Pigeon Point Systems (PPS), an Actel company, announced new AdvancedTCA® (ATCA) IPM Controller (IPMC) and ATCA/AdvancedMC™ (AMC) Carrier IPMC Board Management Reference (BMR) Starter Kits using Actel’s new SmartFusion™ intelligent mixed signal FPGA. SmartFusion is the only device that integrates an FPGA, hard ARM® Cortex™-M3-based microcontroller subsystem (MSS) and programmable analogue, offering full customisation, IP protection and ease-of-use. These comprehensive IPMC and Carrier IPMC solutions based on Pigeon Point’s field-proven IPMC offerings and the SmartFusion intelligent mixed signal FPGA accelerate customer design cycles and enable designers to concentrate on differentiating their ATCA board products (including those with AMC slots) instead of expending internal effort meeting management requirements for xTCA™ specification compliance.
By leveraging Pigeon Point’s proven record for compliance, interoperability and responsive support, together with the flash-based SmartFusion device for power and system management, Pigeon Point Systems delivers comprehensive IPMC and Carrier IPMC reference solutions that reinforce Actel’s commitment to the strong worldwide adoption of xTCA by telecom equipment manufacturers. xTCA includes the ATCA and AMC architectures, as well as the complementary MicroTCA architecture.
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