[October 03, 2009] Avnet Electronics Marketing Releases Latest Evaluation and Development Kits Tweet Oct 02, 2009 (Close-Up Media via COMTEX) -- The Avnet Electronics Marketing operating group of Avnet announced the release of the Xilinx Spartan-6 LX16 FPGA Evaluation Kit and Spartan-6 LX150T FPGA Development Kit. Both kits support the new FMC expansion standard, which enables the addition of add-on modules and customization when working with Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) applications. In a release, Avnet Electronics Marketing described the new offerings: - The Spartan-6 LX16 FPGA Evaluation Kit is based on the Spartan-6 LX16 FPGA and showcases a system level approach to low power design for the Spartan-6 family. Designed for use as a general purpose FPGA development board, its low power design also makes the kit for portable instrumentation and battery powered applications. The board is powered by a lithium-ion battery (included), a USB cable connection, or a 12 volt adaptor, and is supported by six high-efficiency portable power management integrated circuits (ICs) from Texas Instruments. The new PSoC 3 programmable system-on-chip from Cypress adds 20-bit precision analog, system power management, USB/UART/SPI connectivity, LCD direct drive, CapSense touch sensing, and FPGA configuration support. The board provides a low pin count FMC expansion connector for adding FMC daughter cards. This kit will be available for shipment later this year. - The Spartan-6 LX150T FPGA Development Kit is built for video, industrial networking and control, wireless communications, PCIe expansion, and general FPGA prototyping applications. Based on the Spartan-6 LX150T FPGA with its on-chip 2.5 Gbps transceivers, the kit provides an advanced platform for developing low-cost applications that require high-speed connectivity. The board features high-performance DDR3 memory, 10/100/1G Ethernet interface, and two low pin count FMC expansion connectors. "The Spartan-6 LX/LXT FPGA kits are a great way for designers to get started with the new Spartan-6 family from Xilinx," said Tim Barber, senior vice president of design chain business development for Avnet Electronics Marketing. "Avnet has also aligned with other key suppliers to help incorporate additional technologies and proven reference designs that engineers need to quickly develop a complete solution." The Spartan-6 LX16 FPGA Evaluation Kit and Spartan-6 LX150T FPGA Development Kit will be featured during X-fest 2009, Avnet and Xilinx's 37-city technical seminar series. X-fest offers practical, how-to training for FPGA, DSP and embedded systems designers in locations throughout Asia, Europe, Japan and North America from October 6, through February 2010. X-fest 2009 Information: em.avnet.com/xfest ((Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected])) [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]