wendy lockhart sr. manager, design solutions · arm cortex-m3 training resources both arm or third...

61
Designing with SmartFusion Wendy Lockhart Sr. Manager, Design Solutions

Upload: others

Post on 20-May-2020

0 views

Category:

Documents


0 download

TRANSCRIPT

Page 1: Wendy Lockhart Sr. Manager, Design Solutions · ARM Cortex-M3 Training resources Both ARM or third party available IP for existing Cortex -M3 implementations Easy to port to our architecture

Designing with SmartFusion

Wendy Lockhart Sr. Manager, Design Solutions

Page 2: Wendy Lockhart Sr. Manager, Design Solutions · ARM Cortex-M3 Training resources Both ARM or third party available IP for existing Cortex -M3 implementations Easy to port to our architecture

Actel Corporation © 2010 2

Agenda

SmartFusion Overview

SmartFusion Design Flows Embedded design FPGA design Analog design

MSS Configurator and Embedded Example

Ecosystem

SmartFusion Design Hardware

Page 3: Wendy Lockhart Sr. Manager, Design Solutions · ARM Cortex-M3 Training resources Both ARM or third party available IP for existing Cortex -M3 implementations Easy to port to our architecture

Actel Corporation © 2010 3

What is SmartFusion?

Page 4: Wendy Lockhart Sr. Manager, Design Solutions · ARM Cortex-M3 Training resources Both ARM or third party available IP for existing Cortex -M3 implementations Easy to port to our architecture

Actel Corporation © 2010 4

SmartFusion: Innovative, Intelligent, Integration

Proven FPGA fabric

Complete ARM® Cortex™-M3 MCU subsystem...& it’s ‘hard’

Programmable analog

In a flash-based device

In production now!

Page 5: Wendy Lockhart Sr. Manager, Design Solutions · ARM Cortex-M3 Training resources Both ARM or third party available IP for existing Cortex -M3 implementations Easy to port to our architecture

Actel Corporation © 2010 5

Why SmartFusion is a Smart Decision

No-compromise integration Complete ARM Cortex-M3

subsystem running at 100 MHz Proven flash-based FPGA fabric Programmable high-voltage analog

Full customization Design the exact system you need Hardware and software co-design

IP protection FlashLock® technology with AES

encryption

Ease-of-use Optimized for hardware and

software co-design

Page 6: Wendy Lockhart Sr. Manager, Design Solutions · ARM Cortex-M3 Training resources Both ARM or third party available IP for existing Cortex -M3 implementations Easy to port to our architecture

Actel Corporation © 2010 6

No-Compromise FPGA Fabric

Proven flash-based FPGA fabric 60,000 to 500,000 system gates 350 MHz system performance Embedded SRAMs and FIFOs Up to 128 FPGA I/Os

Page 7: Wendy Lockhart Sr. Manager, Design Solutions · ARM Cortex-M3 Training resources Both ARM or third party available IP for existing Cortex -M3 implementations Easy to port to our architecture

Actel Corporation © 2010 7

No-Compromise Microcontroller Subsystem (MSS)

100 MHz 32-bit ARM Cortex-M3 processor Bus matrix with up to 16 Gbps throughput 10/100 Ethernet MAC SPI, I2C, UART, 32-bit Timers Up to 512 KB flash and 64 KB of SRAM External memory controller 8-channel DMA controller 32 GPIOs; Extendable via the FPGA Fabric Up to 41 MSS I/Os

Page 8: Wendy Lockhart Sr. Manager, Design Solutions · ARM Cortex-M3 Training resources Both ARM or third party available IP for existing Cortex -M3 implementations Easy to port to our architecture

Actel Corporation © 2010 8

Programmable Analog

Analog compute engine (ACE) offloads CPU from analog tasks

Voltage, current and temp monitors 12-bit (SAR) ADCs @ up to 600 Ksps Sigma-Delta DACs Up to ten 50 ns high-speed comparators Up to 32 analog inputs and 3 outputs

Page 9: Wendy Lockhart Sr. Manager, Design Solutions · ARM Cortex-M3 Training resources Both ARM or third party available IP for existing Cortex -M3 implementations Easy to port to our architecture

