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SmartFusion Evaluation Kit
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Microsemi's SmartFusion™ Evaluation Kit offers a simple, low-cost way to try the world's only FPGA with hard ARM® Cortex™-M3 and programmable analog. The device contains on-chip flash and on-chip SRAM memory, as well as additional SPI flash memory. The board can communicate via Ethernet and HyperTerminal. The board also contains LEDs, switches, OLED and various voltage, current, and temperature monitoring functions for analog experimentation on the board.

The kit is supported by Libero® SoC, Microsemi's design software that includes SoftConsole Eclipse-based GNU software IDE. You can also use a free evaluation version or full licensed version of either Keil™ or IAR Systems® compilers. The quickstart card and the user's guide will walk you through the options for software, downloads, and licensing.

Kit Contents — A2F-EVAL-KIT

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Quantity Description
1 SmartFusion evaluation board with SmartFusion A2F200M3F-FGG484 device
2 USB 2.0 A to mini-B cable
1 Quickstart card

Web-based content includes user's guides, tutorials, design examples, and board documentation.

SmartFusion Evaluation Kit

The SmartFusion Evaluation Kit board includes:

  • A2F200M3F-FGG484
    • 200,000 System FPGA gates, 256 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
  • SPI-flash memory connected to SPI_0 on the device
  • USB connection for programming and debug from Microsemi's design tools
  • USB to UART connection to UART_0 for HyperTerminal examples
  • 10/100 Ethernet interface with on-chip MAC and external PHY
  • RVI header for application programming and debug from either Keil or IAR Systems
  • Mixed-signal header for daughter card support

User Inputs and Outputs

  • OLED display with I2C interface connected to I2C_0 on the device
  • First-order ΣΔ DAC (sigma delta) output with 12-bit 500 Ksps update rate
  • Potentiometer used to vary voltage input for voltage and current monitoring
  • 8 LEDs connected to the FPGA fabric for FPGA demonstration
  • Jumpers for individual access to 4 out of 8 LEDs
  • 2 user input switches connected through FPGA fabric
  • Both LEDs and switches can be used with GPIO by connecting through the fabric
  • Selector to choose between GNU SoftConsole or RVI-Header for debug
  • Selector to switch between programming the device (fabric) and debug mode
  • On-board 20 MHz crystal for system clock
  • On-board 32.768 KHz for RTC
  • 5 user I/Os for debug
  • Access to header for unused I2C_1 peripheral
  • Access to header for unused SPI_1 peripheral
  • Access to header for unused UART_1 peripheral
  • Access to VAREFOUT header
  • Option to use internal 1.5 V regulator

Ordering Information

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To purchase a kit or inquire about additional information, please contact your local Microsemi Sales representative.

Part Number Description List Price
A2F-EVAL-KIT SmartFusion Evaluation Kit $99
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Resources

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User's Guides and Manuals
  SmartFusion Evaluation Kit Quickstart Card  PDF 351 KB 1/2012
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UPDATED SmartFusion Evaluation Kit User's Guide  PDF 6 MB 2/2012
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  SmartFusion cSoC Webserver Demo Using uIP and FreeRTOS  PDF 3 MB 12/2011
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  Mixed Signal Power Manager for SmartFusion User's Guide  PDF 5 MB 9/2010
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  RoweBots Unison Ultra Tiny Linux OS  PDF 332 KB 8/2010
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  SmartFusion Quickstart Guide for Micrium µC/OS-III Examples  PDF 1 MB 11/2011
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  RoHS, WEEE, EMC Notification for Design Hardware and Software  PDF 222 KB 11/2011
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Tutorials
NOTE : Please unzip design files in the root directory of C drive (i.e. C :\) using 7-Zip. If you need to unzip the design files in a non-root directory, you can refer to http://www.microsemi.com/soc/kb/article.aspx?id=KI8879
  Displaying POT Level with LEDs: Libero SoC and µVision4 IDE Flow Tutorial for SmartFusion cSoC  PDF 2 MB 11/2011
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  Displaying POT Level with LEDs: Libero SoC and IAR Embedded Workbench Flow Tutorial for SmartFusion cSoC  PDF 1 MB 12/2011
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  Displaying POT Level with LEDs: Libero SoC and SoftConsole Flow Tutorial for a SmartFusion cSoC  PDF 1 MB 1/2012
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  Displaying POT Values over UART SoftConsole Standalone Flow Tutorial for SmartFusion cSoC  PDF 1 MB 12/2011
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  SmartFusion cSoC: Building Executable Image in Release Mode and Loading into eNVM Tutorial  PDF 1 MB 11/2011
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  Using Keil µVision and Microsemi SmartFusion  PDF 1 MB 1/2012
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  Using UART with a SmartFusion cSoC Libero SoC and IAR Embedded Workbench Flow Tutorial  PDF 1 MB 12/2011
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  Using UART with a SmartFusion cSoC Libero SoC and SoftConsole Flow Tutorial  PDF 1 MB 1/2012
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  Using UART with SmartFusion cSoC: SoftConsole Standalone Flow Tutorial  PDF 1 MB 11/2011
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Board References
  SmartFusion Evaluation Kit PCB Files 
(includes Allegro, OrCAD, and Gerber files)
URL   1/2012
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Related Files
  USB-UART Driver Files – Silicon Labs CP2102  ZIP 5 MB 1/2012
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Related Documentation
  CAN/CANbus and CAN Protocol Licensing  PDF 384 KB 8/2010
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  FlashPro v9.1 User's Guide 
(online, printable document)
PDF 4 MB 1/2011
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  Installing IP Cores and Drivers User's Guide  PDF 311 KB 8/2010
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  Libero IDE v9.1 User's Guide 
(online, printable document)
PDF 5 MB 1/2011
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  Microsemi Libero IDE Quick Start Guide & Tutorial  PDF 5 MB 1/2011
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  Microsemi SoftConsole v3.1 User's Guide  PDF 4 MB 3/2010
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For SmartFusion-related documents, visit the SmartFusion Documentation page.