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PolarFire® FPGAs for the Industrial Edge

PolarFire® SoC FPGAs With Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN) Transform the Way Intelligent Systems Communicate

Our TSN Endpoint solution combines CoreTSN soft IP, which supports traffic shaping, frame preemption and per-stream filtering, with a full Linux®-based TSN software stack that includes PTP and network drivers, all running directly on our PolarFire SoC FPGA. Integrated OPC UA over TSN provides standardized, secure and vendor-neutral communication between devices that enables interoperability across industrial systems. 

Technical Overview

TSN Features

  • 1 Gbps TSN stand-alone Ethernet endpoint
  • Time-aware scheduler: IEEE 802.1Qbv
  • Precision Time Protocol (PTP): IEEE 802.1 1588, 802.1AS
  • Frame preemption: IEEE 802.1Qbu
  • Per-stream filtering and policing: IEEE 802.1Qci
  • Linux® drivers for TSN and IEEE 1588

OPC UA Implementation

  • Client-server architecture
  • Integration with the UaExpert® client

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Supported Families and IP Licensing Requirements

Features 1G TSN Endpoint IP
Supported Families PolarFire SoC
Licensing Requirements

The encrypted IP and Libero® license are free to use.

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Evaluation Options

Evaluation Options

Kits Required for Evaluation

Short Description

Additional Requirements

Supported Families*

1G TSN Endpoint 

 PolarFire SoC Video Kit + Dual GbE FMC 1G TSN endpoint with a graphical user interface PC with Ethernet connection PolarFire SoC
1G TSN Endpoint IP
1G TSN with PolarFire SoC Application note
PolarFire SoC Video Kit
Dual Gigabit Ethernet FMC
PolarFire SoC GitHub

1G TSN Endpoint Demo with PolarFire SoC

  • Demonstrates TSN IP on PolarFire SoC video kit using a stepper motor and counter
  • MSS controls TSN, prioritizing time-critical data for real-time performance
  • Core1588 IP enables precise time synchronization via PTP
  • CoreSGMII IP converts GMII to SGMII for network interfacing
PolarFire SoC Video Kit

Dual-Port Gigabit Ethernet FMC 

The Dual-Port Gigabit Ethernet FMC enables TSN implementation on PolarFire® FPGAs, extending Ethernet for deterministic, real-time data delivery across a range of applications.

PolarFire® SoC Video Kit

The PolarFire SoC Video Kit is the industry’s first RISC-V SoC FPGA- based, full-featured embedded vision development platform.

White Paper: Leveraging TSN and OPC UA With PolarFire® SoC FPGAs to Transform Industrial Automation

This paper presents a TSN-enabled OPC UA solution on PolarFire SoC FPGAs, enhancing real-time industrial automation over standard Ethernet. It demonstrates improved performance—latency, jitter and bandwidth—while controlling a motor and streaming video and the potential of TSN for smarter, more efficient manufacturing.

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