Actel Corporation © 2010 9

Innovative Intelligent Integration

Page 10: Wendy Lockhart Sr. Manager, Design Solutions · ARM Cortex-M3 Training resources Both ARM or third party available IP for existing Cortex -M3 implementations Easy to port to our architecture

Actel Corporation © 2010 10

SmartFusion: New Level of Design

SmartFusion is the combination of FPGA, hard ARM Cortex-M3 and Programmable Analog

Therefore we address three types of design FPGA Design Embedded Design Analog Design

The designers may be three individuals or more likely two Have to address expectations of each type Have to simplify analog usage for any user Have to provide full capabilities of each traditional design flow

Page 11: Wendy Lockhart Sr. Manager, Design Solutions · ARM Cortex-M3 Training resources Both ARM or third party available IP for existing Cortex -M3 implementations Easy to port to our architecture

Actel Corporation © 2010 11

SmartFusion Design Flow

Page 12: Wendy Lockhart Sr. Manager, Design Solutions · ARM Cortex-M3 Training resources Both ARM or third party available IP for existing Cortex -M3 implementations Easy to port to our architecture

Actel Corporation © 2010 12

Embedded Design - Design Entry

C/C++, Drivers, Hard Peripherals

Providing source code, drivers and examples speed time to market

Partners for Middleware and OS Support

Configure device with MSS configurator

Automatically generate firmware drivers and sample code

Design Entry

Build Options

Build

Simulation

Download

Debug

Page 13: Wendy Lockhart Sr. Manager, Design Solutions · ARM Cortex-M3 Training resources Both ARM or third party available IP for existing Cortex -M3 implementations Easy to port to our architecture

Actel Corporation © 2010 13

Embedded Design – Convert to Target Device

Compiler, Builder, Linker

The quality of the compiler affects performance of the design and size of code space required

SoftConsole includes GNU GCC

Keil MDK includes RealView C/C++

IAR Workbench includes IAR ARM Compiler

Design Entry

Build Options

Build

Simulation

Download

Debug

Page 14: Wendy Lockhart Sr. Manager, Design Solutions · ARM Cortex-M3 Training resources Both ARM or third party available IP for existing Cortex -M3 implementations Easy to port to our architecture

Actel Corporation © 2010 14

Embedded Design - Verification and Debug

Debugger, SW Breakpoints,

A large amount of time is spent in debug iterations, so ease of use is critical

SoftConsole includes GNU GDB debug

Keil includes μVision Debugger

IAR includes C-SPY Debugger

Design Entry

Build Options

Build

Simulation

Download

Debug

Page 15: Wendy Lockhart Sr. Manager, Design Solutions · ARM Cortex-M3 Training resources Both ARM or third party available IP for existing Cortex -M3 implementations Easy to port to our architecture

Actel Corporation © 2010 15

FPGA Design - Design Entry

RTL, IP Cores, Soft Peripherals Graphical design entry helps

integrate IP and RTL design blocks for ease of use

Select IP cores from catalog SmartDesign auto connects

recognized ports

Design Entry

Synthesis

Layout

Verification

Programming

Debug

Page 16: Wendy Lockhart Sr. Manager, Design Solutions · ARM Cortex-M3 Training resources Both ARM or third party available IP for existing Cortex -M3 implementations Easy to port to our architecture

Actel Corporation © 2010 16

FPGA Design - Convert to Target Device

Synthesis, Place and Route

Using device specific features improves design efficiency and performance

Synplicity Synthesis from Synopsys automatically instantiates standard features

Timing Driven Layout optimizes for performance

Power Driven Layout optimizes for power

Design Entry

Synthesis

Layout

Verification

Programming

Debug

Page 17: Wendy Lockhart Sr. Manager, Design Solutions · ARM Cortex-M3 Training resources Both ARM or third party available IP for existing Cortex -M3 implementations Easy to port to our architecture

