PolarFire SoC Icicle Kit is an affordable development tool for Microchip’s PolarFireSoC, a low-power FPGA fused or integrated with a hardened quad-core 64-bit RISC-V microprocessor subsystem. The Icicle tool is the first development panel for the significant Polarfire SoC, which is the world’s first FPGA and Linux-capable RISC-V system in a single chip. If your purpose is to develop cutting edge apps in integrated artificial intelligence, wired networking, or industrial automation, or just trying to explore RISC-V and FPGAs, this Icicle Kit and its rigorous Mi-V niche of tools are the best way to start.
Features & Specs Includes:
- PolarFire Soc (MPFS250T-FCVG48EES)
- 1 x RV64IMAC core
- 4 x RV64GC core
- 254K logic elements non-volatile fabric
- 784 x math block (18 x 18)
- 4 x 12.7 Gbps SEDES
- Secure boot
- Memory
- 2GB LPDDR4 x 32
- Storage
- 1 Gb SPI flash
- 8 GB Emmc flash or SD card slot (multiple)
- Networking
- 2 x Gigabit Ethernet
- Expansion Interfaces
- Raspberry Pi-compatible 40-pin header
- mikroBUS socket
- PCIe gen2
- Micro USB 2.0 Hi Speed OTG
- 4 x UART (via sinle micro USB)
- 2 x CAN
- SPI
- I²C
- Power
- 12 VDC / 5 A barrel jack input
- On/Off switch
- I²C power monitoring measuring four power rails
- User Interfaces
- 4 x User push button
- 4 x User LED
- 4 x Power status LED
- Programming and Debugging
- UART vis micro USB
- Onboard JTAG connector or embedded FlashPro6 (multiplexed)
- 52 x test points
The Icicle tool is based on Microchip’s Polar SoC (MPFS250T-FCVG48EES), which is a system-on-chip that uses the effective PolarFire FPGA and a five-core RISC-V microprocessor subsystem together. According to the official PolarFire Soc document, the PolarFire® SoC FPGA family offers an unmatched combo of low power use, heat efficient, and defense-grade security for smart connected systems. This kit is the first system on chip (SoC) field-programmable gate array (FPGA) having an established, well organized RISC-V CPU cluster and a deterministic L2 memory subsystem which is compatible with Linux and real-time apps. PolarFire SoC device offers up to 50% lower energy than alt FPGAs, ranging from 25K to 460K logic elements (LEs) featuring transceivers.
Read more: POLARFIRE SOC ICICLE KIT FEATURES QUAD CORE 64-BIT RISC-V
