Embedded Development Kit, Actel, ARM Cortex-M1, Core8051

Actel’s Fusion Embedded Development Kit Showcases Unique Mixed-Signal FPGA Design Capabilities

News Release from: Actel Europe Ltd
09/03/2009

Continuing to demonstrate the integration benefits that mixed-signal FPGAs offer, Actel has announced the Fusion Embedded Development Kit, enabling system designers to quickly and cost effectively prototype a full system-on-a-chip design. The kit features the Actel Fusion mixed-signal FPGA, the only one of its kind in the industry, and supports a variety of processors, including license-free versions of the ARM Cortex-M1 and Core8051.

“With Fusion and this new development kit, embedded system designers now can easily integrate custom logic and programmable analog features into their embedded processor designs,” said Rich Kapusta, vice president marketing and business development. “There is nothing else like Fusion in the industry and this low-cost, easy-to-use kit puts a tremendous amount of capability right at your fingertips.”

In order to allow engineers to quickly prototype a complete system composed of a microprocessor core, programmable logic and analog blocks, the kit is built around a 1.5M gate M1AFS1500-FGG484 Fusion device. The well-equipped kit also includes the Libero Integrated Development Environment (IDE), SoftConsole, a 5V power supply and full current measurement capability of independent I/O banks and VCC for accurate power analysis. The kit is fully RoHS compliant.