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The Intelligent Mixed-Signal FPGA

SmartFusion intelligent mixed-signal FPGAs are the only devices that integrate an FPGA, an ARM Cortex-M3 processor and programmable analog, offering full customization, IP protection and ease-of-use. Based on Actel’s proprietary flash process, SmartFusion FPGAs are ideal for hardware and embedded designers who need a true system-on-chip (SoC) that gives more flexibility than traditional fixed-function microcontrollers without the excessive cost of soft processor cores on traditional FPGAs.

  • Hard 100 MHz 32-bit ARM Cortex-M3 CPU
  • Multi-layer AHB communications matrix with up to 16 Gbps throughput
  • 10/100 Ethernet MAC
  • Two peripherals of each type: SPI, I2C and UART
  • Two cascadable 32-bit timers
  • Up to 512 KB flash and 64 KB SRAM
  • External memory controller (EMC)
  • 8-channel DMA controller
  • Integrated analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) and digital- to-analog converters (DACs) with 1 percent accuracy
  • On-chip voltage, current andtemperature monitors
  • Up to ten 50 ns high-speed comparators
  • Analog compute engine (ACE) offloads CPU from analog processing
  • Up to 47 analog I/Os and 169 digital GPIOs

Actel SmartFusion Cortex-M3

SmartFusion Devices

SmartFusion Devices

A2F060

A2F200

A2F500

FPGA Fabric

System Gates

60,000

200,000

500,000

Tiles (D-flip-flops)

1,536

4,608

11,520

RAM Blocks (4,608 bits)

8

8

24

Microcontroller
Subsystem (MSS)

Flash (Kbytes)

128

256

512

SRAM (Kbytes)

16

64

64

Cortex-M3 with
Memory Protection Unit (MPU)

Yes

Yes

Yes

10/100 Ethernet MAC

No

Yes

Yes

External Memory Controller (EMC)

26-bit address, 16-bit data

26-bit address, 16-bit data

26-bit address, 16-bit data

DMA

8 Ch

8 Ch

8 Ch

I2C

2

2

2

SPI

2

2

2

16550 UART

2

2

2

32-Bit Timer

2

2

2

PLL

1

1

2

32 KHz Low-Power Oscillator

1

1

1

100 MHz On-Chip RC Oscillator

1

1

1

Main Oscillator (1.5 MHz to 20 MHz)

1

1

1

Programmable
Analog

ADCs (8-/10-/12-bit SAR)

1

2

3

DACs (12-bit sigma-delta)

1

2

3

Signal Conditioning Blocks (SCBs)

1

4

5

Comparators1

2

8

10

Current Monitors1

1

4

5

Temperature Monitors1

1

4

5

Bipolar High Voltage Monitors1

2

8

10

Note:
1. These functions share I/O pins and may not all be available at the same time.

SmartFusion Evaluation Kit / Ordering Code: A2F-EVAL-KIT

Actel SmartFusion Evaluation Board
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  • Supports SmartFusion evaluation, including ARM Cortex-M3, FPGA and programmable analog
  • Free one-year Libero Integrated Design Environment (IDE) software and Gold license with SoftConsole for program and debug
  • Two USB cables
  • User’s guide, tutorial and design examples
  • Printed circuit board (PCB) schematics, layout files and bill-of-materials (BOM)

Board features:

  • Ethernet interface
  • USB port for power and HyperTerminal
  • USB port for programming and debug
  • J-Link header for debug
  • Mixed signal header
  • SPI flash – off-chip memory
  • Reset and 2 user switches, 8 LEDs
  • POT for voltage / current monitor
  • Temperature monitor
  • Organic light-emitting diode (OLED)

SmartFusion Development Kit / Ordering Code: A2F-DEV-KIT (or A2F500-DEV-KIT*)

Actel SmartFusion Development Kit
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  • Supports SmartFusion development, including ARM Cortex-M3, FPGA and programmable analog
  • Free one-year Libero IDE software and Gold license with SoftConsole for program and debug
  • 5 V power supply and international adapters
  • Two USB cables
  • User’s guide, tutorial and design examples
  • PCB schematics, layout files and BOM

Board features:

  • Ethernet, EtherCAT, CAN, UART, I2C and SPI interfaces
  • USB port for HyperTerminal
  • USB port for programming and debug
  • J-Link header for debug
  • Mixed signal and A2F500 digital expansion header
  • Extensive off-chip memory
  • See the Actel website for a full list of features

MPM Daughter Card / Ordering Code: MPM-DC-KIT

Actels SF MPM DC
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  • Supports power management design with the SmartFusion Evaluation Kit and SmartFusion Development Kit
  • MPM design example implements configurable power management in SmartFusion
  • Graphical configuration dialog
  • In-system reconfigurable
  • 9 V power supply

Board features:

  • 4 power supply regulators
  • 4 potentiometers to control regulators
  • 4 power supply regulator interrupt switches
  • 4 power supply regulator status LEDs
  • Mixed signal header connector connects to SmartFusion board

SmartFusion™ embedded Board / Development Board from our partner Hörmann IMG

Hoermann IMG SmartFusion embedded Board
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  • Combines FPGA design with the on chip implemented ARM Cortex-M3 processor
  • CAN, LIN and RS485 interface. The necessary IP cores are available via partner Hörmann IMG
  • Graphical configuration dialog for CAN/LIN
  • provided for uClinux from EmCraft Systems
  • In-system reconfigurable
  • 9 V power supply

Board features:

  • Memory: 16 MByte SRAM - 16 MByte FLASH - 64 MBit serial FLASH - 512 kBit serial EEPROM
  • Interfaces: CAN, LIN, RS485, 10/100 Ethernet, USB UART, SPI, I2C
  • push buttons, LEDs, 80 user GPIO
  • Mixed-signal header for daugther card support

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