A2F-DEV-KIT Actel, A2F-DEV-KIT Datasheet - Page 5

• Manufacturer Part Number: A2F-DEV-KIT
• Description: MCU, MPU & DSP Development Tools SmartFusion Development Kit
• Manufacturer: Actel

Specifications of A2F-DEV-KIT

• Processor To Be Evaluated: A2F200M3F-FGG484
• Data Bus Width: 32 bit
• Interface Type: RS-232, RS-485, Ethernet, USB, I2C, JTAG, SPI
• Operating Supply Voltage: 5 V
• Lead Free Status / RoHS Status: Lead free / RoHS Compliant

SmartFusion Ecosystem
The Microsemi SoC Products Group (formerly Actel) has a long history of supplying comprehensive
FPGA development tools and recognizes the benefi t of partnering with industry leaders to deliver
the optimum usability and productivity to customers. Taking the same approach with processor
development, Microsemi has partnered with key industry leaders in the microcontroller space to
provide the robust SmartFusion ecosystem.
Microsemi is partnering with Keil and IAR to provide Software IDE support to SmartFusion
system designers. The result is a robust solution that can be easily adopted by existing
embedded developers. The learning path is straightforward for FPGA designers.
Because an ARM processor was chosen for SmartFusion FPGAs, Microsemi’s customers can
benefi t from the extensive ARM ecosystem. By building on Microsemi supplied HAL and drivers,
third party vendors can easily port RTOS and middleware for the SmartFusion devices.
The diagram above shows the SmartFusion stack with examples of drivers, RTOS and
middleware from Microsemi and partners. By leveraging the SmartFusion stack, designers can
decide at which level to add their own customization to their design, thus speeding time to
market and reducing overhead in the design.
For more information regarding software ecosystem, refer to www.actel.com/products/smartfusion/ecosystem.aspx
Software IDE
Free Versions from Microsemi
Available from Vendor
Compiler
Debugger
Instruction Set Simulator
Debug Hardware
Middleware
Application
Abstraction
OS/RTOS
Hardware
Hardware
Platform
Drivers
Layer
Layer
µC/OS-III, RTX, Unison, FreeRTOS
TCP/IP, HTTP, SMTP, DHCP, LCD
Microsemi CMSIS-based HAL
Customer Secret Sauce
Microsemi SmartFusion
Free with Libero IDE
..........
SoftConsole
GDB Debug
GNU GCC
FlashPro4
N/A
No
ULINK
32 K Code Limited
RealView
μVision Debugger
μVision Simulator
Full version
Keil MDK
®
2 or ULINK-ME
®
C/C++
p
Micrium
Offers their μC/OS-III
to support SmartFusion devices and
includes a TCP/IP stack.
Keil
Includes the RTX Kernel in their
standard MDK software and sources
can also be purchased in an
additional module along with TCP/IP.
RoweBots
Delivers their ultra tiny Linux
compatible RTOS Unison, consisting
of a set of modular software
components.
Emcraft
Developed the fi rst uCLinux
for SmartFusion, along with their own
embedded development platform.
FreeRTOS
Microsemi has ported the FreeRTOS
Kernel to SmartFusion and
demonstrates this as a webserver
reference design, included with both
the SmartFusion evaluation and
development kits.
Details of these and other solutions
can be found on the SmartFusion
Ecosystem pages.
O P E R AT I N G S Y S T E M S
IAR Embedded Workbench
J-LINK
32 K Code Limited
IAR ARM Compiler
C-SPY
Full Version
™
™
®
or J-LINK Lite
Yes
and μc/OS-II
Debugger
™
y
™
offering
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™
®
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