- Overview
- Available Products
- AMPPSM-Approved IP Cores
- Additional IP Cores
- Development Boards
- Additional Services and Features
- Contact Information
Overview
For over 20 years, Microtronix has empowered customers worldwide with custom networking, communications, and embedded product solutions. The company specializes in rapid development of FPGA-based hardware, intellectual property (IP) cores, and software solutions for embedded applications.
The company focuses their hardware talent on developing performance IP cores, including a line of SDRAM memory controllers, and the application of FPGA cores for accelerating HD video processing and conversion. Their software engineering expertise is in developing low-level hardware drivers, (for example, PCI/PCIe or Ethernet), TCP/IP protocol stacks, and Linux kernel development.
Having ported the µClinux kernel distribution to the Altera® Nios® embedded processor architecture in 2001, Microtronix continues to support this technology on the second generation Nios II processor. This software competence is complimented with a line of engineering FPGA design kits and IP cores that augment Altera's Nios II and FPGA products.
Microtronix FPGA design kits and IP cores support the following capabilities and applications: Ethernet, USB, processor bridge interfaces (Avalon® system interconnect), SDR/DDR/Mobile DDR and DDR2 memories, high-definition (HD) video processing and encoding/decoding, DVI, PCIe, and I2 C master/slave/PIO IP solutions.
Available Products
Microtronix currently provides the products listed in Tables 1 through 4.
| Table 1. Available AMPP-Approved Certified IP Cores (1) | |||
| Product | Description | Supported Devices | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Avalon Multi-Port SDRAM Memory Controller | The Microtronix Avalon Multi-Port SDRAM Memory Controller IP core is designed for building high-performance multi-master streaming data systems. The easy-to-use core simplifies memory designs by supporting SDR, DDR, DDR2, and Mobile DDR memory devices using a single system bus interface. | Stratix® II, Stratix III, Stratix GX, Cyclone® II, Cyclone III, Arria® GX |
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| Streaming Multi-Port SDRAM Memory Controller | The Microtronix Streaming Multiport SDRAM Memory Controller IP core is designed for building high-performance multi-master streaming data systems. The easy-to-use core supports SDR, DDR, Mobile DDR, and DDR2 memory devices. | Stratix II, Stratix III, Stratix GX, Cyclone II, Cyclone III, Arria GX |
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| HyperDrive Multi-port DDR2 Memory Controller | The Microtronix HyperDrive Multiport SDRAM Memory Controller IP core is designed for building high-performance multi-master streaming data systems. The easy-to-use core maximizes the date rate of DDR2 memory systems. | Stratix II, Stratix III, Stratix GX, Cyclone II, Cyclone III, Arria GX |
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| I2C Master, Slave, PIO Controller | Complete I2C solution offering three modes of operation: I2C master controller, I2 C slave controller, and an 8-bit PIO slave device. | Stratix II, Cyclone II, MAX® II | |
Note:
- The "Altera Megafunction Partners Program (AMPP) Approved" certification indicates IP cores that meet Altera's sales standards and pass rigorous engineering testing.
| Product | Description | Supported Devices |
| Low-Latency Avalon Multiport SDRAM Memory Controller | The Microtronix Low-Latency Avalon Multi-Port SDRAM Memory Controller IP core targets embedded Nios processor applications by providing dedicated low- latency processor ports in combination with multiple streaming Avalon-MM port interfaces to a memory system. | Stratix II, Stratix III, Stratix GX, Cyclone II, Cyclone III, Arria GX |
| Table 3. Additional Development Boards | |
| Product | Description |
| Firefly Product Starter Kit | Cyclone |
| Firefly II Product Starter Kit | Cyclone II |
| ViClaro II HD Video Enhancement Development Platform | Cyclone II |
| ViClaro III HD Video IP Development Kit | Cyclone III |
| Table 4. Daughter Cards | |
| Product | Description |
| Compact Flash Expansion Kit | Altera Daughter Board |
| Ethernet USB Expansion Kit | Altera Daughter Board |
| Firefly Modules EP2C35 | Custom (Microtronix) |
| Firefly Modules EP2C50 | Custom (Microtronix) |
| I2C Design Kit | Altera Daughter Card |
Additional Services and Features
Microtronix provides the following additional services and features:
- Hardware engineering design and development
- Board-level prototype design and manufacturing services
- Nios II SoC core design and customization
- IP core design, customizations and integration
- Conversion of C-code algorithms into register transfer level (RTL)
- HD video processing IP
- Software kernel, device driver, and application development
- Linux consulting and design services
- Hardware design consulting
- Technical support
Contact Information
For additional information, contact:
Microtronix Datacom, Ltd.
9-1510 Woodcock Street
London, ON Canada
N6H 5S1
Phone: 01 (519) 690-0091
Fax: 01 (519) 690-0092
Email: sales@microtronix.com
URL: www.microtronix.com