Actel Corporation © 2010 17

FPGA Design - Verification and Debug

Simulation, Testbench, Probe points Verifying designs early in the flow

helps reduce cycle time Use functional and post layout

Modelsim simulation from Mentor Graphics

Perform timing analysis for clock frequencies

Reduce power consumption with power analysis and power driven layout

Design Entry

Synthesis

Layout

Verification

Programming

Debug

Page 18: Wendy Lockhart Sr. Manager, Design Solutions · ARM Cortex-M3 Training resources Both ARM or third party available IP for existing Cortex -M3 implementations Easy to port to our architecture

Actel Corporation © 2010 18

Simplifying Analog Design

Configuring the Analog Compute Engine Voltage Monitor Current Monitor Temperature Monitor Sample Sequence

Page 19: Wendy Lockhart Sr. Manager, Design Solutions · ARM Cortex-M3 Training resources Both ARM or third party available IP for existing Cortex -M3 implementations Easy to port to our architecture

Actel Corporation © 2010 19

SmartFusion Design Flow

FPGA Design Use Actel traditional design

tools evolved over many years and users

Embedded Design Use Industry standard

Embedded design tools and IP

Analog Design Develop graphical analog

configurators that are intuitive but provide full design flexibility

Page 20: Wendy Lockhart Sr. Manager, Design Solutions · ARM Cortex-M3 Training resources Both ARM or third party available IP for existing Cortex -M3 implementations Easy to port to our architecture

MSS Configurator and Embedded Design Flow

Page 21: Wendy Lockhart Sr. Manager, Design Solutions · ARM Cortex-M3 Training resources Both ARM or third party available IP for existing Cortex -M3 implementations Easy to port to our architecture

Actel Corporation © 2010 21

MSS Configurator Usage

Provides a common method to configure MSS Allows sharing of MSS configuration between designers Allows Embedded designer to work without using FPGA

design flow

Page 22: Wendy Lockhart Sr. Manager, Design Solutions · ARM Cortex-M3 Training resources Both ARM or third party available IP for existing Cortex -M3 implementations Easy to port to our architecture

Actel Corporation © 2010 22

Relating the Device to the Configurator

Page 23: Wendy Lockhart Sr. Manager, Design Solutions · ARM Cortex-M3 Training resources Both ARM or third party available IP for existing Cortex -M3 implementations Easy to port to our architecture

Actel Corporation © 2010 23

MSS Configurator

Configure the MSS peripherals and I/Os

Create or import hardware configuration

Automatically generate drivers for peripherals

Configure programmable analog components

Enables connection of FPGA fabric designs and IP to MSS

MSS configurator enables co-design between multiple users

Page 24: Wendy Lockhart Sr. Manager, Design Solutions · ARM Cortex-M3 Training resources Both ARM or third party available IP for existing Cortex -M3 implementations Easy to port to our architecture

Actel Corporation © 2010 24

New Embedded Design Flow

Take the standard Embedded Design Flow

Add the ability to configure your peripherals

Auto generate memory map

Auto generate sample code and drivers

Code Entry

Compiler

Assembler

Linker

Simulation

Load

Debug

MSS Configurator

Page 25: Wendy Lockhart Sr. Manager, Design Solutions · ARM Cortex-M3 Training resources Both ARM or third party available IP for existing Cortex -M3 implementations Easy to port to our architecture

Actel Corporation © 2010 25

MSS Configurator

Launch from your Embedded Software IDE

So far supports GNU (SoftConsole), Keil and IAR Can be setup in each one as External tool

Launch from software IDE or standalone

Generate drivers for selected software IDE

Generates sample code projects for selected software IDE

Page 26: Wendy Lockhart Sr. Manager, Design Solutions · ARM Cortex-M3 Training resources Both ARM or third party available IP for existing Cortex -M3 implementations Easy to port to our architecture

Actel Corporation © 2010 26

Starting From Software IDE - SoftConsole

Page 27: Wendy Lockhart Sr. Manager, Design Solutions · ARM Cortex-M3 Training resources Both ARM or third party available IP for existing Cortex -M3 implementations Easy to port to our architecture

Actel Corporation © 2010 27

Invoking MSS Configurator

Page 28: Wendy Lockhart Sr. Manager, Design Solutions · ARM Cortex-M3 Training resources Both ARM or third party available IP for existing Cortex -M3 implementations Easy to port to our architecture

