Lattice rolls reference designs, dev kits

SAN FRANCISCO—Lattice Semiconductor Corp. this week announced the immediate availability of eight new reference designs, a $49 development kit for the ProcessorPM POWR605 power manager device and a $69 development kit for the ispMACH 4000ZE CPLD.

The ispMACH 4000ZE Pico Development Kit is described by Lattice (Hillsboro, Ore.) as an easy-to-use, low-cost platform for evaluating and designing with ispMACH 4000ZE CPLDs.

The kit is based on a 2.5-inch by 2-inch evaluation board that features the ispMACH 4256ZE device in a lead-free 144-pin csBGA package, a Power Manager II POWR6AT6 for power monitoring, LCD panel and an expansion header, Lattice said. The Pico evaluation board provides features to help evaluate the use of the ispMACH 4000ZE CPLD in the context of battery-powered, handheld application, according to the company.

The kit includes demonstration designs pre-programmed into the ispMACH 4256ZE and POWR6AT6 devices that highlight CPLD applications and power saving measures to maximize battery life, Lattice said. The CPLD demo design integrates an up/down counter, right/left shift register and an I2C bus master controller that communicates with the POWR6AT6. An LCD panel displays demo output using three characters, according ot the company.

Free ispLEVER Classic design software for the ispMACH 4000ZE can be downloaded from the Lattice website.

The ProcessorPM Development Kit is based on a 2.5-inch by 2-inch evaluation board that features the ProcessorPM POWR605 device in a lead-free 24-pin QFN package, a Power Manager II POWR6AT6, evaluation circuits that emulate a power supply bus and processor interface, and an expansion header, Lattice said The kit includes a preconfigured processor support demonstration design that will support hundreds of microprocessor, DSP, ASSP or ASIC power management scenarios, according to the company. The demo integrates three support functions for a processor: voltage supervisor, watchdog timer and reset generator, the company said.

Free PAC-Designer design software for the Power Manager II family can be downloaded from the Lattice website.

Pricing for the ispMACH 4000ZE Pico Development Kit is $69 and the ProcessorPM Development Kit is $49, Lattice said. The kits are available for immediate ordering via the Lattice online store and through select authorized Lattice distributors.