PolarBerry – now with Power over Ethernet

Specifications

• SoC: Microsemi PolarFire FPGA MPFS250T-FCVG484
  • 5 x RISC-V cores in a deterministic, coherent cluster
    • 1 x RV64IMAC monitor core
    • 4 x RV64GC application cores
  • 254K x logic elements (4LUT + DFF)
  • 784 x math blocks (18 x 18 MACC)
  • 16 x SERDES lanes at 12.5 Gbps
  • 12 W maximum power consumption
  • Built-in oscillator for configuration, etc.
• Security:
  • DPA-resistant bitstream programming
  • DPA-resistant secure boot
  • Anti-tamper
  • DPA-resistant crypto-coprocessor
  • CRI DPA countermeasures pass-through license
• Memory: Micron MT40A1G16WBU-083E:B
  • 4 GB of 32-bit wide DDR4 memory
• Storage:
  • 128 Mb SPI Serial NOR flash for storing boot image
  • 4 Gb eMMC for general use
• Clock Sources:
  • 1 x 25 MHz XO with ±10 ppm stability over temperature, as reference
  • 4 x Silicon Labs SI5338A programmable clock sources, providing flexible clocking to FPGA and high-speed transceivers
• Transceivers:
  • 4 x high-speed, low-power transceivers from 250 Mbps – 12.7 Gbps
• Expansion Interfaces:
  • High-speed IO: 3 x high-speed Samtec connectors
    • Bank 1 IO from FPGA including ULPI
    • JTAG
    • SPI interface from FPGA
    • 100/1000BASE-T interface
  • Raspbery Pi connector: 40-pin (2 x 20) male headers with standard .1″ (2.54 mm) pitch
    • 1 x I²C from MSS part
    • 1 x UART from MSS part
    • 20 x GPIOs from PL part(can be assigned to SPI, UART, CAN or another interface from MSS)
    • 6 x GPIOs from MSS part
    • All RPI signals are 3.3 V logic
  • CAN: 6-pin (1 x 6) male headers with standard .1″ (2.54 mm) pitch
    • 2 x CAN 2.0 PHY
  • Ethernet: RJ45 connector
    • 100/1000BASE-T
• Power: Intel EN63A0QA
  • Operates on 5 or 3.3 V input
  • Maximum power consumption of module is 16 W
• Dimensions: 55 x 85 mm
• Temperature range: -20°C to +65°C

Security

PolarBerry utilizes the PolarFire FPGA fabic and RISC-V processors to provide high levels of security for real-time applications. It features advanced code and bitstream security and anti-tamper engines. These measures give PolarBerry previously unheard-of, defense-level security for an SBC/SoM.

PolarBerry offers all the important attributes for a strong SoC FPGA design security:

• Bitstream protection
• Key management
• FPGA hardware access control
• Anti-cloning protection
• Device-level anti-tamper features
• Supply chain assurance
• Secure Boot
• Physical Memory Protection (PMP)