FPGA - Low Power

The Microsemi IGLOO® series of low-power flash FPGAs includes IGLOO/e, IGLOO nano and IGLOO PLUS - the industry's low-power FPGAs. IGLOO FPGA family are designed to meet the demand of low power and small foot print requirements of today's portable and power-conscious electronics. The IGLOO low-power FPGA family support up to 35K logic elements with up to 504 kbits of true dual-port SRAM, up to 6 embedded PLLs, and up to 620 user I/Os. Low-power applications that require 32-bit processing can use the ARM ® Cortex-M1 processor without license fee or royalties in M1 IGLOO devices. The IGLOO FPGA family devices are available in small footprint (3x3, 4x4, 5x5, 6x6 and 8x8 mm), high density, chip-scale and quad flat no-lead packages. The IGLOO series includes: - IGLOO/e with ARM Cortex-M1 - IGLOO nano - IGLOO PLUS

Features

Flash*Freeze Technology

The Flash*Freeze technology used in IGLOO devices enables easy entry and exit from low power mode which consumes as little as 2 µW, while retaining SRAM and register data. Flash*Freeze technology simplifies power management through I/O and clock management without a need to turn off voltages, I/Os, or clocks at the system level.In Flash*Freeze mode, power drops to as low as 2 µW, and no additional components are required to turn off I/Os or clocks while preserving the design information, SRAM content, and registers. I/Os can maintain their state during Flash*Freeze mode. Entering and exiting Flash*Freeze mode takes less than 1 µs.

Small Footprint Packages

Microsemi IGLOO low-power FPGAs are true single-chip devices, do not require configuration or other support components, and offer a variety of small-footprint packages with high I/O pin count to match design needs. The Microsemi IGLOO family is offered in a small form factor (3x3, 4x4, 5x5, 6x6, and 8x8 mm), high-density, chip-scale packages and quad flat no-lead packages

Specifications

Device Comparison

IGLOO Family	IGLOO/e	IGLOO nano	IGLOO PLUS
ARM - Enabled	M1 IGLOO/e
Overview	The low-power programmable solution	The industry's lowest-power, smallest-size solution	The low-power FPGA with more I/O per LE compared to IGLOO
Equivalent LEs	330-35K	100-3K	330-1K
Max User I/Os	620	71	212
Power Consumption	5  µW	2  µW	5  µW

Microchip's PolarFire Evaluation Kit offers high-performance evaluation across a broad class of applications. This kit is ideally suited for high-speed transceiver evaluation, 10Gb Ethernet, IEEE1588, JESD204B, SyncE, CPRI and more. The kit connections include a high pin count (HPC) FPGA mezzanine card (FMC), numerous SMAs, PCIe, Dual Gigabit Ethernet RJ45, SFP+ and USB. A 300K logic element (LE) PolarFire FPGA with DDR4, DDR3, and SPI-flash allow a broad class of high-performance designs to be developed.

Features

Kit Contents – MPF300-EVAL-KIT 1 PolarFire Evaluation Kit Board with MPF300TS-1FCG1152I Device 1 12V Power Pack/AC Adapter 1 USB 2.0 A male to Mini-B 1 QuickStart Card 1 1 Year Gold Software License included with kit ($995 value) - Supports PolarFire 100K, 200K LE devices and the, MPF300TS-1FCG1152I/EES and MPF300TS-1FCG484I/EES (Kit Devices)

Libero® SoC Design Suite offers high productivity with its comprehensive, easy-to-learn, easy-to-adopt development tools for designing with Microsemi's PolarFire SoC ,PolarFire, IGLOO2, SmartFusion2, RTG4, SmartFusion, IGLOO, ProASIC3 and Fusion families.

Features

To work with Libero SoC Design Suite, a valid Libero license must be installed. There are several types of Libero licenses: - Evaluation - Silver - Gold - Platinum - Archival Silver and Evaluation licenses are available for free, while the other licenses are paid licenses.

The Industry's Low-Power FPGAs The IGLOO® series of ultra-low density FPGAs includes IGLOO/e, IGLOO nano and IGLOO PLUS IGLOO FPGA—the industry's low-power FPGAs. IGLOO FPGA family are designed to meet the demand of low power and small foot print requirements of today's portable and power-conscious electronics. The IGLOO low-power FPGA family support up to 35K logic elements with up to 504 kbits of true dual-port SRAM, up to 6 embedded PLLs, and up to 620 user I/Os. Low-power applications that require 32-bit processing can use the ARM ® Cortex-M1 processor without license fee or royalties in M1 IGLOO devices. The IGLOO FPGA family devices are available in small footprint (3x3, 4x4, 5x5, 6x6 and 8x8 mm), high density, chip-scale and quad flat no-lead packages.

