Pigeon Point Systems, an Actel company, has released the ATCA (AdvancedTCA) IPMC (IPM Controller) and AMC (ATCA/AdvancedMC) Carrier IPMC board management reference starter kits using the company's new SmartFusion intelligent mixed signal FPGA. SmartFusion integrates an FPGA, hard ARM Cortex-M3-based microcontroller subsystem, and programmable analogue, offering full customisation, IP protection and ease of use. These IPMC and Carrier IPMC kits 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 record for compliance, interoperability, and responsive support, together with the flash-based SmartFusion device for power and system management, the company delivers comprehensive IPMC and Carrier IPMC reference solutions. xTCA includes the ATCA and AMC architectures, as well as the complementary MicroTCA architecture.
