MINT

The ultimate Intel Arria V SoC Multi INTerface development board

MINT: The ultimate Intel Arria V SoC Multi INTerface development board

MINT contains an Intel Arria V SoC, a combination of a FPGA and a Dual-core ARM Cortex^TM-A9 MPCore^TM, which combines the computing power of a FPGA and the flexibility of software on an ARM-based hard processor system (HPS).  All interfaces are accessible from the FPGA or the ARM based HPS.

The MINT has several physical interfaces:

• USB3.0 device port
• USB2.0 OTG host/device port
• Gigabit ethernet
• SFP and QSFP sockets
• FPGA Mezzanine Card (FMC) expansion slot
• UART
• SPI
• I2C
• General purpose I/O
• RS-485

With these interfaces it is an ideal platform for development and ideal as a data acquisition interface for test systems.

Block diagram

The figure below shows all available interfaces on the MINT with the connection to the FPGA or the ARM based HPS. The ethernet, USB3.0 and USB2.0 OTG, (Q)SFP and RS-485 interfaces connectors are placed at the edge of so that they are accessible from the outside. The other interfaces are available through connectors on top of the PCB.

Block diagram MINT Arria V SoC development board

Design services

3T has extensive knowledge and experience with developing and producing customer specific hardware. The MINT platform has been used to make a number of customer specific products, for example MINT U2S (USB3.0 – Serial RapidIO interface).

Mint U2S (USB – Serial RapidIO)

Technical specifications