System Management Development Kit

System Management Development Kit

System management continues to gain importance in the design of all electronic systems. Smaller process geometries drive more multi-volt devices and are more susceptible to voltage and temperature fluctuations. While system management designs can run into hundreds of discrete components, the Actel Fusion mixed-signal FPGA solution can integrate these system management functions and provide programmable flexibility and system-level integration-all in a single chip. Unprecedented integration in Fusion devices can offer cost and space savings of 50% or greater relative to current implementations.

The Actel Fusion-based System Management Development Kit provides an excellent platform for developing system management applications and/or applications with a microprocessor. The kit includes an ARM-enabled Fusion device, a system management GUI, and a platform for systems that performs these functions:

• Power-up detection
• Power sequencing
• Thermal management
• Sleep modes
• System diagnostics
• Remote communications
• Clock generation and management