This device integrates a 12K LE flash-based FPGA fabric, a 166 MHz ARM Cortex-M3 processor, DSP blocks, SRAM, eNVM, and general purpose GPIO interfaces all on a single chip.
The Digi-Key SmartFusion2 Maker Board (M2S010-MKR-KIT) supports a USB port
for JTAG programming, UART communications, and powering the board.
The board also features an SPI flash, a 50 MHz clock source, 8 user LEDS, 2 user pushbuttons,
a light sensor, and the VSC8541 PHY for 100 Mbps/1 Gbps Ethernet. There are also
two unpopulated laid out connections—these pinouts support an ESP8266 and an
ESP32 Wi-Fi/Bluetooth module (not included). The pinout is set up for programming
and communication to the SmartFusion2 SoC FPGA. The board can be used with
Microsemi’s Libero SoC v11.8 software or more recent versions of it. SoftConsole,
an IDE for C/C++ programming of the ARM Cortex-M3 is available. The kit is
powered through an LX7167A power module and includes integrated FlashPro5
programming hardware.