The LatticeECP3 Versa Development Kit is the industry's lowest cost design platform for building leading edge systems in a variety of markets such as industrial networking, industrial automation, computing, medical equipment, defense, and consumer electronics. It brings high-end innovations -- configurable SERDES, cascadable DSP slices, and high-speed DDR3 memory within the reach of mainstream designers in an easy to use environment. The Versa Kit empowers designers to build both PCI Express and Gigabit Ethernet based systems. The Kit offers free design tools, readymade demos, reference designs, a versatile evaluation board, and a serial programming cable. The evaluation board features an LFE3-35EA-8FN484C FPGA device, 64 Mbit SPI Flash, 1Gbit DDR3 memory, expansion headers, several LEDs, and user switches. It contains a PCI Express x1 (Half-length form-factor), two RJ45, and 4 SMA interfaces.
If you currently do not have access to Lattice's award-winning Diamond Design Software, then Lattice would like to offer you a free Diamond license for the Versa Kit. This offer is valid only during the limited time promotion of the Versa Kit. The Diamond license will allow you to run the demos and build your own systems. The instructions for downloading the latest version of Diamond and obtaining a free license are listed in the Versa Kit Resources section below. Please note that this free license is valid for Diamond versions 1.2 or later and can be used only with the LatticeECP3 Versa Development Kit.
Lattice is also offering a limited quantity promotion on five comprehensive IP Suites to accelerate customers’ time to market. The suites offer ready-made building blocks for solving a variety of complex design problems, such as high-speed data transfer, Ethernet networking, high-speed memory interfaces, digital signal processing and video pixel processing. The regular list price for each IP Suite annual license is $995. However, for a limited time each IP Suite annual license is available for only $99. The IP Suite licenses can be purchased through the authorized Lattice Distributors or your local Lattice Sales Representatives.
| Resource | Description | Documentation | Windows Download | Linux Download | |
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| LatticeECP3 Versa Development Kit Documentation | News Brief, Development Kit QuickSTART Guide, and Versa Board User's Guide. | ||||
| 7 Free Demonstration Systems | The kit includes 7 comprehensive demos, which are described below. A Windows self-installing executable file and Linux tar file can be downloaded from the links to the right. These installation files include the Verilog design files and Diamond project information for the demos. | ||||
| PCI Express - Basic Demo |
The demo includes a simple GUI-based application along with an API and device drivers for use on any Windows PC. It enables typical PCIe card functionality in a PC, showing simple interaction between the demo running on the PC and the PCI Express IP core on the evaluation board. |
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| PCI Express - Throughput Demo | This demo demonstrates and measures performance bandwidth between the PCI Express IP core and the LatticeECP3 SERDES, specifically measuring data rates for reads from PC memory and writes to PC memory. | ||||
| PCI Express - Scatter Gather DMA Demo #1 - Color Bar | The demo makes use of both the Lattice PCI Express and Scatter-Gather DMA IP cores. The demo transfers a color bar gradient image from the evaluation board memory to PC memory for display, showing simple block transfers graphically through the change in colors. | ||||
| PCI Express - Scatter Gather DMA Demo #2 - Image Transfer | This demo also makes use of the Lattice PCI Express and Scatter-Gather DMA IP cores. It shows the capability of the cores to perform large block transfers by transferring an image from the PC to the board and back to the demo application. | ||||
| SerDes Eye Demo | This demo demonstrates the electrical characteristics of the LatticeECP3 SerDes. | ||||
| Tri-speed Ethernet MAC Demo | This demo demonstrates the capabilities of the Tri-speed MAC IP Core using Mico32 Soft-Processor Core. | ||||
| DDR3 Demo | This demo demonstrates the functionality of the DDR3 memory controller operating at 400 MHz (800 Mbps). | ||||
| Diamond Free License - for Versa Kit Only | Diamond is the design environment for all Lattice FPGAs. It also includes the IPexpress software for configuration of custom IP designs (such as the PCI Express IP core). |
To download Diamond for Windows or Linux, please visit one of the links to the right: |
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| To obtain a Diamond Free License for Versa Kit Only, please visit the web-page on right. The license is valid for both Windows and Linux versions of Diamond. | |||||
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To purchase the unrestricted subscription license to Diamond, please visit |
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| Free Reference Designs | Access a broad range of reference designs qualified for LatticeECP3 FPGA family. The reference designs can be downloaded from the table below. | ||||
A comprehensive set of 16 new reference designs has been optimized for the LatticeECP3 FPGA family. These designs serve as a starting point for designers and cover a wide range of high-density applications. Each reference design includes a web page that provides a brief overview of the design, design documentation, and source code.
| Category | Reference Designs |
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| Video Interfaces | HDMI/DVI Multimedia Interface |
| 7:1 LVDS Video Interface | |
| Serial Connectivity | 8b/10b Encoder/Decoder |
| RGMII to GMII Bridge | |
| Bus Connectivity | PCI / WISHBONE Bridge |
| PCI Target 32-bit/33 MHz | |
| LPC (Low Pin Count) Bus Controller | |
| I2C (Inter-Integrated Circuit) Bus Master | |
| I2C (Inter-Integrated Circuit) Slave/Peripheral | |
| I2C (Inter-Integrated Circuit) Bus Controller for Serial EEPROMs | |
| I2C (Inter-Integrated Circuit) Bus Controller with WISHBONE Interface | |
| Analog to Digital | ADC Interface |
| Memory Controllers | SD Flash Memory Controller using SD Bus |
| SDR SDRAM Controller - Advanced | |
| System Control, Management, and Debug | GPIO Expander |
| MDIO (Management Data Input/Output Interface) Peripheral - WISHBONE Compatible |
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