1 Hardware Features

Following are the key features of the SmartFusion®2 SoC FPGA Security Evaluation kit:

  • Evaluate the Data Security features of SmartFusion2 SoC FPGAs including:
    • Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC)
    • Physically Unclonable Function (SRAM-PUF)
    • Random Number Generator (RNG)
    • AES/SHA
    • Anti-Tamper
  • Develop and test PCI Express Gen2 x1 lane designs
  • Test the signal quality of the FPGA transceiver using full-duplex SerDes SMA pairs
  • Measure the low power consumption of the SmartFusion2 SoC FPGA
  • Quickly create a working PCIe link with the included PCIe Control Plane Demo
  • Program the FPGA device using FlashPro4, FlashPro5, or embedded FlashPro5 programmers

The board includes an RJ45 interface to 10/100/1000 Ethernet, 512 MB of LPDDR, 64 MB SPI Flash,and USB-UART connections, as well as I²C, SPI, and GPIO headers. The kit includes a 12V power adapter but can also be powered through the PCIe edge connector. Also included is a free Gold license for the Libero SoC software toolset to enable FPGA development and to utilize the reference designs made available with the kit.

Figure 1-2. Evaluation Board Block Diagram