C-Map, a leading supplier of marine cartography, has adopted Actel's SX-A field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) for use in its marine navigation system offerings. The A54SX32A solution will be used as a graphics controller and display driver, allowing different resolutions, black/white or colour displays and a variety of other features, such as animated forecasting against vessel positioning. The SX-A FPGA was chosen for its secure and reliable operation in the rugged and harsh environments of alternate cold and heat and intense humidity in which the marine navigation equipment operates.
Said Duilio Lagomarsini, technical manager at C-Map, "Our immediate need was to find a programmable device that would meet the high-reliability standards required in the unforgiving marine environment. Actel's A54SX32A met this need perfectly, while offering the additional advantages of high performance, low power consumption and design security. Furthermore, it was possible to integrate all the digital functions into one FPGA, obtaining an 80% reduction in the number of components used."
The SX-A family, with up to 108 000 system gates and speeds up to 250 MHz, offers a fine-grained antifuse architecture similar to a masked gate array, while providing a high-performance, low-cost solution for a range of applications. Additionally, the SX-A family offers I/O capabilities that provide full support for hot swapping and is also 66 MHz PCI compliant.
For more information contact Kobus van Rooyen, ASIC Design Services, 011 315 8316, [email protected]
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