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Celoxica Multi-Purpose FPGA Board Delivers Breakthrough Price And Performance
New RC10 Provides Unbeatable Mix of I/O, Software Support
and High Density FPGA To Pilot C-based Design
and Synthesis Across Multiple Applications
ABINGDON, England—(BUSINESS WIRE)—May 16, 2005—
Celoxica Ltd., the leading provider of C-based electronic system
level (ESL) design and synthesis solutions, today announced
availability of the RC10 Pilot board, a low-cost, high-density,
FPGA-based embedded system teaching and evaluation platform. Expressly
built for designers, teachers and students who want to pilot C-based
design and synthesis, the RC10 represents a breakthrough in FPGA board
price and performance.
The RC10 Pilot board is fitted with a 1.5 million-gate Spartan 3
FPGA and is packaged with a set of comprehensive support libraries
intended for use with Celoxica's suite of ESL design tools including
the DK Design Suite and PixelStreams image and video processing
library. The feature set of the RC10 makes it suitable for prototyping
and development of diverse applications such as robotics, encryption,
automotive diagnostics, audio, video and image processing.
The RC10 is packed with a powerful set of I/O features including 2
high-speed ADC channels, VGA video output, 1-bit DAC audio outputs,
CAN bus and a CMOS camera connector. A high-speed USB 2.0 interface
allows high data-rate communication between PC host programs and FPGA
applications on the board.
The RC10 Pilot board is also ideally suited to accelerate users
through the learning curve associated with C-based embedded system
design and synthesis. The board package includes design examples and
tutorials showing applications integrating MicroBlaze soft-core
processors and PicoBlaze embedded microcontrollers. System level APIs
supplied with the RC10 enable HW/SW co-design and architectural
exploration of system partitions by abstracting the specific board
level detail away from the application code.
"C-based design and synthesis is growing in established markets,
attracting users that are new to hardware and FPGA design," said
Graham McKenzie, senior product marketing manager at Celoxica. "The
RC10 encourages that growth with ease of use, very low cost and an
advanced set of features extending beyond raw hardware and supporting
a much broader range of applications."
In addition to the Xilinx Spartan 3 FPGA and I/O, the RC10
includes 8 LEDs, 2 seven-segment displays, PS/2 keyboard and mouse
sockets, and a 5-way mini joystick. A host utility provided by
Celoxica uses the USB 2.0 connection to program bit files to the FPGA
and the USB port is also used to power the board from the host
computer for ease of use and classroom flexibility. Board expansion
capabilities include a 50-way expansion socket providing 33 data I/Os,
2 clock pins as well as +12V, +5V and +3.3V power supplies, a 4 way
LVDS connector also suitable for driving a TFT screen, and connections
for 4 standard servos.
Pricing and Availability
The RC10 is priced below $500 and is available directly from
Celoxica or through its sales distribution partners. For more
information, go to www.celoxica.com/RC10. For teaching, research and
university enquiries contact the Celoxica University Program (CUP)
cup@celoxica.com. Other Celoxica products turning software into
silicon include the Agility Complier for SystemC synthesis, the DK
Design Suite for embedded system co-design and Handel-C synthesis, the
PixelStreams image and video-processing library.
About Celoxica
An innovator in ESL design, Celoxica is turning software into
silicon by supplying the design tools, boards, IP and services that
enable the next generation of advanced electronic product design.
Celoxica technology raises design abstraction to the algorithm level,
accelerating productivity and lowering risk and costs by generating
semiconductor hardware directly from C-based software descriptions.
Adding to a growing installed base, Celoxica provides the world's most
widely used C-based behavioral design and synthesis solutions to
companies developing semiconductor products in markets such as
consumer electronics, defense and aerospace, automotive, industrial
and security. For more information, visit: www.celoxica.com.
Celoxica and the Celoxica logo are trademarks of Celoxica, Ltd.
All other brand names and product names are the property of their
respective owners.
Contact:
Celoxica Ltd.
Jeff Jussel, 512-795-8170
jeff.jussel@celoxica.com
or
VitalCom Marketing & PR
Karen Tyrrell, 650-366-8212 ext. 204
Karen@vitalcompr.com
or
Neesham PR
Allan Edwards, +44-1442-879-222
allane@neesham.co.uk
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