The ARM® Cortex™-M1-enabled ProASIC®3L Development Kit provides you with a complete solution for quickly evaluating and prototyping your design based on Microsemi's Cortex-M1-enabled ProASIC3L devices. The development kit is fully RoHS-compliant and contains the incredibly powerful ARM Cortex-M1-enabled ProASIC3L M1A3P1000L device in the FGG484 package.

The development kit enables swift design development based on the royalty-free, industry standard ARM Cortex-M1 processor. The 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. The evaluation board also enables you to measure full current capability of independent I/O banks and VCC for accurate power analysis.

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.

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.

Development board with an M1A3P1000L-FGG484 device

• Oscillator for system clock is provided
• Eight LEDs and eight switches provide 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.

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

For ProASIC3L-related documents, visit the ProASIC3L 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.) M1AGL-DEV-KIT-SCS Design Files(ZIP, 16 MB, 6/09) M1A3PL-DEV-KIT Design Files(ZIP, 17 MB, 6/09) SoftConsole Design Files(ZIP, 201 KB, 6/09)		3 MB	6/2011	Click on the to rate this document
	Cortex-M1-enabled ProASIC3L Development Kit Quickstart Card  Traffic Light EXE (ZIP, 325 KB, 4/09)		272 KB	4/2009	Click on the to rate this document
	RoHS, WEEE, EMC Notification for Design Hardware and Software		222 KB	11/2011	Click on the to rate this document

Board References

IGLOO Starter Kit Board Schematics  (applicable to Cortex-M1-Enabled ProASIC3L Development Kit)

10/2007

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Related Documentation

	FlashPro v9.1 User's Guide  (online, printable document)		4 MB	1/2011	Click on the to rate this document
	Microsemi Libero IDE Quick Start Guide & Tutorial  Libero Design Files (ZIP, 8.5 MB, 1/11)		5 MB	1/2011	Click on the to rate this document
	ProASIC3 Flash Family FPGAs Brochure		1 MB	2/2009	Click on the to rate this document

Other ProASIC3-based kits:

• ProASIC3 Starter Kit

Other ProASIC3-based kits:

• Cortex-M1-enabled IGLOO Starter Kit