Mouser ships Microsemi PolarFire FPGAs
Mid-range FPGAs from Microsemi which deliver 300k logic elements and SerDes performance for industrial IoT applications are now available from distributor, Mouser.
The flash-based PolarFire FPGAs deliver 300k logic elements at up to 50 per cent lower power consumption than equivalent SRAM-based FPGAs. The devices are claimed to offer best-in-class security, single event upset (SEU)-immune fabric, and SerDes performance, making them suitable for use in a variety of applications in the communications, defence, aviation, industrial automation, and IoT sectors.
The Microsemi PolarFire FPGAs provide cost-effective bandwidth processing capabilities for the increasing number of converged 10Gbits per second ports with the lowest power footprint. The devices integrate the non-volatile FPGA fabric, 12.7Gbits per second transceiver performance, 1.6Gbits per second differential inputs/outputs (I/Os), hardened security IP, and a cryptographic processor. The 28nm CMOS silicon features power optimisation combined with the lowest static power for mid-range density FPGAs. Mouser adds that the Flash*Freeze mode yields even lower standby power.
Mouser also stocks the Microsemi PolarFire evaluation kit, designed to help engineers evaluate a broad class of applications such as high-speed transceiver evaluation, 10Gbit Ethernet, IEEE1588, JESD204B, SyncE, and SATA. The kit connections include a high-pin-count FPGA mezzanine card (FMC), six SMAs, PCIe edge connector, Dual Gigabit Ethernet connectors, SFP+ cage, and USB-to-UART terminal.
The kit ships with a one-year Gold Software License, which includes the Libero SoC PolarFire design suite of development tools. The suite integrates industry-standard Synopsys Synplify Pro synthesis and Mentor Graphics ModelSim simulation with best-in-class constraints management and debug capabilities.
Mouser claims to stock the world’s widest selection of the latest semiconductors and electronic components for the newest design projects. Its website is continually updated and offers advanced search methods to help customers quickly locate inventory. It also houses data sheets, supplier-specific reference designs, application notes, technical design information, and engineering tools.
