Lattice Simplifies System Control Applications with MachXO Control Development Kit

Lattice Semiconductor has announced the immediate availability of the new MachXO Control Development Kit as well as 12 new reference designs, ideal for prototyping system control functions such as temperature and current monitoring, power supply sequencing, fan control and fault logging, that are commonly found in telecom infrastructure, server, industrial and medical applications. The new kit offers designers of CPLDs and low-density FPGAs a comprehensive suite of board management and system control resources to enable the development of system control designs.

Designed for general purpose I/O expansion, interface bridging and power-up management functions, the instant-on, easy-to-use MachXO programmable logic device (PLD) family offers customers an All-in-One-PLD by providing distributed and embedded memory, built-in PLLs, high performance LVDS I/O, remote field upgrade (Lattice's TransFRTM technology) and a low power sleep mode, all in a single device.

We use MachXO PLDs in our digital video recorder platform as they provide us with design flexibility and time-to-market advantages over other competitive ASIC and ASSP solutions, said Henry Zhang, chief technology officer at Zhejiang Dahua Technology. The MachXO Control Development Kit and new reference designs will enable us to test a wide range of control-based functions in our designs and accelerate our time-to-market.

Designers need a comprehensive set of development tools to implement their system control designs quickly and efficiently, said Gordon Hands, Director of Marketing for Low Density and Mixed Signal Solutions. The new MachXO Control Development Kit and associated suite of reference designs provide designers with a complete and flexible platform that addresses board management functions typically implemented in system control applications.