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Morph-IC-II
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The Morph-IC-II is a USB based FPGA development module featuring the Altera Cyclone-II FPGA with the FTDI FT2232H USB to UART/FIFO/MPSSE converter IC. The module provides integration of Hi-Speed USB capability (480Mbit/s) with an FPGA, to enable ultra-fast software based FPGA configuration/reconfiguration and communication using the FTDI royalty free drivers.
The concept of the Morph-IC-II is to provide the ability to easily alter the function and capability of a silicon unit via software, allowing multiple functions to be implemented within the same silicon, whilst reducing bill of materials and silicon cost.
Features include:
• Powerful silicon development platform. Software re-configurability allows users to support multiple functions within a single silicon platform.
• High performance, low power Altera Cyclone-II EP2C5F256C8N FPGA unit.
- 4,608 embedded FPGA Logic Elements (about 80,000 Gates typically).
- 26 M4K RAM blocks (119Kbits), 13 embedded multipliers and Nios II embedded processor support.
• USB 2.0 Hi-speed (480Mbits/s) connection via FT2232H USB to dual channel UART/FIFO/MPSSE IC.
- Supports FPGA-PC USB Data transfers at up to 40MBytes/s.
- Supports ultra-fast software based configuration/reconfiguration of FPGA (less than 100ms).
• Range of flexible for FPGA communication interfaces, including FIFO interface, and MPSSE configurable serial controller interface providing support for SPI and I2C and other serial protocols.
• Compact module features up to 124 x 0.1” pitch headers providing access to 96 I/Os on the FPGA and FT2232H module.
• Onboard USB type B connector provides connection to a PC, supporting software communication via FTDI VCP and D2XX API drivers. The D2XX API supports communication via C/C++ as well as other software languages.
• Onboard JTAG port connector for FPGA boundary scan, test and configuration. JTAG interface also accessible via module header pins.
• Module is supplied with VHDL reference designs, software samples and utilities. FPGA programming supported by free Quartus II Web Edition Software from Altera.
Target Applications:
Wide range of VLSI logic circuit design applications including ASIC prototyping, FPGA design for glue-logic or IP development. The wide range resources including FPGA reference designs, software utilities and samples also makes the module ideal as a low-cost educational platform.
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