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Part Number: A3PE-STARTER-KIT-2

ProASIC3 Starter Kit


Evaluation board with a ProASIC3 A3PE1500-PQ208 FPGA

  • Eight I/O banks for ProASIC3E (six for ProASIC3):
  • Two can be independently set to 1.5 V, 1.8 V, 2.5 V, or 3.3 V (one for ProASIC3)
  • Four are fixed at 3.3 V (applies to ProASIC3)
  • Two fixed at 2.5 V (applies to ProASIC3E only)
  • Clocks: Oscillator for system clock and manual clock option are provided
  • Eight LEDs and four switches: Provide simple inputs and outputs to the system
  • Two CAT5E RJ45 connectors for high-speed LVDS communications
  • Two programming headers: Support in-system programming (ISP) of single and JTAG-chained boards using FlashPro4

Overview


ProASIC3 Starter Kit is a complete kit that includes a ProASIC3 starter kit board a Libero Silver software license and a FlashPro4 programmer. The board is socketed and is populated with A3PE1500 silicon. Any device in the ProASIC3 family in the PQ208 package may be placed into the socket.The following key features are supported:

  • On-board voltage regulation
  • Advanced FlashROM capabilities
  • Four high-speed LVDS channels with a ProASIC3E device or two LVDS channels with a ProASIC3 device
  • Programming headers
Package Contents
  • Starter kit board with an A3PE1500-PQ208
  • FlashPro4 programmer
  • 9 V power supply
  • Quickstart Card

Note: This kit comes with a free Silver license for Libero SoC Design Software tool.

Documentation


Title
Document Id
ProASIC3/E Starter Kit Quickstart Card Download a973bac8-add0-457b-b374-8e9bfcd878cd
UG0048: ProASIC3/E Starter Kit User Guide Download 03a8350e-02c2-4f28-b741-319bba23165f
PCN 1207: New Revisions of Hardware Kits (A2F-EVAL-KIT, A2F500-DEV-KIT, A3PE-STARTER-KIT Download da9f7c26-5dbb-4f27-978c-af04dbed660f
ProASIC3/E Starter Kit Design Files Download 55051a62-40b4-4d2e-ae7d-0f5683d3903d
ProASIC3/E Starter Kit Programming Files Download c874ebeb-1bc1-42cd-ac88-59b91babfe74
PDN 1208: New Revision of Development Kits Now Available (M1AFS-ADV-DEV-KIT-PWR, M1AFS-EMBEDDED-KIT, A3PE-STARTER-KIT, CORE1553-DEV-KIT, CORE429-DEV-KIT-2) Download 0d6f95af-d9f5-4218-904c-6abe03b5c42e
New/Old OLED Display Drivers and Datasheets Download 17ffcf8f-feed-4310-991a-0d768020f3e5
RoHS, WEEE, and FCC Notification for Design Hardware and Software Download edc0bd20-0ac0-4d36-baef-6c0570c24be6
Libero SoC v11.6 User's Guide Download f17eb884-5c78-4d10-8028-06ca97d4b272
EU Declaration of Conformity Download 4ebb29eb-938c-467a-a699-27a66cc52793
FlashPro v9.1 User Guide Download e1df6543-285a-4367-b215-872a2c4c69c8
Libero IDE v9.1 User's Guide Download d833976e-58a0-4780-bfdf-167d8e9b2f24
OLED Display Module Documentation Download 2e11dccd-e076-4733-8e9a-bed7d7e2be8c
ProASIC3 Starter Kit Board Files Download 33ff3acc-d303-4030-923c-22779e1e2689

Additional Resources


 This Kit is ROHS Compliant!
Package Carrier: Box