Future Electronics Microsemi Avalanche User manual

Future Electronics - Microsemi
Avalanche Development Board
User’s Guide
Revision 1.0

Contents
1 Revision History ....................................................................................... 6
1.1 Revision 1.0....................................................................................... 6
2 Getting Started........................................................................................ 7
2.1 Box Contents ..................................................................................... 7
2.2 Block Diagram .................................................................................... 8
2.3 Board Overview .................................................................................. 8
2.4 Powering Up the Board ........................................................................ 11
3 Installation and Setting ............................................................................. 12
3.1 Software Settings ............................................................................... 12
3.2 Hardware Settings .............................................................................. 12
3.2.1 Power Supply LEDs ........................................................................ 12
3.2.2 Test Points ................................................................................. 12
3.2.3 Power Sources ............................................................................. 12
4 Board Components and Operations................................................................ 14
4.1 DDR3 Memory Interface........................................................................ 14
4.2 SPI Serial Flash .................................................................................. 14
4.3 Transceivers ..................................................................................... 15
4.3.1 XCVR0 Interface ........................................................................... 15
4.3.2 XCVR1 Interface ........................................................................... 16
4.3.3 125-MHz Transceiver Reference Clock ................................................. 16
4.4 Microsemi PHY (VSC8531) ..................................................................... 17
4.5 Panasonic Wi-Fi (PAN9320) .................................................................... 18
4.6 Microchip ADC (MCP3903) ..................................................................... 19
4.7 Programming .................................................................................... 19
4.7.1 FTDI ......................................................................................... 19
4.8 System Reset .................................................................................... 20
4.9 50-MHz Oscillator ............................................................................... 20
4.10 User Interface................................................................................... 21
4.10.1 User LEDs ................................................................................... 21
4.10.2 Push-Button Switches..................................................................... 21
4.10.3 Live Probes Header ....................................................................... 22
4.10.4 SFP+ Connector ............................................................................ 22

4.10.5 Arduino™ Compatible Expansion Headers.............................................. 23
4.10.6 MikroBUS™ Compatible Expansion Headers ............................................ 24
4.10.7 PMOD™ Compatible Expansion Connector ............................................. 25
5 Pin List................................................................................................. 26
6 Board Component Placement ...................................................................... 27
7 Demo Design .......................................................................................... 28
8 Appendix: Programming PolarFire FPGA Using the On-Board FlashPro5 ..................... 29

Figures
Figure 1 - Avalanche Block Diagram ..................................................................... 8
Figure 2 - Avalanche Board ............................................................................... 9
Figure 3 - Avalanche Board Power Supply Block diagram............................................ 13
Figure 4 - DDR3 Memory Interface ...................................................................... 14
Figure 5 - SPI Flash Interface ............................................................................ 15
Figure 6 - XCVR0 Interface ............................................................................... 15
Figure 7 - XCVR1 Interface ............................................................................... 16
Figure 8 - Transceiver Reference Clock ................................................................ 16
Figure 9 - PHY Interface.................................................................................. 17
Figure 10 - PAN9320 Block Diagram..................................................................... 18
Figure 11 - Wi-Fi Interface ............................................................................... 18
Figure 12 - ADC Interface ................................................................................ 19
Figure 13 - FTDI Interface ................................................................................ 20
Figure 14 - Reset Circuit.................................................................................. 20
Figure 15 - 50-MHz Clock Oscillator..................................................................... 21
Figure 16 - Live Probes Header.......................................................................... 22
Figure 17 - Silkscreen Top View ......................................................................... 27
Figure 18 - Silkscreen Botton View ..................................................................... 27
Figure 19 - Selecting the On-Board FlashPro5......................................................... 29

Tables
Table 1 - Avalanche Board Components................................................................ 10
Table 2 - Power Supply LEDs............................................................................. 12
Table 3 - I/O Voltage Rails ............................................................................... 12
Table 4 - Wi-Fi LEDs....................................................................................... 18
Table 5 - User LEDs........................................................................................ 21
Table 6 - Push-Button Switches ......................................................................... 21
Table 7 - J11 SFP+ Connector Pinout ................................................................... 23
Table 8 - J3 Arduino Connector Pinout................................................................. 23
Table 9 - J4 Arduino Connector Pinout................................................................. 23
Table 10 - J6 Arduino Connector Pinout ............................................................... 24
Table 11 - J7 Arduino Connector Pinout ............................................................... 24
Table 12 - J8 MikroBUS Connector Pinout ............................................................. 24
Table 13 - J9 MikroBUS Connector Pinout ............................................................. 25
Table 14 - J5 PMOD Connector Pinout.................................................................. 25

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1Revision History
The revision history describes the changes that were implemented in the document. The
changes are listed by revision, starting with the most current publication.
1.1 Revision 1.0
Revision 1.0 is the first publication of this document.

