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Prototyping Kit speeds design of portable electronics.

IGLOO PLUS Starter Kit enables designers to evaluate IGLOO PLUS FPGAs, which range from 30,000-125,000 gates and from 1.2-1.5 V, for developing electronics with various I/O features. Kit includes modular board with IGLOO PLUS AGLP125 device, LiberoÂ-® IDE DVD, and programming stick. Evaluation board also features LM3671, LM2854, and LM3678 PowerWiseÂ-® buck regulators as well as LM27313...

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Agricultural & Farming Products

Development Kit facilitates prototype of SoCs.

Built around 1.5 M gate M1AFS1500-FGG484 FusionÂ-® mixed-signal FPGA, Fusion Embedded Development Kit enables engineers to prototype complete system composed of microprocessor core, programmable logic, and analog blocks. It supports variety of processors, including license-free versions of ARMÂ-® Cortex(TM)-M1 and Core8051. Kit also includes LiberoÂ-® IDE, SoftConsole, 5 V power...

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Agricultural & Farming Products

FPGAs offer power consumption of 5 -µW.

Suitable for portable applications, IGLOO AGL015 and ProASIC3 A3P015 FPGAs have 15,000 gates and can bridge between 2 different I/O voltages levels and 1 Kb of on-chip memory, eliminating need for discrete devices. IGLOO AGL015 supports 1.2 and 1.5 V operation and offers up to 250 MHz system performance, 49 I/Os, and 1 Kb of nonvolatile Flash ROM. ProASIC3 A3P015 1.5 V device provides up to 350...

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Agricultural & Farming Products

Actel Drives Industry's Lowest Power FPGAs into Portable Displays

Company's Flash-based IGLOO(TM) Family Enables Flexibility and Control for Estimated 3.8 Billion Small-to-Medium LCD Panel Market MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., December 10, 2007 - With a continued focus on delivering low-power solutions for emerging and high-growth portable applications, Actel Corporation today announced the availability of flexible solutions for liquid crystal display (LCD) control...

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Agricultural & Farming Products

Actel's Low Power Igloo(TM) Family Wins EDN China Innovation Award

Fifth Industry Recognition for the Lowest Power Programmable Logic Solution MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., November 28, 2007 - Validating the industry's demand for low-power programmable solutions, Actel Corporation today announced that its 5Â-µW IGLOO(TM) field-programmable gate array (FPGA) family, the industry's lowest power programmable logic device, has won a Leading Product Award from EDN China...

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Agricultural & Farming Products

FPGA is available in 4 x 4 mm package.

Featuring on-board flash memory, 66 user I/O, and over 192 equivalent macrocells, Model IGLOO AGL030 is 30,000-gate, 5 Â-µW device that is suited for power-sensitive, space-constrained handheld devices such as smart phones, portable media players, secure mobile communications devices, remote sensors, security cameras, and portable medical devices. It supports low-power states such as...

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Agricultural & Farming Products

Reference Design enables intelligent power management.

Combining mixed-signal Fusion Programmable System Chip with configurable CoreABC microcontroller, Reference Design enables broad range of embedded system management applications. Device integrates voltage and current monitors, thermal monitoring, real-time signal processing, and PLD functionality, eliminating need for discrete components. Analog sub-systems use 40,000 gates of 250,000-gate AFS250...

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Agricultural & Farming Products

FPGAs are designed for use in space applications.

Targeted towards space-flight designs, radiation-tolerant RTAX-SL field programmable gate array (FPGA) series is comprised of three members with embedded memory, SEU-hardened flip-flops, multiple I/Os, and hermetic packaging. Each programmable logic solution offers radiation performance that exceeds requirements of space applications. Also available, prototyping capabilities address early concept...

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Software

Software supports design of multiple FPGA families.

Libero(TM) Integrated Design Environment (IDE) v8.0 supports flash-based ProASIC3, 5 Micro Watt Actel IGLOO(TM), and single-chip Actel Fusion(TM) Programmable System Chip FPGAs. Able to visually display source file components, SmartDesign lets users create and automatically abstract block-based system designs into synthesis-ready VHDL or Verilog components. FlashPro v6.0 allows user to modify and...

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Controls & Controllers

Jasper Electronics Leverages Actel Fusion Reference Platform to Rapidly Deploy MicroTCA Power Module

Single-chip, Flash-based Fusion PSCs Deliver on the Promise of MicroTCA MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., May 21 -- Further enabling the growth of the MicroTCA market, Actel Corporation (NASDAQ:ACTL) today announced that Jasper Electronics has developed a MicroTCA power supply, the TCA380, using Actel's MicroTCA Power Module (PM) reference platform. Based on the Actel Fusion Programmable System Chip (PSC),...

