SoC FPGA Development Boards
SoC FPGA Development Boards
Analog Devices provides both power management and mixed signal solutions for the Altera & Arrow SoC FPGA Development Boards.
LTpowerPlay
LTpowerPlay is a powerful, Windows-based development environment supporting Analog Devices Digital Power System Management (PSM) products. You can use LTpowerPlay to evaluate Analog Devices ICs by connecting to a demo board system. LTpowerPlay can also be used in an offline mode (with no hardware present) in order to build a multi-chip configuration file that can be saved and reloaded at a later time. LTpowerPlay provides unprecedented diagnostic and debug features. It becomes a valuable diagnostic tool during board bring-up to program or tweak the power management scheme in a system or to diagnose power issues when bringing up rails. LTpowerPlay utilizes the DC1613 USB-to-I2C/SMBus/PMBus controller to communicate with one of many potential targets, including the DC1962 evaluation board, or a customer target system. The software also provides an automatic update feature to keep the software current with the latest set of device drivers and documentation.
The Altera Cyclone V SoC board, in addition to being able to interface to various mixed signal demo boards from Analog Devices, also features another connector, a 12-pin header for the DC1613A dongle (USB-to-PMBus Controller), which allows direct interface to the Digital Power System Management ICs found on the board (2x LTC2978).
There are two LTC2978's, each individually monitoring the FPGA and HPS/ARM rails on the board. This allows the individual rails to be monitored real time for voltage and current, as well as providing sequencing and telemetry functions.
Monitoring Voltage & Current on the Altera Cyclone V SoC
Watch our video on how to use the DC1613A dongle to connect to the Altera SoC Board and use the LTpowerPlay GUI from Analog Devices
Resources & Products
Below is more information about Digital Power System Management: Main landing page for Digital Power System Management, More instructional videos on using LTpowerPlay
- LTC2978: Octal Digital Power supply Manager with EEPROM (not recommended for new designs, please use the LTC2978A for a footprint compatible design with the LTC2978 or use the LTC2977 for new and improved features vs. the LTC2978/A)
- LTC2978A: 8-Channel PMBus Power System Manager Featuring Accurate Output Voltage Measurement
- LTC2977: 8-Channel PMBus Power System Manager Featuring Accurate Output Voltage Measurement
- LTC2978 program files for the devices that are used on the Altera CV SoC Board
- DC1613A Dongle (USB-to-PMBus Controller): Please contact Analog Devices for more details on obtaining the DC1613A
Both the Altera and Arrow Cyclone V SoC boards include an easy to use 14-pin header (QuickEval connector) that allows for plug and play interface to the Analog Devices DC934A demo board which is included with the Altera and Arrow Cyclone V SoC boards. Starter Guides are available for both boards as well as Demo Code:
- Starter Guide for the Altera Cyclone V SoC Board
- Demo Code for the Altera Cyclone V SoC Board
- Starter Guide for the Arrow Cyclone V SoC Board
- Demo Code for the Arrow Cyclone V SoC Board
- DC934A demo board includes:
To see a complete list of Analog Devices demo boards that can plug into the 14-pin header (QuickEval connector) on the Altera and Arrow boards please click here.
Altera SoC Board
The Altera® Cyclone® V SoC Development Kit offers a quick and simple approach to develop custom ARM® processor-based SOC designs accompanied by Altera’s low-power, low-cost Cyclone V FPGA fabr/ic. This kit supports a wide range of functions, such as:
- Processor and FPGA prototyping and power measurement
- Industrial networking protocols
- Motor control applications*
- Acceleration of image- and video-processing applications*
- PCI Express® (PCIe®) x4 lane with ~1,000 MBps transfer rate (endpoint or rootport)
Key parts used on the Altera Cyclone V SoC Board:
- LTC3613: 24V, 15A Monolithic Step Down Regulator with Differential Output Sensing
- LTC3605: 15V, 5A Synchronous Step-Down Regulator
- LTC3625: 1A High Efficiency 2-Cell supercapacitor Charger with Automatic Cell Balancing
- LTC2978: Octal Digital Power supply Manager with EEPROM
- Digital Power System Management for real time voltage and current of FPGA and ARM rails, sequencing and telemetry functions.
Arrow SoC Board
The Arrow SoCKit Development Kit presents a robust hardware design platform built around the Altera System-on-Chip (SoC) FPGA, which combines the latest dual-core Cortex-A9 embedded cores with industry-leading programmable logic for ultimate design flexibility. Users can now leverage the power of tremendous re-configurability paired with a high-performance, low-power processor system.
Each SoC Kit features:
- Altera Cyclone V SoC with Dual ARM® Cortex®-A9 processors and 110K LEs
- High Speed Mezzanine Connector (HSMC) including transceivers
- Two banks of low-power DDR3 memory
- MicroSD card and Ethernet 10/100/1000 interfaces
- Adjustable clock output by Silicon Labs
- Graphic LCD: 128 x 64 (SPI Interface)
- VGA and Audio connections
- USB 2.0 OTG (Full Speed) and USB to UART connections
- 3-Axis digital accelerometer and temp sensor
- User’s manual/start-up guide, USB and Power Cables
Key Analog Devices parts used on the Arrow Cyclone V SoC Board:
- LTC3608: 18V, 8A Monolithic Synchronous Step-Down DC/DC Converter
- LTC3600: LTC3600 - 15V, 1.5A Synchronous Rail-to-Rail Single Resistor Step-Down Regulator
- LTC3614: 4A, 4MHz Monolithic Synchronous Step-Down DC/DC Converter
