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Table of Contents
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
IGLOO PLUS Starter Kit Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
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Board Components and Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Board Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
IGLOO PLUS Board Stackup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Connectors, Jumpers, and Switch Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
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FPGA Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Key Features of AGLP125-CSG289 .
Power and Ground Pins . . . . . . .
Bank I/O Signals . . . . . . . . . . .
JTAG Pins . . . . . . . . . . .
Decaps and Ground Post Schematics .
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Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Power Modes . . . . . . . . . . .
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Potentiometer and Voltage-Sweep
Current Measurement . . . . . .
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Operation of Board Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Clock Oscillator . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Reset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Flash*Freeze Mode . . . . . . . . . . .
Push-Button Switches . . . . . . . . .
DIP Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
User LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
I/O Test Pins . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
OLED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Interface Connector . . . . . . . . . . .
USB-to-UART Interface . . . . . . . .
SPI Flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Low-Cost Programming Stick (LCPS) .
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Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
IGLOO PLUS Board Demo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Demos Included in the Starter Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Powering Up the Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Getting Started with the IGLOO PLUS Starter Kit Demo Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
A Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
IGLOO PLUS Starter Kit User’s Guide
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B Product Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Customer Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Actel Customer Technical Support Center . . . . .
Actel Technical Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Website . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Contacting the Customer Technical Support Center
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Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
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IGLOO PLUS Starter Kit User’s Guide
Introduction
IGLOO PLUS Starter Kit Contents
The RoHS-compliant, environmentally friendly IGLOO® PLUS Starter Kit is packaged in a recyclable cardboard box
made from recycled materials. This development kit includes an on-board programmer and demonstrates the ultra-low
power of Actel IGLOO PLUS devices.
Table 1
lists the contents of the box.
Table 1 · IGLOO PLUS Starter Kit Contents
Quantity
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
Contents
IGLOO PLUS board with AGLP125 IGLOO PLUS FPGA
Programmer for use with IGLOO PLUS board
5 V power supply
USB 2.0 high-speed cables
Packet of jumpers
Actel Libero® Integrated Design Environment (IDE) DVD
Quick Start Guide
Figure 1 · IGLOO PLUS Starter Kit Board
IGLOO PLUS Starter Kit User’s Guide
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