Arrow Electronics and Microsemi Announce New, Arrow-Built SF2+ Development Kit
December 21 2015 - 8:30AM
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Professional-Grade Board Designed and Built
with Top Chipmaker Microsemi
Arrow Electronics, Inc. (NYSE: ARW) and Microsemi Corporation
(Nasdaq: MSCC) today announced the latest addition to Arrow’s
growing portfolio of development tools: the Arrow-built SF2+
Development Kit, featuring Microsemi’s SmartFusion™2
system-on-a-chip (SoC) field-programmable gate array (FPGA),
Microsemi’s Timberwolf™ audio processor and Microsemi’s LX series
power devices. The SF2+ Development Kit is ideal for both software
and hardware engineers looking to jumpstart next-level integrated
designs.
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“The SF2+ is a full-feature hardware development kit that
enables software and hardware engineers to reduce not only the area
of their board, but also the cost and complexity of working with
multiple sensors and interfaces,” said Chakib Loucif, vice
president of engineering at Arrow Electronics. “The SF2+ kit is a
great addition to Arrow’s growing portfolio of development
tools.”
Arrow collaborated with top semiconductor and system solutions
provider Microsemi to design and build the SF2+. Microsemi’s
SmartFusion2 SoC FPGAs are ideal for implementing a wide array of
functions like PCIe Gen2 control plane, image processing, I/O
expansion and bridging. They also address fundamental requirements
for advanced security, high reliability and low power in
industrial, military, aviation, communications and medical
applications. Additionally, SmartFusion2 devices integrate an
inherently reliable flash-based FPGA fabric, a 166 MHz ARM®
CortexTM-M3 processor, advanced security processing accelerators,
DSP blocks, SRAM, eNVM and industry-required high performance
serial communication interfaces—all on a single chip.
“Customers appreciate that Microsemi has produced the fullest
featured low-density FPGA family on the market,” said Ted Marena,
director of SoC marketing at Microsemi. “The SF2+ Development Kit
is an excellent platform for customers to begin the implementation
of their own design.”
The Microsemi Timberwolf audio processor is ideal for today’s
growing need of low-power, hands-free communications in security
camera, communications and connected home applications. The field
upgradable firmware enables far field microphone, beam forming,
sound location estimation, Acoustic Echo Cancellation (AEC), noise
reduction and a variety of other voice enhancements to deliver
clear voice quality in harsh environments.
Microsemi’s LX7186A, an efficient switching regulator, and its
LX8213, a low-power, fast-responding LDO, provide the SF2+
Development Kit with all of the power necessary for a variety of
applications.
The SF2+ Development Kit also features Emcraft Systems’
SmartFusion2 system-on-module (SOM), along with Micron memory and
Samtec connectors to help evaluate Microsemi’s Timberwolf audio
processor and an array of Adruino compatible shields.
Arrow is hosting a series of workshops in 2016 to demonstrate
how to optimize design performance and accelerate development time
with the SF2+. Attendees will receive in-depth technical training
on the SmartFusion2 SoC FPGA and step-by-step instructions on
design techniques and board use. The $75 registration fee includes
one SF2+ Development Kit and two ST Micro X-NUCLEO boards: the ST
Micro MEMS and environmental sensor evaluation board and the ST
Micro Bluetooth Low Energy evaluation board. Workshops launch in
North America on January 12, 2016. For more information and to
register, please visit http://eventrebels.com/sf2plus.
About Arrow Electronics
Arrow Electronics (www.arrow.com) is a global provider of
products, services and solutions to industrial and commercial users
of electronic components and enterprise computing solutions. Arrow
serves as a supply channel partner for more than 100,000 original
equipment manufacturers, contract manufacturers and commercial
customers through a global network of more than 460 locations in 56
countries.
About Microsemi
Microsemi Corporation (Nasdaq: MSCC) offers a comprehensive
portfolio of semiconductor and system solutions for communications,
defense & security, aerospace and industrial markets. Products
include high-performance and radiation-hardened analog mixed-signal
integrated circuits, FPGAs, SoCs and ASICs; power management
products; timing and synchronization devices and precise time
solutions, setting the world's standard for time; voice processing
devices; RF solutions; discrete components; security technologies
and scalable anti-tamper products; Ethernet solutions;
Power-over-Ethernet ICs and midspans; as well as custom design
capabilities and services. Microsemi is headquartered in Aliso
Viejo, Calif., and has approximately 3,600 employees globally.
Learn more at www.microsemi.com.
Microsemi and the Microsemi logo are registered trademarks or
service marks of Microsemi Corporation and/or its affiliates.
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property of their respective owners.
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Arrow’s growing portfolio of development tools: the Arrow-built
SF2+ Development Kit, featuring Microsemi’s SmartFusion2 SoC FPGA,
Microsemi’s Timberwolf audio processor and Microsemi’s LX series
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Arrow ElectronicsMeghan Macdonald,
303-824-4589mmacdonald@arrow.comorMicrosemiFarhad Mafie,
949-380-6161farhad.mafie@microsemi.com
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