Actel Corporation © 2010 28

Replicates Device Block Diagram

Page 29: Wendy Lockhart Sr. Manager, Design Solutions · ARM Cortex-M3 Training resources Both ARM or third party available IP for existing Cortex -M3 implementations Easy to port to our architecture

Actel Corporation © 2010 29

MSS Clock Configurator

Page 30: Wendy Lockhart Sr. Manager, Design Solutions · ARM Cortex-M3 Training resources Both ARM or third party available IP for existing Cortex -M3 implementations Easy to port to our architecture

Actel Corporation © 2010 30

Analog Configuration

Configuring the analog Compute Engine Voltage Monitor Current Monitor Temperature Monitor

Page 31: Wendy Lockhart Sr. Manager, Design Solutions · ARM Cortex-M3 Training resources Both ARM or third party available IP for existing Cortex -M3 implementations Easy to port to our architecture

Actel Corporation © 2010 31

SmartFusion I/Os: Very Flexible

Analog

MSS

FPGA

3 Types of I/Os Some I/Os are MUXed

Page 32: Wendy Lockhart Sr. Manager, Design Solutions · ARM Cortex-M3 Training resources Both ARM or third party available IP for existing Cortex -M3 implementations Easy to port to our architecture

Actel Corporation © 2010 32

GPIO Configuration Dialog

Page 33: Wendy Lockhart Sr. Manager, Design Solutions · ARM Cortex-M3 Training resources Both ARM or third party available IP for existing Cortex -M3 implementations Easy to port to our architecture

Actel Corporation © 2010 33

Re-use I/O from Unused Peripherals

Page 34: Wendy Lockhart Sr. Manager, Design Solutions · ARM Cortex-M3 Training resources Both ARM or third party available IP for existing Cortex -M3 implementations Easy to port to our architecture

Actel Corporation © 2010 34

Control MSS I/O Options Directly

Page 35: Wendy Lockhart Sr. Manager, Design Solutions · ARM Cortex-M3 Training resources Both ARM or third party available IP for existing Cortex -M3 implementations Easy to port to our architecture

Actel Corporation © 2010 35

Generate Drivers and Sample Code

Page 36: Wendy Lockhart Sr. Manager, Design Solutions · ARM Cortex-M3 Training resources Both ARM or third party available IP for existing Cortex -M3 implementations Easy to port to our architecture

Actel Corporation © 2010 36

Program the Configuration to the Device

Many device configurations do not require FPGA flow Only GPIO extension through the FPGA fabric

The MSS Configurator also creates the System Boot

Continue with Embedded design after device configuration

Standard program and debug performed Through FlashPro for SoftConsole Through J-Link or U-Link interfaces for Keil and IAR

Page 37: Wendy Lockhart Sr. Manager, Design Solutions · ARM Cortex-M3 Training resources Both ARM or third party available IP for existing Cortex -M3 implementations Easy to port to our architecture

Actel Corporation © 2010 37

Embedded Design Complete

Once you have your device configured You can work directly with the Cortex-M3

But we have ignored the FPGA What if I now want to add 2 more UARTs to my system And a high performance timer

Page 38: Wendy Lockhart Sr. Manager, Design Solutions · ARM Cortex-M3 Training resources Both ARM or third party available IP for existing Cortex -M3 implementations Easy to port to our architecture

Actel Corporation © 2010 38

FPGA Design Made Easy

From the FPGA design side The Microcontroller subsystem is treated as block IP And APB3 bus can be used to connect the MSS to the FPGA Fabric Add peripherals such as UART, GPIO and Timers SmartDesign auto connects recognized signals

Page 39: Wendy Lockhart Sr. Manager, Design Solutions · ARM Cortex-M3 Training resources Both ARM or third party available IP for existing Cortex -M3 implementations Easy to port to our architecture

