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Actel's IGLOO Icicle Kit based on the 5-µW IGLOO device, is a low-cost, portable, low-power demonstration platform powered by built-in rechargeable lithium-ion battery, USB cable, or external power. The Icicle evaluation board enables you to measure power consumption (dynamic, static, and Flash*Freeze) with the core operating at either 1.2 V or 1.5 V. When using it in conjunction with Actel's power analysis tools, you will have a clear picture of application power consumption at each stage in your design. In addition, the Libero Integrated Design Environment (IDE) tool suite now includes Power-Driven Layout (PDL), which can reduce the power consumption of designs up to 30 percent.

The Icicle evaluation board is the size of a small cell phone measuring 1.4 x 3.6" and supports an AGL125 IGLOO device in the 8 x 8 mm QN132 package. The evaluation board consumes less than 150 mW and can extend the life of the built-in lithium rechargeable battery seven times over that of competitive solutions. All components used on the board, such as LEDs (2 mA), resets (µA range), and oscillator (2-3 mA), including the Blue OLED (Rev D boards) or Green OLED (Rev B boards) display at 96 x 16 (0.8") pixels for quick demos, are low-power components. Also included on the evaluation board is a USB-to-UART interface to allow for Hyperterminal on a PC to communicate with the IGLOO device on the board.

Key Features:

•Low-power AGL125 in small (8 x 8 mm) portable QN132 package
•Built-in rechargeable lithium-ion battery with automatic recharge from USB interface, which also provides serial communications to the PC for a Hyperterminal use via a USB-UART chip
•Blue OLED at 96 x 16 pixels low-power display for interesting demos (Rev D boards)
•Green OLED was used on older Rev B boards
•Includes a miniature low-cost programming stick (LCPS) for programming the evaluation board via a USB 2.0 high-speed connection
•Three signal LEDs and a special Flash*Freeze indicator LED