SmartFusion^® FPGAs

SmartFusion^® System-on-Chip (SoC) FPGAs are the only devices that integrate an FPGA fabric, Arm® Cortex®-M3 processor, and programmable analog circuitry, Offering the benefits of full customization and IP protection while still being easy to use. Based on a proprietary Flash process, SmartFusion SoC FPGAs are excellent for hardware and embedded designers who need a true SoC solution that gives more flexibility than traditional fixed-function microcontrollers without the excessive cost of soft processor cores on traditional FPGAs.

Microcontroller Subsystem (MSS)

• Hardware industry-standard 100 MHz, 32-bit Arm^® Cortex^®-M3 CPU
• Multi-layer AHB communication matrix with up to 16 Gbps throughput
• 10/100 Ethernet MAC with RMII interface
• Two of each: SPI, I²C, UART, 32-bit timers
• Up to 512 KB Flash and 64 KB of SRAM
• External Memory Controller (EMC)
• 8-channel DMA controller
• Up to 41 MSS I/Os with Schmitt trigger inputs
• 25 I/Os can be used as FPGA I/Os

FPGA Fabric

• Based on our proven ProASIC® 3 FPGA architecture
• 200,000 to 500,000 system gates with 350 MHz system performance
• Embedded SRAMs and FIFOs
• Variable aspect ratio 4,608-bit SRAM blocks
• x1, x2, x4, x9 and x18 organizations
• True dual-port SRAM (including x18)
• Up to 128 FPGA I/Os supporting LVDS, PCI, PCI-X and LVTTL/LVCMOS standards

Programmable Analog

• High-performance analog signal conditioning blocks (SCB) with voltage, current and temperature monitors
• Analog Compute Engine (ACE) offloads CPU from analog initialization and processing of Analog-to-Digital Conversion (ADC), Digital-to-Analog Conversion (DAC) and SCBs
• Integrated ADCs and DACs with 1% accuracy
• 12-/10-/8-bit mode ADCs with 500/550/600 Ksps sampling rate
• Up to ten 15 ns high-speed comparators
• Up to 32 analog inputs and three outputs