SF2060-STARTER-KIT |
Product Status
In Production |
Overview
SmartFusion2 Starter KitMicrosemi's SmartFusion2 Starter Kit provides designers with access to SmartFusion2 system-on-chip(SoC) FPGAs, which integrate inherently reliable flash-based FPGA fabric, a 142 MHz ARM Cortex-M3 processor, DSP blocks, SRAM, eNVM, and industry-required high-performance communication interfaces all on a single chip.The SmartFusion2 starter kit supports industry-standard interfaces including Ethernet, USB, SPI, I2C and UART and includes a comprehensive breadboard to support unique design requirements. The kit can be used with Microsemi's Libero SoC v11.0 software or later, which includes a free Libero Gold license. Emcraft Systems' Linux-based development environment is supported with this kit. The kit comes preloaded with a uClinux demo. The SmartFusion2 device is available on an Emcraft Systems miniature mezzanine form factor system-on-module (M2S-FG484 SOM), which connects to the SOM-BSB-EXT baseboard. The kit is USB powered and includes a FlashPro4 programming hardware SmartFusion2 Starter Kits - SF2-STARTER-KIT and SF2-484-STARTER-KIT have been discontinued as per PDN17017: SmartFusion2 Starter Kits (SF2-STARTER-KIT and SF2-484-STARTER-KIT) Last Time Buy. The replacement kit is SF2060-STRATER-KIT, which is the highest feature option starter kit and included features of both these kits.
Hardware Feature Overview
SmartFusion2 System-On-Module (SOM) Block Diagram
SmartFusion2 SOM Baseboard Block Diagram
Licensing Starting 13th March 2017, due to changes in licensing options, SF2060-STARTER-KIT and SF2-STARTER-KIT Starter kits will require a Libero Gold license.While SF2484-STARTER-KIT will require a Libero Silver license or above.Please refer CN17012 to read more about new licensing options. SmartFusion2 Starter Kits - SF2-STARTER-KIT and SF2-484-STARTER-KIT have been discontinued as per PDN17017: SmartFusion2 Starter Kits (SF2-STARTER-KIT and SF2-484-STARTER-KIT) Last Time Buy. The replacement kit is SF2060-STRATER-KIT, which is the highest feature option starter kit and included features of both these kits. If you have received an SF2060-STARTER-KIT or SF2-STARTER-KIT, please follow below steps to generate the Gold license as per the new licensing options. Microsemi is offering 1-year Libero Gold node locked license (worth $995) free with the kit purchase.
If you have received SF2484-STARTER-KIT, please follow below step to generate a Libero Silver license.
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Resources
| Tutorial | |
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 TU0310: Interfacing User Logic with the Microcontroller Subsystem - Libero SoC v11.6 Design Flow Tutorial |
| Software User’s Guides | |
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| Libero SoC v11.6 User's Guide |
| Quality & Reliability | |
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| RoHS, WEEE, and FCC Notification for Design Hardware and Software |
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| SmartFusion2 Starter Kit EU Declaration of Conformity |
| Hardware User’s Guides | |
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| Linux Cortex-M Users Manual |
| Application Note | |
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| Configuring Cache Controller and DDR Controller in U-Boot Running on SmartFusion2 Starter Kit |
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