Features

Microsemi's IGLOO® nano low-power FPGAs offer groundbreaking possibilities in power, size and operating temperature. Available in logic densities from 100 LEs to 3K LEs, the 1.2 V to 1.5 V IGLOO nano devices have been designed for high-volume applications where power and size are key decision criteria. - Ultra-low power in Flash*Freeze mode, as low as 2 µW - Variety of small footprint packages as small as 3x3 mm - Best system performance of 250 MHZ - Enhanced commercial temperature - Reprogrammable flash technology - 1.2 V to 1.5 V single voltage operation - Enhanced I/O features - Clock conditioning circuits (CCCs) and PLLs

Microsemi's IGLOO®2 FPGAs, targeted at the cost-optimized FPGA market, integrate fourth generation flash-based FPGA fabric and high performance communications interfaces on a single chip. The IGLOO2 FPGAs offer a cost optimized FPGA with best-in-class feature integration coupled with the lowest power, highest reliability and most advanced security in the industry. Best-In-Class: Integration, Power, Reliability & Security Microsemi Leadership in Cost-Optimized FPGAs - Highest number of 5G transceivers - Highest number of GPIO - Highest number of PCI Compliant 3.3V I/O - Only FPGA with hardened memory subsystem - Only non-volatile and instant-on mainstream FPGA Microsemi Leadership in Low Power FPGAs - 3X lower static power with no performance penalties - Flash*Freeze real-time power management - 25% lower total power Microsemi Leadership in Reliable FPGAs - Only FPGA with SEU immune fabric configuration cells - Extended temperature support (Up to 125degC Tj) Microsemi Leadership in Secure FPGAs - Built-in state-of-the-art design security for all devices - Easy-to-use!

Features

Microsemi's IGLOO2 FPGAs continue the company's focus on addressing the needs of today's cost optimized FPGA markets by providing a LUT based fabric, 5G transceivers, high speed GPIO, block RAM and DSP blocks in a differentiated, cost and power optimized architecture. This next generation IGLOO2 architecture offers up to 5X more logic density and 3X more fabric performance than its predecessors and combines a non-volatile Flash based fabric with the highest number of general purpose I/O, 5G SERDES interfaces and PCI Express end points when compared to other products in its class

The ProASIC3 nano nonvolatile FPGAs offer the advantage of being a secure, low power, instant-on,single-chip solution. ProASIC3 nano devices are reprogrammable and offer time-to-market benefits.When measured against the typical project metrics of performance, cost, flexibility and time to market, the ProASIC3 nano devices provide an attractive alternative to ASICs and application-specific standard products (ASSPs) in fast moving or highly competitive markets. ProASIC3 nano devices have up to 3K LEs, supported up to 36 kbits of true dual-port SRAM and up to 71 user I/Os. ProASIC3 nano devices increase the breadth of the ProASIC3 product line by adding new features and packages for greater customer value in high volume consumer, portable, and battery-backed markets.

Features

- Enhanced commercial temperature range - Selectable Schmitt trigger inputs - Hot-swappable and cold-sparing I/Os - Reprogrammable and nonvolatile - 1,024 bits of user flash memory - Single-chip and Instant-ON

The Microsemi FlashPro programming system is a combination of Microsemi FlashPro software and a hardware programmer. Together they provide in-system programming (ISP) for all FPGAs in the IGLOO2, SmartFusion2, RTG4, IGLOO® Series and ProASIC3 Series (including RT ProASIC3), and the SmartFusion, Fusion, ProASICPLUS, and ProASIC families. Flashpro5 is a hardware programmer supporting all SoC FPGA and FPGA devices except ProASICPlus on Windows and SmartFusion2/IGLOO2 devices on Linux Whether you are programming a board containing a single device or multiple devices connected in a chain, you can quickly program and reprogram Microsemi flash FPGAs by connecting to a PC and the target board. FlashPro programmers provide everything you need to program flash FPGAs for compliance with IEEE 1149, using the JTAG port. Click here for more information

The ProASIC®3 series of FPGAs, which includes ProASIC3/e, ProASIC3 nano, and ProASIC3L, offers a breakthrough in performance, density, and features for today's most demanding high-volume applications. ProASIC3 devices support the ARM - Cortex-M1 soft processor IP core, offering the benefits of programmability and time-to-market. The ProASIC3 families are based on nonvolatile flash technology and support 100 to 35K LEs and up to 620 I/Os. Military grade devices support 3K to 35K logic elements and 32-bit Cortex M1 soft processor implemented in the FPGA.

Features

- Enhanced commercial temperature range - Selectable Schmitt trigger inputs - Hot-swappable and cold-sparing I/Os - Reprogrammable and nonvolatile - 1,024 bits of user flash memory - Single-chip and Instant-ON