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News Release from: Celoxica | Subject: RC10 Pilot board
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 17 May 2005
Board hosts C-based design and synthesis
The RC10 Pilot board is a low-cost high-density FPGA-based embedded system teaching and evaluation platform.
Available now from Celoxica, the RC10 Pilot board is a low-cost high-density FPGA-based embedded system teaching and evaluation platform Expressly built for designers, teachers and students who want to pilot C-based design and synthesis, the RC10 represents a breakthrough in FPGA board price and performance
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 6 Feb 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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Celoxica DK1 Eval is a free evaluation version of the Celoxica DK1 design suite that is restricted to compilations for simulation only, with no EDIF or VHDL output capability.
The RC10 Pilot board is fitted with a 1.5 million-gate Spartan 3 FPGA and is packaged with a set of comprehensive support libraries intended for use with Celoxica's suite of ESL design tools including the DK Design Suite and PixelStreams image and video processing library.
The feature set of the RC10 makes it suitable for prototyping and development of diverse applications such as robotics, encryption, automotive diagnostics, audio, video and image processing.
The RC10 is packed with a powerful set of I/O features including two high-speed ADC channels, VGA video output, 1bit DAC audio outputs, CANbus and a CMOS camera connector.
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Design suite extended to latest FPGAs
Celoxica has extended its DK1 design suite for the rapid design of reconfigurable hardware to support Xilinx Virtex II customers.
Board helps with small to medium FPGA prototyping
New from Celoxica, the RC100 stand-alone development board provides a rapid prototyping platform for small- to medium-sized FPGA designs.
A high-speed USB 2.0 interface allows high-datarate communication between PC host programs and FPGA applications on the board.
The RC10 Pilot board is also ideally suited to accelerate users through the learning curve associated with C-based embedded system design and synthesis.
The board package includes design examples and tutorials showing applications integrating MicroBlaze soft-core processors and PicoBlaze embedded microcontrollers.
System level APIs supplied with the RC10 enable HW/SW codesign and architectural exploration of system partitions by abstracting the specific board level detail away from the application code.
"C-based design and synthesis is growing in established markets, attracting users that are new to hardware and FPGA design", said Graham McKenzie, Senior Product Marketing Manager at Celoxica.
"The RC10 encourages that growth with ease of use, very low cost and an advanced set of features extending beyond raw hardware and supporting a much broader range of applications".
In addition to the Xilinx Spartan 3 FPGA and I/O, the RC10 includes eight LEDs, two seven-segment displays, PS/2 keyboard and mouse sockets, and a five-way mini joystick.
A host utility provided by Celoxica uses the USB 2.0 connection to program bit files to the FPGA and the USB port is also used to power the board from the host computer for ease of use and classroom flexibility.
Board expansion capabilities include a 50-way expansion socket providing 33 data I/Os, two clock pins as well as +12, +5 and +3.3V power supplies, a four-way LVDS connector also suitable for driving a TFT screen, and connections for four standard servos.
The RC10 is priced below $500 and is available directly from Celoxica or through its sales distribution partners.
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