We have multiple target plaforms based on PolarFire SoC FPGAs. To get started, follow the steps below:
- Select a target platform; we have both proprietary evaluation platforms and production-ready devices from our ecosystem partners.
- Download the reference material.
- Receive support by joining GitHub discussions or contacting our support team.
- Microchip Evaluation Platforms
- Mi-V Ecosystem Platforms
PolarFire® SoC Icicle Kit
The PolarFire SoC Icicle Kit runs Linux® out of the box and evaluates the microprocessor (MPU) subsystem, FPGA fabric, PCIe®, Gigabit Ethernet, CAN, USB and more.
PolarFire® SoC Video Kit
The PolarFire SoC Video Kit is a full-featured embedded vision development platform targeting secure, reliable and power-efficient vision applications at the edge, including our VectorBlox™ Accelerator SDK and Neural Network IP, and Industrial IoT (IIoT) and automation applications.
PolarFire® SoC Discovery Kit
The PolarFire SoC Discovery Kit is a low-cost, open-source development kit powered by a quad-core, RISC-V application-class processor. This device supports Linux® and real-time applications, a rich set of peripherals and 95K low-power, high-performance FPGA logic elements.
PolarFire® SoC Renode Model
Renode provides a simulation model for the PolarFire SoC and Mi-V soft CPUs that you can use to debug firmware. Renode is bundled with the SoftConsole development environment.
Aldec TySOM-M
- PolarFire SoC FPGA (MPFS250T-FCG1152E)
- Memory: 16 Gb FPGA DDR4 ×32, 64 Kb EEPROM, microSD™, SPI Flash and eMMC
- Interfaces: 2× FMC connector, 2× Ethernet, 1× USB 2.0, HDMI®, PCIe® ×4 Gen 2 root port and CAN
Aries Embedded SOM
- PolarFire SoC FPGA (MPFS250T-FCVG484E)
- Memory: 4 GB LPDDR4 for MSS, 4 GB LPDDR4 for FPGA, 4 MB SPI Flash and 8 GB eMMC
- Interfaces: 2 × Samtec QSH-090-01-F-D-A board-to-board interconnect
- Dimensions: 74 mm × 42 mm
Conclusive Engineering SOM
Key features:
- PolarFire SoC FPGA (MPFS250T-FCVG484E)
- Memory: LPDDR4 (1, 2, 4 or 8 GB), eMMC 5.0 (4–64 GB), 8 KB EEPROM
- Interfaces: USB 2.0 OTG, ×4 PCIe 2.0, 1 × SGMII, 1 × JTAG, 1 × UART, 1 × I2C, 802.11/b/g/n Wi-Fi®
- Dimensions 65 × 45 mm
Digitalcore SOM
- PolarFire SoC FPGA (MPFS250T-FCVG484E)
- Memory: 2 GB LPDDR4, 8 GB eMMC and 128 MB SPI Flash
- Interfaces: Wi-Fi/BT, 1 × GbE, 1 × USB 2.0, ×4 PCIe Gen 2
- Dimensions: 75 mm × 55 mm
Sundance Polarberry SOM
- PolarFire SoC FPGA (MPFS250T-FCVG484E)
- Memory: 4 GB DDR4, 128 MB SPI Flash and 4 GB eMMC
- Interfaces: 4 × 12.7G transceivers, 40-pin Raspberry Pi® interface and 1× RJ-45 connector
- Dimensions: 55 mm × 85 mm
Enclustra Mercury SOM
- PolarFire SoC FPGA (MPFS250TS-FCG1152I)
- Memory: DDR4 with ECC for MSS, DDR4 for FPGA, up to 19.2 GByte/sec memory bandwidth
- Interfaces: PCIe Gen2 ×4, USB 2.0 and 2 × Gigabit Ethernet
- Dimensions: 74 × 54 mm
BeagleV®-Fire
Key features:
- PolarFire SoC FPGA (MPFS025T-FCVG484E)
- Memory and storage: 2 GB LPDDR4, 16 GB e-MMC™ Flash, 128 Mbit SPI Flash, microSD™ card socket
- Power: USB Type-C®, screw terminals
- Expansion and connectors: Gigabit Ethernet, M.2 E-key socket for Wi-Fi® (PCIe®/USB), SYZYGY high-speed expansion header, two 46-pin BeagleBone®-compatible headers
- 55 mm × 88 mm
Numato Lab® EagleCore™ SOM
Key features:
- PolarFire SoC FPGA (MPFS250T-FCVG484)
- Memory: e-MMC, 8 GB, Flash Memory: 1 Gb SPI
- Two Gigabit Ethernet PHYs
- OTG PHY
- User-defined I/Os: (HSIO: 58 I/Os, GPIO: 50 I/Os, MSSIO: 10 I/Os, four SerDes)
- 72 mm × 54 mm
Enktron KYNESIS SOM
Key features:
- 23–254 KLE PolarFire SoC FPGA (MPFS025T, MPFS095T, MPFS160T and MPFS250T)
- Up to 784 DSP blocks on FPGA fabric
- Four 12.5 Gbps SerDes
- Quad 64-bit, 667 MHz RV64GC cores
- 64-bit, 667 MHz RV64IMAC monitor core
- Up to 2 Gbyte LPDDR4
- Onboard Gigabit Ethernet PHY
- USB 2.0 OTG
- 128 Mbit to 1 GBit NOR Flash
- 8–64 GByte e-MMC™ memory
Trenz Electronic TEM0007 SOM
Key features:
- PolarFire SoC FPGA (MPFS250T)
- 1 GByte LPDDR4 SDRAM
- 64 MByte SPI Flash memory
- Serial EEPROM with EUI-48 node identity
- USB 2.0 ULPI transceiver
- 10/100/1000 Mbps Gigabit Ethernet PHY
- Onboard DC-DC converter
- Three Samtec LSHM B2B connectors (2 × 100 pins, 1 × 60 pins)
- Size: 4 × 5 cm
Sundance SoM1 SoC
Key features:
- PolarFire SoC FPGA (MPFS460T-1FCVG1152 or MPFS250T-1FCVG1152)
- 4 GB of 32-bit wide DDR4 memory for the MSS
- 8 GB of 64-bit bus DDR4 memory
- 128 MB SPI Serial NOR Flash
- 16 GByte of e-MMC™ storage for Linux®
- 20 high-speed, low-power transceivers from 250 Mbps–12.7 Gbps
- USB-C® with JTAG/UART bridge interface and power
- Dimensions: 85 × 65 mm
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Mi-V Partner Information
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Technical Support
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Introduction to PolarFire SoC Icicle Kit
We introduced the development kit for the industry’s first RISC-V-based SoC FPGA, the PolarFire SoC Icicle Kit. The Icicle Kit centers around a 254K Logic Element (LE) PolarFire SoC FPGA and includes a PCIe® root port, mikroBUS™ expansion, dual Gigabit Ethernet, USB-OTG, CAN bus, Raspberry Pi® header, JTAG and SD™ card interfaces, which provide a full-featured platform for development.
PolarFire SoC FPGAs deliver up to 50% lower total power than competing devices. The Icicle Kit for PolarFire SoC FPGAs is well suited for smart embedded imaging, IoT, industrial automation, defense, automotive and communication applications.