Actel Corporation © 2010 39

Successful Integration

Combining Hard ARM Cortex-M3 Processor

Full set of peripherals

On chip NVM and SRAM

With full feature FPGA

And Programmable Analog

Page 40: Wendy Lockhart Sr. Manager, Design Solutions · ARM Cortex-M3 Training resources Both ARM or third party available IP for existing Cortex -M3 implementations Easy to port to our architecture

Actel Corporation © 2010 40

Leads to Easy to Use Design Flow

Start Embedded design before FPGA completion

Clear definition of MSS Boundaries and memory map

Ability to use industry standard compile and debug

Ability to port RTOS and middleware for Cortex-M3

Standard Program and Debug interfaces

With the ability to add peripherals when need to the FPGA

Page 41: Wendy Lockhart Sr. Manager, Design Solutions · ARM Cortex-M3 Training resources Both ARM or third party available IP for existing Cortex -M3 implementations Easy to port to our architecture

SmartFusion Software Stack and Ecosystem

www.actel.com/products/smartfusion/ecosystem.aspx

Page 42: Wendy Lockhart Sr. Manager, Design Solutions · ARM Cortex-M3 Training resources Both ARM or third party available IP for existing Cortex -M3 implementations Easy to port to our architecture

Actel Corporation © 2010 42

SmartFusion Software Stack Application Layer

Middleware

OS/RTOS

Drivers

Hardware Abstraction Layer

Hardware Platform Actel SmartFusion

Actel CMSIS-based HAL

I2 C D

river

SP

I Driv

er

Eth

erne

t Driv

er

Tim

er D

river

eNV

M D

river

UA

RT

Driv

er

µC/OS-III, RTX, Unison, FreeRTOS

TCP/IP, HTTP, SMTP, DHCP, LCD

Customer Secret Sauce

SmartFusion stack accelerates application development

Page 43: Wendy Lockhart Sr. Manager, Design Solutions · ARM Cortex-M3 Training resources Both ARM or third party available IP for existing Cortex -M3 implementations Easy to port to our architecture

Actel Corporation © 2010 43

Ecosystem Partners: Still Growing

EDACompile/Debug

RTOS

Actel HAL, drivers and IDE

ARM Cortex-M3 processor Leverage ARM ecosystem

GNU, Keil and IAR Compilers and debuggers

Micrium, RoweBots OS and middleware

Mentor and Synopsys Synthesis, simulation and

debug

Page 44: Wendy Lockhart Sr. Manager, Design Solutions · ARM Cortex-M3 Training resources Both ARM or third party available IP for existing Cortex -M3 implementations Easy to port to our architecture

Actel Corporation © 2010 44

ARM Ecosystem

Linked through our website Instruction Set documentation Design Examples Design recommendations

ARM Cortex-M3 Training resources Both ARM or third party available

IP for existing Cortex-M3 implementations Easy to port to our architecture Dependent on peripherals needed

CMSIS Cortex Microcontroller Software Interface Standard

Page 45: Wendy Lockhart Sr. Manager, Design Solutions · ARM Cortex-M3 Training resources Both ARM or third party available IP for existing Cortex -M3 implementations Easy to port to our architecture

Actel Corporation © 2010 46

Actel SoftConsole = GNU / GCC

Some customers will want to use open source This is almost a religion Don’t want to be controlled with evil corporate software

Although we supply SoftConsole it is open source Eclipse based IDE

We have GNU GCC Compiler GDB Debugger

Download from Actel website Free license included in Libero

Page 46: Wendy Lockhart Sr. Manager, Design Solutions · ARM Cortex-M3 Training resources Both ARM or third party available IP for existing Cortex -M3 implementations Easy to port to our architecture

Actel Corporation © 2010 47

Keil

MDK-ARM Microcontroller Development Kit

Give customers access to the full ARM C/C++ Compiler quality Includes RTX RTOS Kernel µVision4 user friendly debug Simulation without hardware Includes Examples and Templates

Availability FREE Evaluation Version from Keil Full version for sale from Keil

MDK-ARM, MDK-ARM-B Already supplied by distribution in many areas FAE licenses available free

Page 47: Wendy Lockhart Sr. Manager, Design Solutions · ARM Cortex-M3 Training resources Both ARM or third party available IP for existing Cortex -M3 implementations Easy to port to our architecture

