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The Fusion Starter Kit is an all-inclusive, low cost evaluation kit for the Actel
Fusion™ family and contains the following:
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- Evaluation Board with an AFS600-FG256 Fusion Device
The Fusion evaluation board has on-board voltage regulation, enabling you to
independently set the I/O voltages to 1.5 V or 3.3 V on each of two I/O banks. Two
other I/O banks are fixed at 3.3 V. The remaining I/O bank is for high voltage analog
I/Os that support direct connection to voltages ranging from –12 V to +12 V. These I/Os
support current monitoring, temperature monitoring, and metal-oxide semiconductor
field-effect transistor (MOSFET) driver outputs.
The Fusion evaluation board features a high brightness, multi-color LED for
illustrating temperature changes and pulse width modulation (PWM) fan control by
varying the brightness of the LED. The board is also equipped with a 40-pin daughter
card connector for use with system boards developed by Actel, customers, or third party
partners, allowing users to easily and cost-effectively add functionality or connect to
larger target systems. Two programming headers on the board support in-system
programming (ISP) of single and JTAG-chained boards using FlashPro3.
- FlashPro3
FlashPro3
is a portable, low cost, USB 2.0, in-system programmer for Actel
Fusion, ProASIC3, and ProASIC3E devices. This programmer draws power
from the USB connection rather than from an external power brick to create an
extremely compact solution. The FlashPro3 ultra-small form factor, low cost,
and easy to use software make in-system programming with Fusion devices a
simple task. The fact that the same programmer can be used for both Fusion and
ProASIC3/E silicon gives far greater flexibility to the end user and also further
reduces system setup costs.
- Actel Libero Integrated Design Environment (IDE) Gold
Actel Libero IDE is the most comprehensive and powerful FPGA design and
development software available. Libero IDE consists of a powerful suite of
FPGA development tools providing designers with an efficient and
comprehensive start-to-finish methodology, from schematic/HDL entry to
place-and-route and programming. Libero IDE Gold has a design capacity of up
to 1 M system gates or the smallest member of a device family, and thus provides
capability for the AFS600 featured on the evaluation board in the Fusion Starter
Kit. Libero IDE includes best-in-class FPGA tools from industry leaders
Mentor Graphics®, Synplicity®, and SynapticCAD™ to give you a complete FPGA
design solution.
Libero IDE Gold combines into a single package all the tools you need to
evaluate advanced Fusion features, including analog to digital conversion, the
Fusion Flash memory blocks, AES security, user device serialization in the
FlashROM, and high-speed programming. Libero IDE supports your own
system-on-chip designs up to 600,000 system gates with the Fusion
AFS600-based Starter Kit.
- User's Guide
If you have not used Actel Fusion devices or Actel Libero IDE software, the
comprehensive user's guide contained in the Fusion Starter Kit will take you
through the entire design process step by step, using Fusion devices. The tutorial
uses a simple design as an example and takes you through the whole flow, from
new project creation all the way to programming the device and demonstrating
different aspects of temperature monitoring, PWM control, FlashROM security
features, and device serialization.
- Aside from the items mentioned above, the Starter Kit also
contains a programming cable, power supply, schematics and sample
design.
More information:
Ordering Information:
Description |
Vendor |
Ordering Code |
Comment |
| Fusion Starter Kit |
Actel |
AFS-EVAL-KIT |
Kit includes: soldered AFS600-FG256 based eval board, FlashPro3, Libero IDE Gold, User's Guide,
programming cable, power supply, schematics, sample design.
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