PolarFire® SoC MPFS-ES Icicle Development Kit

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• PolarFire® SoC FPGA Icicle Kit | Microchip Technology The Microchip PolarFire SoC Icicle Kit (MPFS-ICICLE-KIT-ES) is a development board featuring the PolarFire SoC FPGA with a 5-core RISC-V subsystem (4x 64-bit U54, 1x 64-bit E51), DDR4, QSPI/eMMC storage, PCIe, dual Ethernet, RPi/mikroBUS expansion, and power monitoring, designed for Linux-capable embedded applications in AI/ML, IoT, and industrial automation, coming with the board, cables, and a power supply.
• Core Components & Features PolarFire SoC FPGA: Integrates RISC-V processors (1x E51, 4x U54 cores) with FPGA fabric. Memory: 2GB LPDDR4, 1Gb SPI Flash, 8GB eMMC Flash (or SD card slot). Processing: 5 RISC-V Cores (4 Application, 1 Real-time) with interrupt controllers (PLIC, CLINT) and DMA. Connectivity: 2x Gigabit Ethernet, PCIe Gen2, USB 2.0, UART, SPI, I2C, CAN.
• Expansion: Raspberry Pi 40-pin header & microBUS socket for add-on boards.
• Power: Multi-rail power sensor for monitoring.
• What's in the Box The Icicle Development Board itself. Necessary Cables (USB, Power). Power Supply. Target Applications AI/ML & Edge Computing (using VectorBlox SDK). Industrial Automation & IoT. Wireline Access Networks. Aerospace, Defense, Automotive. Software Support Runs Linux & FreeBSD. SoftConsole IDE for C/C++ development. Hart Software Services (HSS) for boot/BIOS. Hardware Features PolarFire SoC FPGA (MPFS250T-FCVG484EES) SiFive E51 Monitor core (1 x RV64IMAC) SiFive U54 Application cores (4 x RV64GC) and Secure boot Memory and Storage 2 GB LPDDR4 x 32 1 Gb SPI flash 8 GB eMMC flash & SD card slot (multiplexed)
• Programming & Debugging Onboard JTAG connector or onboard embedded FlashPro (multiplexed) UART via micro USB 52 x test points Interfaces 4 x 12.7 Gbps SERDES PCIe Gen2 Rootport 2 x Gigabit Ethernet Micro USB 2.0 Hi-Speed OTG 4 x UART (via single micro USB) 2 x CAN 2 x SPI 2 x I²C Expansion Raspberry Pi compatible 40-pin header mikroBUS™ socket