Actel Corporation © 2010 48

IAR

IAR Embedded Workbench IDE with project management tools and editor Highly optimizing C and C++ compiler for ARM C-SPY® debugger with ARM simulator, JTAG support and support

for RTOS-aware debugging on hardware

Availability FREE Evaluation Version from IAR Full version for sale from IAR Already supplied by distribution in many areas FAE licenses available free

Page 48: Wendy Lockhart Sr. Manager, Design Solutions · ARM Cortex-M3 Training resources Both ARM or third party available IP for existing Cortex -M3 implementations Easy to port to our architecture

Actel Corporation © 2010 49

Software IDE Comparison

Refer to SmartFusion PIB or Product Catalog

Page 49: Wendy Lockhart Sr. Manager, Design Solutions · ARM Cortex-M3 Training resources Both ARM or third party available IP for existing Cortex -M3 implementations Easy to port to our architecture

Actel Corporation © 2010 50

Micrium - µC/OS-III RTOS

Leading RTOS for ARM based products in our markets

Supporting SmartFusion with the following µC/OS-II, The Real-Time Kernel with source code µC/OS-III, The Real-Time Kernel with object code *NEW TCP/IP stack object code µC/Probe for debug

Can be used in development License required to use in a product Time saved in development more than pays for the license

Highly Recommend for information – mini videos RTOS - Understanding why your customer should use an RTOS µC/Probe – using µC/Probe to save time in debug

Page 50: Wendy Lockhart Sr. Manager, Design Solutions · ARM Cortex-M3 Training resources Both ARM or third party available IP for existing Cortex -M3 implementations Easy to port to our architecture

Actel Corporation © 2010 51

RoweBots – Unison OS

Ultra Tiny Linux OS for SmartFusion Modular Memory Footprint easily fits on chip Memory Fully POSIX and LINUX compliant

Free - Unison V4 with non-Commercial TCP/IP Licensed – Unison V5 with multiple Add-on modules

FAT file system, advanced networking, wireless, advanced TCP, graphics, bus support

Download Eval from Actel RoweBots

Partner Page

Page 51: Wendy Lockhart Sr. Manager, Design Solutions · ARM Cortex-M3 Training resources Both ARM or third party available IP for existing Cortex -M3 implementations Easy to port to our architecture

Actel Corporation © 2010 52

Keil – RTX RTOS

Royalty-free, deterministic RTOS with source code Specifically designed for ARM and Cortex-M CPUs

Availability of RTX for SmartFusion RTX Kernel included as part of MDK-ARM (µVision4) RTX Source code available in RL-ARM bundle

Download Eval Version from Keil Website

Page 52: Wendy Lockhart Sr. Manager, Design Solutions · ARM Cortex-M3 Training resources Both ARM or third party available IP for existing Cortex -M3 implementations Easy to port to our architecture

Actel Corporation © 2010 53

FreeRTOS

FreeRTOS™ mini Real Time Kernel FreeRTOS is a scale-able real time kernel designed specifically for

small embedded systems FreeRTOS version is 6.0.1 Portable, open source, royalty free Free to download and free to deploy RTOS under GPL

Can be used in commercial applications without any requirement to expose your proprietary source code

Delivered through Actel website Webserver Demo design with source files for both Eval and Dev Kits

SmartFusion Webserver Demo Using uIP and FreeRTOS http://www.actel.com/documents/SmartFusion_Webserver_uIPRTOS_UG.PDF

Page 53: Wendy Lockhart Sr. Manager, Design Solutions · ARM Cortex-M3 Training resources Both ARM or third party available IP for existing Cortex -M3 implementations Easy to port to our architecture

SmartFusion Design Hardware Selection

Page 54: Wendy Lockhart Sr. Manager, Design Solutions · ARM Cortex-M3 Training resources Both ARM or third party available IP for existing Cortex -M3 implementations Easy to port to our architecture

Actel Corporation © 2010 56

SmartFusion Evaluation Kit

$99 - Low price compact evaluation kit for SmartFusion Pre-programmed demo design Source files and tutorials to accelerate learning curve Demonstrate SmartFusion features as SoC

FPGA, ARM Cortex-M3, Peripherals and Analog with on-chip NVM

Page 55: Wendy Lockhart Sr. Manager, Design Solutions · ARM Cortex-M3 Training resources Both ARM or third party available IP for existing Cortex -M3 implementations Easy to port to our architecture

Actel Corporation © 2010 57

SmartFusion Development Kit

$999 – Full feature development kit

Use when additional interfaces and peripherals are needed

Use when more code space is required.