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Company News

Actel Launches Actel Direct Sales Channel in North America

Now Providing Direct Sales and Application Support MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Sept. 13 - Actel Corporation (NASDAQ: ACTL) today announced Actel Direct, a sales channel supplying North American customers with simple and streamlined direct sales, fulfillment and application support. Operated by the company, Actel Direct is focused on ensuring the highest level of service to customers by providing same...

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Architectural & Civil Engineering Products

Prototyping Kit speeds design of portable electronics.

IGLOO PLUS Starter Kit enables designers to evaluate IGLOO PLUS FPGAs, which range from 30,000-125,000 gates and from 1.2-1.5 V, for developing electronics with various I/O features. Kit includes modular board with IGLOO PLUS AGLP125 device, LiberoÂ-® IDE DVD, and programming stick. Evaluation board also features LM3671, LM2854, and LM3678 PowerWiseÂ-® buck regulators as well as LM27313...

Read More »
Agricultural & Farming Products

Development Kit facilitates prototype of SoCs.

Built around 1.5 M gate M1AFS1500-FGG484 FusionÂ-® mixed-signal FPGA, Fusion Embedded Development Kit enables engineers to prototype complete system composed of microprocessor core, programmable logic, and analog blocks. It supports variety of processors, including license-free versions of ARMÂ-® Cortex(TM)-M1 and Core8051. Kit also includes LiberoÂ-® IDE, SoftConsole, 5 V power...

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Company News

Actel's SVP Fares Mubarak Explains Why Power Matters at Semico Summit

SCOTTSDALE, Az., March 12 -- Highlighting key issues facing designers of portable consumer products, Fares Mubarak, senior vice president for Actel Corporation, will participate in a consumer panel at Semico Summit, being held March 16 - 18 in Scottsdale, Arizona. Mubarak will discuss how today's converged consumer devices are forcing designers to examine power down to the last microwatt,...

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Agricultural & Farming Products

FPGAs offer power consumption of 5 -µW.

Suitable for portable applications, IGLOO AGL015 and ProASIC3 A3P015 FPGAs have 15,000 gates and can bridge between 2 different I/O voltages levels and 1 Kb of on-chip memory, eliminating need for discrete devices. IGLOO AGL015 supports 1.2 and 1.5 V operation and offers up to 250 MHz system performance, 49 I/Os, and 1 Kb of nonvolatile Flash ROM. ProASIC3 A3P015 1.5 V device provides up to 350...

Read More »
Agricultural & Farming Products

Actel Drives Industry's Lowest Power FPGAs into Portable Displays

Company's Flash-based IGLOO(TM) Family Enables Flexibility and Control for Estimated 3.8 Billion Small-to-Medium LCD Panel Market MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., December 10, 2007 - With a continued focus on delivering low-power solutions for emerging and high-growth portable applications, Actel Corporation today announced the availability of flexible solutions for liquid crystal display (LCD) control...

Read More »
Agricultural & Farming Products

Actel's Low Power Igloo(TM) Family Wins EDN China Innovation Award

Fifth Industry Recognition for the Lowest Power Programmable Logic Solution MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., November 28, 2007 - Validating the industry's demand for low-power programmable solutions, Actel Corporation today announced that its 5Â-µW IGLOO(TM) field-programmable gate array (FPGA) family, the industry's lowest power programmable logic device, has won a Leading Product Award from EDN China...

Read More »
Agricultural & Farming Products

FPGA is available in 4 x 4 mm package.

Featuring on-board flash memory, 66 user I/O, and over 192 equivalent macrocells, Model IGLOO AGL030 is 30,000-gate, 5 Â-µW device that is suited for power-sensitive, space-constrained handheld devices such as smart phones, portable media players, secure mobile communications devices, remote sensors, security cameras, and portable medical devices. It supports low-power states such as...

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People in the News

Actel Names New Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales

Former Cypress Executive Will Lead Company's Low-Power Sales Initiatives Worldwide MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., October 22, 2007 - Arming its sales force with the seasoned leadership required to drive demand for its award-winning low-power technologies, Actel today announced it has named Jay Legenhausen as its new senior vice president of worldwide sales. The 17-year veteran will lead Actel's growth...

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Agricultural & Farming Products

Reference Design enables intelligent power management.

Combining mixed-signal Fusion Programmable System Chip with configurable CoreABC microcontroller, Reference Design enables broad range of embedded system management applications. Device integrates voltage and current monitors, thermal monitoring, real-time signal processing, and PLD functionality, eliminating need for discrete components. Analog sub-systems use 40,000 gates of 250,000-gate AFS250...

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