Description
Polar-VPX is an innovative 3U OpenVPX form-factor SOSA-aligned device that uses the Microchip PolarFire SoC FPGA, which combines a low-power FPGA with a 64-bit, Linux-capable RISC-V processor. This device offers a high level of security, performance, and efficiency for embedded systems development. Polar VPX is populated with an MPFS460T-1FCVG1152E device which has 461K logic cells, 20 high-speed transceivers, two PCIe hard blocks, 136 MSS IOs, 180 HSIO, and 288 GPIOs. The MSS IOs are connected to DDR4, eMMC, and ETH PHY Devices. The HSIO and GPIO pins are routed to backplane connectors, DDR4, and SPI flash. The MPFS460T PolarFire SoC provides abundant resources to meet the needs of complex embedded systems:
- 4GB 32-bit wide DDR4-3200 providing memory to the MSS (MT40A1G16TB-062EIT DDR4)
- 8GB 64-bit wide DDR4-3200 for additional FPGA memory (MT40A1G16TB-062EIT DDR4)
- 16GB eMMC 5.1 flash storage
- 10/100/1000 Ethernet PHY with RGMII interface
When populated with the MPFS250T-FCVG1152E device, it will have 254K logic cells, 16 high-speed transceivers, two PCIe hard blocks, 136 MSS IOs, 144 HSIOs, and 228 GPIOs. The MSS I/Os remains the same between the two devices. The device package is FCVG1152 with speed grade -1. The Polar VPX is one of the most feature-rich Polarfire-based OpenVPX devices ever to be available on the market. It includes a Vita 57.4 compliant FMC+ connector making it suitable as a development or deployment platform. It also includes USB-C UART/JTAG and Harting iX industrial ethernet connectors on the board. Additionally, a robust amount of I/O is available to any compatible 3U backplanes. The Polar-VPX is SOSA-aligned for maximum interoperability with other OpenVPX devices. When installed in a compatible 3U chassis, the feature set is expanded even further allowing the device to access a 4 lanes of PCIe, highspeed networking via an SGMII PHY, SATA for data storage, and a robust connection to the backplane featuring a multitude of GPIO.
