Lattice introduce ultra-low density iCE40LM FPGAs

24th October 2013

Nat Bowers

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Delivering the world’s most flexible, single-chip sensor solutions for a new generation of context-aware, ultra-low power mobile devices, the new ultra-low-density iCE40 FPGAs have been announced by Lattice. Allowing customers to integrate more functions into a smaller space, the new iCE40 FPGAs are small enough and affordable enough to fit almost anywhere, reducing board space and system complexity.

Delivering near-zero latency, the new iCE40LM FPGAs feature hard IP for strobe generators, I2C and SPI interfaces. These devices are designed to enable context-aware systems with the real-time capturing of user and environmental inputs with minimal delay or error. This gives designers a platform for their mobile products to deliver media-rich experiences based on movement, travel direction, location and other interactions with the environment.

Enabling the integration of advanced functions such as IrDA, barcode emulation and service LED, the new iCE40 FPGAs come in packages as small as 1.4mm x 1.48mm x 0.45mm and feature available logic for addition customer defined functions. Increasing battery life, Lattice has already demonstrated that the iCE40LM FPGA solution can reduce power consumption by 100x over traditional application processor-only implementations.

Joy Wrigley, senior product line manager for Lattice’s Ultra-Low Density Families, commented: “The combination of ultra-low active power and the world’s smallest sensor management solution enables a completely new class of intelligent devices that know where they are and what they are doing.”

With the new iCE40LM FPGAs, mobile device system architects can now add and/or customize sensor management functions and capabilities using a single, simple platform that can be implemented across different designs. The iCE40LM 4K, iCE40LM 2K, iCE40LM 1K devices consume very little power of just under 1 mW in active mode

“Context awareness is truly a game changer in the mobile industry and iCE40LM sensor solutions enable designers to access this differentiation immediately,” adds Wrigley.