Agilent's FPGA kit for advanced sys design is supported Mentor's software

Agilent Technologies has introduced the U5340A FPGA development kit, powered by a custom Mentor Graphics design engine, for high-speed digitizers. Customers can develop advanced real-time signal processing into the FPGAs using this kit U5340A leveraging the power of high speed and highly integrated FPGAs. Applications such as medical imaging, environmental monitoring, time-of-flight spectroscopy and radar can be designed easier, according to Agilent. The custom Mentor Graphics design engine-including HDL Author, ModelSim PE and Precision Synthesis-is embedded in the development kit to support the design, synthesis, simulation and validation of signal-processing algorithms. Place-and-route and a bitfile-generation engines are included, also providing debugging capabilities. FPGA development kit also includes the following elements: a library of building blocks, from basic gates to dual-port RAM memories; a set of IP cores; and ready-to-use scripts that handle all aspects of the automated build flow. A full-speed design example and companion software ensure efficient system integration. All cores are based on the AMBA AXI4 standard. The FPGA development kit also embeds complete calibration capabilities. "Agilent has been a long-time Mentor Graphics customer and has helped shape our FPGA development tools over the years," said Valerie Rachko, marketing director f...