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ARM Cortex-M1 IGLOO Development Kit Evaluation BoardThe ARM® Cortex™-M1 IGLOO Development Kit offers a comprehensive platform so you can quickly evaluate and prototype your design based on Microsemi's Cortex-M1-enabled IGLOO family. The development kit is fully RoHS-compliant and contains ARM-enabled IGLOO device M1AGL1000V2 in an FGG484 package.

The Cortex-M1-enabled IGLOO development board has on-board voltage regulation, enabling you to set some of the I/O bank voltages independently. A regulator circuit on the board facilitates control of the core voltage. The core voltage can be switched manually or electronically for programming purposes and returned to the 1.2 V setting for the lowest power consumption.

Detailed current-monitoring capabilities of the development kit allow you to directly measure low current consumption and validate your design's performance while using IGLOO devices.

Advanced AES encryption for enhancing programming security is used when experimenting with the starter kit. The encryption key is preprogrammed into the device to allow the latest ARM FPGA-specific processor soft core, Cortex-M1, to be used.

The on-board programmer enables easy experimentation with ISP, device serialization, and FlashLock on-chip system security.

Kit Contents — M1AGL1000-DEV-KIT

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Part Number Description
1 Evaluation board with M1AGL1000V2-FGG484 FPGA
2 USB cables
1 5 V power supply with international adapters
1 Quickstart card

Web-based content includes: Free Libero® Integrated Design Environment (IDE) FPGA development software and Gold license, user's guides, tutorials, design examples and board documentation.

IGLOO Low Power FPGA Cortex-M1-enabled Evaluation Board with Callouts

ARM Cortex-M1 IGLOO Development Board with an M1AGL1000V2-FGG484 device

  • 1 million system gates, M1AGL1000V2 device in FGG484 package
  • Oscillator for system clock is provided
  • Eight LEDs and eight switchesprovide simple inputs and outputs to the system
  • USB programming and debug connection
  • Second USB connection for USB-to-serial (RS232) interface, also allows powering of the board
  • Optional board power connector for an external supply, but none is needed when connected to a USB cable
  • Memory devices
    • 4 MB of SRAM provided on board
    • 16 MB of flash memory provided on board
  • General purpose I/O banks
    • Three 40-pin GPIO banks are provided for interfacing to other equipment. Two of these banks are fully populated.
  • Programmer built into board via USB 2.0 connection

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
M1AGL1000-DEV-KIT ARM Cortex-M1 IGLOO Development Kit $550
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Resources

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For IGLOO-related documents, visit the IGLOO Documentation page.

User's Guides and Manuals
  ARM Cortex-M1-Enabled IGLOO Development Kit User's Guide 
(The M1A3PL-DEV-KIT includes exactly the same board as described in the above User's Guide with the M1AGL device replace by an M1A3PL.)
PDF 3 MB 6/2011
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  Development Kit Quickstart Card  PDF 108 KB 7/2009
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  RoHS, WEEE, EMC Notification for Design Hardware and Software  PDF 222 KB 11/2011
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Board References
  Cortex-M1-enabled IGLOO Starter Kit Board Bill of Materials (BOM)  URL   10/2009
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  Cortex-M1-enabled IGLOO Starter Kit Board Schematics  URL   10/2009
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  Cortex-M1-enabled IGLOO Starter Kit PCB Files 
(includes Allegro, OrCAD, and Gerber files)
URL   10/2009
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Related Documentation
  FlashPro v9.1 User's Guide 
(online, printable document)
PDF 4 MB 1/2011
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  IGLOO Low-Power Flash FPGAs Brochure  PDF 567 KB 4/2009
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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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