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News Release from: Actel Europe | Subject: Icicle Kit
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 19 December 2007
Cool kit evaluates frugal FPGAs
Kit showcases the ultra-low-power attributes, flexible implementation options and battery-saving advantages of Igloo FPGAs for portable applications.
A new development kit highlights the advantages of the industry's lowest power FPGA for portable solutions Leveraging Actel's 5uW Igloo FPGA, the kit showcases the ultra-low-power attributes, flexible implementation options and battery-saving advantages of Igloo for portable applications
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 23 Apr 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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Actel is sampling the A500K180 and A500K270 flash-based ProASIC 500K gate FPGAs with 369,000 and 473,000 system gates, respectively.
The $99 kit allows designers to easily and rapidly program, evaluate and modify their low-power Igloo-based portable designs.
Powered by a rechargeable lithium-ion battery, the 36 x 91mm Icicle evaluation board consumes less than one-seventh the power of competing FPGA development solutions in a design the size of a small cellphone.
"Power consumption and extended battery life are critical in today's portable electronics marketplace, reinforcing the suitability of our 5uW Igloo FPGAs for this market".
"Actel's cool new Icicle Kit enables designers to closely examine power consumption in various modes, further showcasing the unprecedented low-power advantages and significant battery savings offered by these industry-changing FPGA solutions", says Fares Mubarak, Senior Vice President at Actel Corp.
The Icicle board is an environmentally friendly, RoHS-compliant solution that integrates a nonvolatile, 125,000-gate AGL125 Igloo FPGA.
The board includes the built-in, rechargeable lithium-ion battery, USB-to-UART interfaces, and power management circuits.
In addition to the Icicle evaluation board, the kit includes a sophisticated programming stick for extended programming functionality.
Also offered is a free, unlimited-use licence for the Actel Libero Gold edition integrated design environment (IDE).
This enables designers using the Icicle Kit to take advantage of the advanced power analysis tools recently introduced with Actel's Libero IDE v8.1 to identify key sources of power in their designs.
Other kit elements include user's guide and tutorial, printed circuit board (PCB) schematics, layout and sample design.
The Icicle Kit is available immediately from Actel for US $99.
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