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TM ARDUINO-COMPATIBLE FPGA APPLICATION ACCELERATOR & DEVELOPMENT BOARD Introducing XLR8 XLR8 is a drop-in replacement for an Arduino Uno with an interes3ng twist. It is an Arduino-compa3ble board that uses a Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) as the main processing chip. The FPGA provides a recongurable hardware plaMorm that hosts an ATmega328 instruc3on set compa3ble microcontroller. The FPGA also provides the ability to implement custom logic that accelerates specic func3onality that is slow, problema3c or even impossible for an 8-bit microcontroller. The FPGA-based hardware accelera3on and ooad provided by XLR8 results in signicantly improved performance in the same physical footprint and using the same tool chain as standard Arduino Uno boards. XLR8 is a great solu0on for accelera0ng your Arduino-based applica0ons and projects XLR8 ADVANTAGES Faster High-Performance Scalable Hardware-accelerated func3ons Shorter 3mes to complete The func3onality and capabili3es run in a frac3on of the clock complex tasks in hardware result accelerated in the FPGA hardware cycles required to execute the in more clock cycles available for can be expanded and scaled for same func3on in soSware. addi3onal soSware func3ons. many dierent applica3ons. This results in faster overall This eec3vely improves overall We are just scratching the surface applica3on performance. computa3onal performance. of what is possible to accelerate Xcelerator Blocks An Xcelerator Block (XB) is an op3mized hardware implementa3on of a unique processor-intensive func3on. Basically, an XB is a custom piece of hardware, implemented on the same FPGA fabric and 3ghtly integrated with the microcontroller. XBs can access the same register space and even integrate with the instruc3ons of the microcontroller. Available XBs XB Roadmap XLR8 ships with pre-installed XBs that target Future XBs will be implemented based on feedback applica3on-specic behavior, and the board can be from early adopters and new poten3al customers. eld-updated to change the XBs implemented on the FPGA. Addi3onal XBs on our roadmap: The default XLR8 congura3on will include XBs for: Propor3onal-Integral-Deriva3ve (PID) control Event Counters and Timers Floa3ng Point Math Quadrature Encoders/Decoders Servo Control Pulse Width Modula3on (PWM) NeoPixel Control Mul3ple UARTS Enhanced Analog-to-Digital Func3onalityTM User-Created Xcelerator Blocks Out of the gate, the primary goal is to provide an FPGA-based board that is a drop-in replacement for the Arduino Uno. XLR8 supports FPGA image updates via the USB port, and there is also a JTAG footprint on the board so that more advanced FPGA users could use a JTAG programmer to talk to the FPGA directly. The microcontroller core that we have developed has been designed to be easily extendable, and Alorium Technology is ac3vely developing the The Rev 1 XLR8 Prototype support model for users who want to create their own XBs and interface to the on-chip microcontroller. In the near future, we plan to provide access to enough source code and documenta3on to make it possible for someone procient with Verilog or VHDL and Alteras Quartus Prime soSware to create their own XBs. The skys the limit on what can be done, and the XBs created this way can be shared with the rest of the XLR8 community. TECHNICAL SPECS Specification Table Physical Dimensions Based on the Arduino Uno Matches the Unos physical footprint - including ATmega328- Microcontroller pin headers for alaching shields Compa3ble Moun3ng brackets or shields that t Uno will also t XLR8 Opera3ng Voltage 3.3V with 5V I/O Input Voltage Digital I/O 7-12V 5V inputs 3.3V outputs Digital I/O Pins 14 Analog Inputs PWM Digital I/O Pins 6 5V tolerant Op-amp circuit emulates 0-5V behavior of the Analog Input Pins 6 ADCs on the Arduino Uno Correct ADC results regardless of whether its Flash Memory 32 KB powered from USB or from the barrel connector Performance: 1 MHz SRAM 2 KB Resolu3on: 12-bit sustained Clock Speed 16/32 MHz Sample Rate: 154k samples/second Contact Alorium Technology 715.575.3150 www.aloriumtech.com