Actel (NASDAQ: ACTL), a specialist supplier of mixed-signal FPGAs, announced the release of the SmartFusion Development Kit (product name: A2F500 Development Kit) for customers seeking immediate access to the highly integrated SmartFusion™ family of AI-powered mixed-signal FPGAs. This development kit is supported by Actel’s Libero® IDE (Integrated Design Environment). Libero® IDE includes SoftConsole, an Eclipse-based software development environment.

Actel announced that it is also producing the SmartFusion A2F500 device. This device features a hard-type 100 MHz 32-bit ARM® Cortex™-M3-based microcontroller subsystem with 500,000 system gates and 512 MB of embedded flash, and 64 KB of SRAM. The programmable analog block offers further performance enhancements and includes three ADCs, three DACs, and ten comparators.

Further details can be found at http://www.actel.com/company/press/2010/9/16/2 .

A2F500 Development Kit Components:
• SmartFusion development board using the SmartFusion A2F500M3G-FGG484 device
• Ethernet, EtherCAT, CAN, RS485, UART, I2C, and SPI interfaces
• Digital expansion headers for connecting mixed-signal and application daughters
• Scalable off-chip SRAM, Pseudo-SRAM, SPI serial flash, and NOR flash memory
• Multiple switches, LEDs, organic LEDs
• Low-cost programmable stick (LCPS)

Price and supply
The A2F500 development kit (A2F500-DEV-KIT) is priced at $999 and is available for immediate use upon order. Customers can inquire about further details from their local Actel sales office or distributor. The A2F200 device-based evaluation kit, capable of evaluating SmartFusion FPGAs, is available for $99 (A2F-EVAL-KIT).

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