The Xynergy-Board combines an ARM Cortex-M3 based STMicroelectronics STM32F217 controller with a Xilinx Spartan-6 low-cost FPGA (XC6SLX16) in one design.There are numerous development tools for either ARM Cortex-M microcontrollers or FPGA kits, but this is the first module in the market that merges both technologies on one board, although it is absolutely common to have a microcontroller next to an FPGA, performing tasks that cannot be integrated in the FPGA in a cost-effective way. High costs for the adequate IP cores and for the additionally needed resources in the FPGA very often require an implementation in favor of a two-chip solution. Particularly the use of standard communication interfaces like Ethernet, USB and CAN are in most cases cheaper and easier to implement on a microcontroller.

• ST Microelectronics STM32F217 ARM Cortex-M3 MCU clocked at up to 120MHz
• Xilinx XC6SLX16 Spartan-6 low cost FPGA (324-pin package XC6SLX16)
• ST Microelectronics ST802 10/100 Ethernet port with RJ45 Ethernet connector
• Micron MT41J64M16 1-Gbit DDR3 SDRAM accessed via the FSMC port and the FPGA
• Micron M25P128 SPI NOR-Flashoptional STMicroelectronics M24LR64 dual interface RFID EEPROM
• Standard 20-pin JTAG header for ARM debugging
• JTAG header for standard Xilinx Platform Cable USB II
• Two 64-pin expansion ports
• Micro-SD Card Slot
• USB on-the-go connector

and much more

• Evaluation of mixed microcontroller / FPGA designs
• General purpose industrial applications using Ethernet / USB / CAN / SPI / I²C
• General purpose pre-, post- and coprocessing with FPGA, i.e. digital filtering , advanced crypto, video etc.
• Implementation of industrial Ethernet IP in FPGA and/or microcontroller
• Motor Control with FPGA acceleration of closed loop algorithms

and many more

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Suggested Retail Price: EUR199 per unit + VAT and shipping.