Use for developing complex systems with full RTOS

Design Examples and tutorials to accelerate learning curve

Page 56: Wendy Lockhart Sr. Manager, Design Solutions · ARM Cortex-M3 Training resources Both ARM or third party available IP for existing Cortex -M3 implementations Easy to port to our architecture

Actel Corporation © 2010 58

Comparing Eval. Kit vs. Dev. Kit

Connections Eval. Kit Dev. Kit USB for power and HyperTerminal

Program and debug (Actel) Built into board LCPSRVI header for Keil and IAR debug

10/100 Ethernet interface

Mixed-signal header

Digital expansion header (A2F500) -

Memory expansion header (IGLOO® PLUS) -

RS485 DB9 connector -

2 x CAN DB9 connectors (to FPGA I/O) -

2 x RJ45 EtherCAT (to SPI) -

I2C headers (jumpers select target) -

SPI headers (jumpers select target) -

DirectC header -

Page 57: Wendy Lockhart Sr. Manager, Design Solutions · ARM Cortex-M3 Training resources Both ARM or third party available IP for existing Cortex -M3 implementations Easy to port to our architecture

Actel Corporation © 2010 59

Comparing Evaluation Kit vs. Development Kit

Digital Resources Eval . Kit Dev. Kit 8 MB SPI flash memory

Off-chip SRAM 3.3 V – 2Mx16 SRAM1.8 V – 8Mx16 PSRAM

Off-chip flash 3.3 V – 4Mx16 NOR flash1.8 V – 8Mx16 NOR flash

Device reset switch

Device PU-N switch

User switches for designs 2 5User LEDs for designs 8 4OLED

Page 58: Wendy Lockhart Sr. Manager, Design Solutions · ARM Cortex-M3 Training resources Both ARM or third party available IP for existing Cortex -M3 implementations Easy to port to our architecture

Actel Corporation © 2010 60

Evaluation Kit vs. Development Kit

Analog Resources Eval. Kit Dev. Kit POT for current monitor

Connected to AT0 and AC0

Voltage monitor supply rails 10 V, 3.3 V, 1.5 V

Temperature monitor connected to AT1

SDD DACOUT to ADC0in ADC to voltage input

Additional Analog resources on the Development Kit Review Dev Kit User’s Guide for full details

Page 59: Wendy Lockhart Sr. Manager, Design Solutions · ARM Cortex-M3 Training resources Both ARM or third party available IP for existing Cortex -M3 implementations Easy to port to our architecture

Actel Corporation © 2010 61

Additional Resources

Online and live trainings Live training Webinars Customer 2 day Training Courses

Design Flow Tutorials Hello World design flow tutorial for SoftConsole, Keil and IAR FPGA flow introduction tutorial for FPGA only design Analog Front End Tutorial FPGA Fabric tutorial – connecting to FPGA to Cortex-M3

Design Examples – Short description and source files Examples for each peripheral Examples for grouped functions

Page 60: Wendy Lockhart Sr. Manager, Design Solutions · ARM Cortex-M3 Training resources Both ARM or third party available IP for existing Cortex -M3 implementations Easy to port to our architecture

Actel Corporation © 2010 62

Summary

SmartFusion Design integrates many aspects FPGA, Embedded, Analog, IP, Solutions…

Ecosystem brings together experts to help you

Actel & partners offer trainings and webinars for customers

Visit web pages often for updates

Page 61: Wendy Lockhart Sr. Manager, Design Solutions · ARM Cortex-M3 Training resources Both ARM or third party available IP for existing Cortex -M3 implementations Easy to port to our architecture

Actel Corporation © 2010 63