April 2011

New Low-Cost Breakout Boards Accelerate PLD Design and Hardware Evaluation

Three New Evaluation Kits for the Popular MachXO, ispMACH 4000 and Power Manager II Devices Provide Easy Access to I/O Pins

Three new low-cost I/O breakout boards are now available: the MachXO2280 Breakout Board, the ispMACH 4256ZE Breakout Board and the Power Manager II POWR1014A Breakout Board. Lattice Breakout Board Evaluation Kits offer a convenient way for users to conduct hardware evaluations by providing easy access to densely-spaced PLD I/Os. For example, the center-to-center spacing of the package balls of the 256-ball ftBGA package of the MachXO2280 Breakout Board is only 1.00 mm BSC (Basic Spacing between Centers). Electrical traces of the Breakout Board connect each I/O to header landings that have 2.54 mm (100 mil / 0.1 inch) centered holes. By adding test probes, jumper wires or pin headers to the header landings, engineers can easily evaluate the MachXO sysIO Buffer, ispMACH 4000ZE I/O cells, or POWR1014A voltage monitors, high-voltage FET drivers, and open drain outputs.

Each Breakout Board measures 3” x 3” and features a USB B-mini connector for power and programming, an LED array and a prototype area. All Lattice Breakout Boards provide an easy-to-use platform for evaluating and designing with the MachXO2280 PLD, ispMACH 4256ZE CPLD or the ispPAC-POWR1014A Power Manager II. Along with the board and USB programming cable, each kit includes a pre-loaded hardware test program. Using Lattice design tools provided free of charge, the user can reprogram the on-board PLD device to evaluate custom designs. Allegro Design Capture (.dsn) schematic and PCB Design (.brd) PCB artwork are available for download.

The price for all Lattice Breakout Board Evaluation Kits is $29.99. All kits are available for immediate ordering via the Lattice Online Store at the Mixed Signal and CPLD Evaluation Boards pages and through authorized Lattice distributors.