2025 Link Application Notes
AN4400: RT PolarFire FPGA Interoperability with TI ADC12DJ3200 using JESD204B Protocol 13 Jun 2024 Link Application Notes

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Licensing

Please Note: a Libero SoC Design Software Platinum license is required to use the RTPF500T device which must be purchased and is not included with the kit.