Evaluation kit cuts cost, speeds development of mobile devices
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Lattice Semiconductor has introduced the iCEstick evaluation kit, an easy to use usb thumb drive form factor development board that allows engineers and system architects to evaluate and develop mobile solutions based on the company's iCE40 mobileFPGA family.
"The Lattice iCE40 fpga family provides the programmable technology to enable breakthrough differentiation with the world's smallest fpgas," said the company's director of solutions marketing, Ted Marena.
Using the iCEstick evaluation kit, Lattice says designers can implement a solution that replaces virtually any high end remote control to interface to tvs, led lighting systems or other infrared controlled devices.
Additionally, the kit provides a simple starting point to design infrared data transfer between mobile devices such as pcs, tablets and gaming devices.
It does this by using the iCE40 FPGA to implement a fully programmable pwm function and bridge to an infrared led.
To streamline and accelerate development, the kit includes reference designs that enable wireless transmission of data or control signals.
This is done via an interface to an IrDA transceiver or a Digilent Pmod compatible peripheral connector, all while using a minimal number of I/O from the iCE40 FPGA.
