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News Release from: Actel Europe | Subject: FPGA IP cores
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 11 February 2004
Cores suit under-bonnet FPGA
applications
New local interconnect network (LIN) and controller area network (CAN) cores have been added to the library of IP supporting Actel's automotive- and industrial-temperature grade FPGA devices.
Strengthening its extensive portfolio of field-programmable gate array (FPGA) intellectual property (IP) cores targeting automotive applications, Actel has developed local interconnect network (LIN) and controller area network (CAN) cores to support its automotive- and industrial-temperature grade devices Available from Intelliga Integrated Design, a new Actel CompanionCore partner, the iLIN and iCAN cores meet reliability and performance standards in Actel's ProASIC Plus, Axcelerator, SX/SX-A and RTSX-S devices
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 5 Aug 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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Actel's offering of IP specifically designed and optimised for in-cab and under-the-hood automotive applications now boasts more than 30 cores including LIN, CAN, I2C, SPI, 8051, Z80, 6809, Reed Solomon and DES/3DES/AES.
Intelliga's iLIN and iCAN cores have been ported to support Actel's broad range of automotive grade FPGAs, including the ProASIC Plus and SX-A families as well as the industrial temperature grade Axcelerator devices.
Qualified to operate at ambient temperatures from -40 to +125C and junction temperatures up to 150C, Actel's automotive temperature FPGA devices function at some of the highest temperatures among competing FPGA solutions.
The Intelliga iLIN core is a stand-alone LIN Rev 1.3 compliant design, which performs all MAC/PHY logical functions and provides a simple interface to LIN transceiver chips such as the Philips TJA1020.
The core's ultra-low gate count and flexible system interface make it ideally suited to the LIN concept as a low-cost accompaniment to the CAN bus in automotive applications.
The iLIN hardware interface contains all the functionality expected from a LIN master/slave controller core that minimises software overhead.
Intelliga's iCAN core is a full hardware solution that conforms to version 2.0B of the CAN specification and performs all MAC functions.
The gate-efficient, well partitioned design is suited for integration within low-power devices.
With this core, Actel now offers more than 10 CAN cores for a variety of application requirements.
The iLIN and iCAN IP cores are available for purchase directly from Intelliga.
A broad line of automotive FPGA devices is available now from Actel.
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