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The low-cost IGLOO PLUS Starter Kit features the IGLOO PLUS family of low-power FPGAs, which offer the industry's best power-, area-, logic- and feature-per-I/O ratios in a programmable device. The IGLOO PLUS Starter Kit is fully RoHS-compliant and contains a modular board, featuring the IGLOO PLUS AGLP125 device in a CSG289 package as well as a miniature programming stick, which allows both evaluation and prototyping of your design. Actel IGLOO PLUS devices range from 30,000 to 125,000 gates, support independent Schmitt trigger inputs, hot-swapping, and Flash*Freeze bus hold.
The user I/Os are taken out to holes on the board to allow the board to be wired into any extensive system where IGLOO PLUS would potentially be used, enabling you to design this into a typical application without the expense or time of building a dedicated board. By being fitted with the largest IGLOO PLUS die, the IGLOO PLUS Starter Kit enables a designer to target any device in the IGLOO PLUS family. In addition, the CSG289 package uses a common footprint across the AGLP030, AGLP060 and AGLP125 devices, enabling a designer to use the IGLOO PLUS kit to develop an application that can be directly targeted at a different device. The included programming stick enables easy experimentation with ISP, device serialization, and FlashLock on-chip system security.
The IGLOO PLUS Starter Kit board has a small form factor of 3.7x4 inches and has on-board voltage regulation, enabling you to set some of the I/O bank voltages independently. IGLOO PLUS devices can operate at core voltages ranging from 1.2 V to 1.5 V, and require the core to be held at 1.5 V during programming. Power analysis in Libero IDE can take place at 50 mV increments from 1.2 V to 1.5 V. A regulator circuit to allow control of the core voltage is provided on the board. Besides having automatic switching to 1.5 V during programming operations, a potentiometer circuit for variable control is provided. This potentiometer enables the end user to vary the core voltage to simulate a battery failure.
Key Features:
- Environmentally-friendly, RoHS-compliant portable board
- Independent I/O bank and core voltage control
- Test points for measuring current consumption of the AGLP125-CSG289 device
- OLED display – Blue 96x16 (0.8") display for quick demos
- Powered by USB cable or external power
- All components used on the board: i.e., LEDs (2 mA), resets (µA range) and oscillator (2-3 mA) are low-power components
- USB-to-UART interface for HyperTerminal on PC connected to board
Other IGLOO-based Kits:
The IGLOO PLUS Starter Kit includes the following:
- Evaluation board with an AGLP125-CSG289 device
- CSG289 package that is pin-compatible with AGLP030 and AGLP060 devices
- Full current measurement capability of independent I/O banks and VCC for accurate power analysis
- Two I/O banks held at 3.3 V, two I/O banks may be independently set to 3.3 V, 2.5 V, or to the sweep voltage of 1.2 V to 1.5 V (potentiometer set)
- Clocks: Low-power precision 20 MHz oscillator for system clock is provided
- Three LEDs and three switches provide simple inputs and outputs to the system
- USB-to-UART connection for HyperTerminal on a PC
- Optional board power connector for an external supply, but none is needed when connected to a USB cable
- Ability to switch VCORE from 1.2 V to 1.5 V as needed and vary the core to simulate battery failure
- JTAG pins may be run at any voltage from 1.2 V to 1.5 V
- Most I/O intensive, lowest power 125,000 system-gate FPGA
- Dynamic, Static and Flash*Freeze power consumption are phenomenally low on the AGLP125.
- IGLOO PLUS offers the industry's best power-, area-, logic- and feature-per-I/O ratios in a programmable device, delivering 6X better static power consumption, a 50% reduction in dynamic power consumption, a 2X improvement in I/O density, and as much as 2.7X the logic density compared with competitive programmable logic devices in a similar package.
- Eight test LEDs
- Four test switches and a reset switch
- All I/Os available for quick connection to external circuitry
- FlashPro3 programmer is built into the low-cost programming stick (LCPS)
- Plugs directly into IGLOO PLUS board. A USB 2.0 high-speed cable plugs into the LCPS to allow the IGLOO PLUS device to be programmed.
- LCPS can automatically switch core voltage during programming
- Two USB 2.0 high-speed cables
- 5 V international power supply pack, for situations when USB power is not available
- Actel Libero IDE software DVD
- Gold Edition with free, unlimited time license
- Supports system-on-chip designs of up to 1,000,000 system gates within the IGLOO family and designs of up to 125,000 system gates with the IGLOO PLUS board
- Includes best-in-class FPGA tools from industry leaders
- User's guide and tutorial †
- Printed circuit board (PCB) schematics, layout, and bill-of-materials (BOM) †
† Download from the web
To purchase a kit or inquire about additional information, please contact your local Actel Sales representative.
| Part Number |
Description |
List Price |
| AGLP-EVAL-KIT |
IGLOO PLUS Starter Kit includes a soldered AGLP125-CSG289 evaluation board with connections for all I/Os, a FlashPro3-compatible programming stick, Libero IDE Gold, 2 USB cables, and 5 V international power supply. |
$299 |
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