Microsemi Teams with Emcraft Systems to Deliver System-on-Module for Embedded Applications

Emcraft's system-on-module with SmartFusion will accelerate our customers' product development cycles, said Paul Ekas, vice president of Marketing at Microsemi. It will also allow our customers to differentiate their equipment with the lowest power solutions and very small form factor.

Microsemi's SmartFusion cSoC integrates a field programmable logic array, ARM Cortex-M3 processor and programmable analog on a single chip. The uClinux kernel and applications execute on the 100 megahertz 32-bit ARM core, while the integrated SmartFusion peripherals, FPGA fabric, and programmable analog blocks are used to implement various communication interfaces and protocols.



Our co-developed SOM allows us to address growing customer demand for a highly integrated system solution that combines feature-rich uClinux with the design flexibility and low-power consumption that Microsemi's SmartFusion cSoC provides, said Kent Meyer, managing director of Emcraft Systems. Customer interest in the miniaturized SmartFusion SOM is high and we have already begun shipping this new solution and our baseboard design files to customers for next-generation embedded products.



Additional Technical Information



The highly integrated SOM includes 16 megabytes of random access memory, 8 MB of flash, an Ethernet PHY, clocks and supporting circuitry, minimizing the number of external requirements necessary on a customer's baseboard. Additional features include:

Powered from single +3.3 V power supply

Serial console interface

802.3 Ethernet interface

Watchdog timer (WDT)

Real-time clock (RTC)

Uncommitted SmartFusion interfaces (including 90+ FPGA I/Os) on the interface connectors