13 March 2009

Actel Rolls Out Fusion Embedded Development Kit

Actel Corporation, a member of the ARM Connected Community, has rolled out the Fusion Embedded Development Kit, enabling system designers to rapidly and cost effectively prototype a full  system-on-a-chip design.

The $199 kit includes the Actel Fusion mixed-signal FPGA, including license-free versions of the ARM Cortex –M1 and Core8051.  

"With Fusion and this new development kit, embedded system designers now can easily integrate custom logic and programmable analog features into their embedded processor designs," explained Rich Kapusta, vice president marketing and business development. "There is nothing else like Fusion in the industry and this low-cost, easy-to-use kit puts a tremendous amount of capability right at your fingertips."

To allow engineers to quickly prototype a complete system composed of a microprocessor core, programmable logic and analog blocks, the kit is built around a 1.5M gate M1AFS1500-FGG484 Fusion device. The kit also includes the Libero Integrated Development Environment (IDE), SoftConsole, a 5V power supply. The kit is fully RoHS compliant.