Mercury FPGA Development Board
| Model | Specifications | Price (USD) | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| ME1B-200M | 200K FPGA 4Mbit SRAM |
$99 | 2 week lead time |
Designed and Assembled in the USA
Mercury is available from:
• The MicroNova Store
• Tindie.com
Technical Specifications
Mercury Block Diagram (click for larger view)
Xilinx Spartan-3A FPGA with 200K or 50K equiv. logic gates
50 MHz precision crystal oscillator
1 amp 1.2V and 3.3V voltage regulators
USB and JTAG programmable
8 Mbit SPI Flash (up to 1.2Mb reserved for FPGA bitstream)
Optional 4 Mbit external SRAM (512k x 8bit, 10ns)
8 channel 10-bit 200ksps ADC
30 GPIO pins with 5V tolerance and short-circuit protection
9 high-speed GPIO pins, 4 input-only pins
4 LEDs with GPIO pins, 1 user switch, 1 reset switch
Friendly breadboard-compatible DIP 64 form-factor
Convenient DIP Package
Mercury has 64 round machine header pins in a familiar dual in-line package (DIP) format. No proprietary expansion connectors - just drop it right into a breadboard!
Mercury is perfect for rapid prototyping, and the super tiny form-factor makes it easy to embed into a small project. We've taken care of the voltage regulators, bypass capacitors and USB configuration circuitry, freeing you to focus on your actual design!
Flexible I/O
Most FPGA development boards are limited to 3.3V digital-only I/O, but we built Mercury with more flexibility in mind: We've included an onboard 8-channel SPI ADC (10 bit, 200 Ksps), great for interfacing with sensors or for audio input. It also has 30 pins of 5V-tolerant digital I/O, so you can safely interface TTL-level devices with the 3.3V Spartan-3A FPGA.
Mercury Baseboard
The Mercury Baseboard (sold separately) is the perfect companion for a Mercury FPGA development board! The Mercury board docks right into the 64-pin DIP socket, adding many useful peripherals, including:
4-digit seven segment display
4 pushbuttons, 8 switches
3.5mm stereo audio input and output
VGA port supporting 8-bit color
PS/2 port for keyboard or mouse
1 double Pmod-compatible connector
Analog sensors: (light, temperature, potentiometer)
Check out the complete specs at the Mercury baseboard product page!
Made with Mercury
If you have a Mercury project that you'd like to share, let us know!