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News Release from: Trenz Electronic | Subject: TE-XC2SE FPGA development kit
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 24 September 2002
Development kit gets soft cores sorted
Trenz Electronic is shipping a new FPGA development kit for soft processor cores powering embedded systems.
Trenz Electronic is shipping a new FPGA development kit for soft processor cores powering embedded systems The hardware is designed as an ideal development platform featuring Xilinx Spartan-IIE FPGAs
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 7 Oct 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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Development kit opens up more FPGA gates
Trenz Electronic has expanded its range of low-cost Spartan FPGA development kits by a new FPGA development board based on the latest 400k gate Spartan-IIE device.
Embedded module is armed with FPGA flexibility
A novel SBC-level embedded module combines the power of an ARM-based microcontroller with the flexibility of a Spartan-IIE FPGA.
The kit contains a TE-XC2SE hardware development platform, a CD-ROM including tutorials, application notes, source code and documentation.
Xilinx' free ISE WebPack, a complete design-entry, synthesis and simulation environment is also included in the kit.
"Our customers benefit from the pre-engineered hardware and rich onboard peripherals as an platform designed for system-on-chip training courses.
Embedding soft-cores like Xilinx' MicroBlaze 32bit soft processor core raise demands for RAM, Flash-ROM and PC-compatible interfaces most other FPGA kits can not provide.
Our development platform closes this gap by providing a typical environment for those applications, enabling the customer to concentrate on application development right from the beginning", said Thorsten Trenz, chief executive officer of Trenz Electronic.
"With it's physical layout the board may even be used in rack-mount systems used in industrial control applications and prototypes, thereby enhancing usability and speed-up the system's integration by using a development platform that is ready to be used within the final product".
The hardware development platform includes a 300K-gate Spartan-IIe FPGA, 8Mbit of Flash memory and 4Mbit of static RAM.
With the addition of LCD, LEDs, DIP switches and pushbuttons, User I/O and diagnostics are provided.
More powerful interfaces like VGA video output, USB and RS232 interfaces are also implemented for versatile debugging and communication options.
The FPGA configuration is transferred to the board through USB, eliminating additional download cables.
With onboard power management, the board may be solely powered by USB.
The sophisticated hardware completed with the supplied documentation, tutorials and software, the kit allows rapid development for low-cost embedded applications based on FPGAs.
The TE-XC2SE development kit is available now for Eur 499.
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