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2Getting Started
The Future Electronics - Microsemi Avalanche Development Kit (AVMPF300TS-02-NA/EU) is an
RoHS-compliant, cost optimized kit with general-purpose interfaces that enables you to
evaluate the basic features of the PolarFire family of FPGAs.
The Avalanche Development Kit supports the following interfaces:
2.4 GHz ISM band Wi-Fi module
1 GbE
DDR3 memory
SFP+ connector with one transceiver lane
Arduino™ compatible expansion headers
MikroBUS™ compatible expansion headers
PMOD™ compatible expansion connector
UART interface to FTDI device
SPI interface to SPI flash device
The PolarFire device is programmed using the on-board FlashPro5 programmer. The on-board
FlashPro5 programmer is used to develop and debug embedded applications using
SoftConsole, Identify, or SmartDebug.
2.1 Box Contents
The Avalanche Development Kit includes the following:
Future Electronics - Microsemi Avalanche Development Board featuring the MPF300TS-
1FCG484EES device with 300K logic elements
12V / 2A wall-mounted power adapter
USB-A to Micro B 2.0 cable for UART/JTAG interface to PC
The Avalanche Development Board Quick Start Guide
One-year Libero Gold software license

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2.2 Block Diagram
The following block diagram shows all the components of the Avalanche Board.
Figure 1 - Avalanche Block Diagram
2.3 Board Overview
The Avalanche Board features a PolarFire MPF300TS-1FCG484EES FPGA with the following
capabilities:
20-Kb dual-port or two-port LSRAM block with a built-in single error correct double
error detect (SECDED) capability
64 × 12 two-port μSRAM block implemented as an array of latches
18 × 18 multiply-accumulate (MACC) block with a pre-adder, a 48-bit accumulator, and
an optional 16 deep × 18 coefficient RO
Built-in μPROM, modifiable at program time and readable at run time, for user data
storage
Digest integrity check for FPGA, μPROM, and sNVM
Low-power features:
oLow device static power
oLow inrush current
oLow power transceivers
oUnique Flash*Freeze mode
High-performance communication interfaces

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The Avalanche Board supports several standard interfaces, including:
Microsemi VSC8531 with an RJ45 connector for 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet
One full-duplex transceiver lane connected through SFP+ connector
DDR3 memory
2.4 GHz ISM band using Panasonic PAN9320 Wi-Fi module
Arduino™ compatible expansion headers
MikroBUS™ compatible expansion headers
PMOD™ compatible expansion connector
One SPI flash device
The following illustration highlights various components of the Avalanche Board.
Figure 2 - Avalanche Board

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The following table lists the important components of the Avalanche Board.
Component
Label on Board
Description
Feature Device
PolarFire FPGA
MPF300TS-1FCG484EES FPGA with data security.
Power Supply
12V power supply
input
J1
The board is powered by a 12V power source using an external
12 V / 2 A DC jack.
Clocks
50 MHz clock
oscillator
X2
50-MHz clock oscillator with single-ended output (± 50ppm).
125 MHz
differential clock
oscillator
X3
125-MHz oscillator with differential LVDS output (± 50ppm).
FPGA Programming and Debugging
USB-UART
terminal
J2
FTDI programmer interface to program the PolarFire device.
SPI Flash
U15
Microchip 64Mb serial flash SST26VF064B connected to bank 3
of the PolarFire device.
FT4232HL
U7
USB-to-quad serial ports in various configurations.
Live Probes
P4
To be used with SmartDebug
Communication Interfaces
SFP+ connector
J12
SFP connector on one XCVR lane to support the optical
interface with an external interface module
One 10/100/1000
Ethernet RJ45
connector
J10
Ethernet (RJ45) jack with external magnetics interfacing
with Microsemi 10/100/1000 BASE-T PHY (VSC8531) in
RGMII mode. The PHY interfaces with the Ethernet ports of
the PolarFire device.
Wi-Fi Module
MOD1A
Panasonic Pan9320 2.4 GHz ISM band module connected to
bank2 of the PolarFire device.
Arduino header
J3, J4, J6, J7
Connected to bank2
MikroBus header
J8, J9
Connected to bank2
PMod connector
J5
Connected to bank2
Memory
DDR3 Memory
U13
Microchip 64Mb serial flash SST26VF064B
Analog Interface
ADC
J6
Microchip analog converter A/D MCP3903 connected to bank2
of the PolarFire device. Analog inputs available through header
J6 (Arduino).
General Purpose I/O
Switches
SW1, SW2
Push-button switches for user-interface debugging
applications
Light-emitting
diodes
(LEDs)
LED1 to LED11
Two active-low dual colors LEDs connected to some of the user
I/Os for debugging, one active low LED for reset, three active
high LEDs used for indicating power supply and five active high
LEDs used for Wi-Fi module statuses.
Reset switch
SW3
Push-button system reset for the PolarFire device. Users
must program this GPIO for PolarFire device reset
function.
Table 1 - Avalanche Board Components