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News Release from: QuickLogic | Subject: Mobile Application Board
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 06 January 2006
FPGA board speeds XScale development
A low-power FPGA development tool for Intel's PXA27x based processor developer's kit enables rapid adoption of emerging technologies that are not natively supported.
QuickLogic Europe has released a low-power FPGA development tool for Intel's PXA27x based processor developer's kit - the Mainstone DVK - enabling rapid adoption of emerging technologies that are not natively supported The new Mobile Application Board (MAB) can provide seamless connectivity between XScale processors and peripheral interfaces such as Mini PCI, CardBus, SDIO and IDE
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 27 Mar 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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QuickLogic's FPGA-based MAB enables the development and performance verification of design ideas for a variety of peripheral interfaces such as Wi-Fi, HDD (Hard Disk Drive), 10/100/1G Ethernet, MPEG devices, SD memory, and many more.
It connects directly into the VLIO connector of the DVK, which allows designers to make system measurements and architecture trade-offs including power consumption, performance and cost.
MAB allows electronic design teams start software development prior to receiving final hardware.
This ability to design hardware and software in parallel can provide product developers with a critical competitive advantage, by significantly reducing time spent in development of popular portable products such as GPS, smart phones, portable media players, and portable industrial systems.
"With QuickLogic's Eclipse II FPGAs, reference designs for power-efficient interfaces, and the new MAB, we have created a complete and easy-to-implement bridging solution for Intel PXA27 processors", said Owen Bateman, Sales Director of QuickLogic Europe.
"Our FPGA-based solution provides the key advantage of faster design time through hardware/software codesign and design reuse, along with ultralow power consumption, flexibility and programmability".
The QuickLogic Mobile Application Board is available immediately.
Complete solution packs are available for both Wi-Fi and HDD connectivity at a cost of $999.
They include the Mobile Application Board, an Eclipse II QL8325 device in a 484-ball BGA package, reference design files and software drivers for Windows CE, Windows Mobile, and Linux.
In addition to this solution for QuickLogic's Eclipse II family of FPGAs, the company will release a MAB based on PolarPro, the new ultra low power FPGA, at the end of Q1 2006.
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