Alif Semiconductor Ensemble® DK-E7 Development Kit (DevKit)
Alif Semiconductor Ensemble® DK-E7 DevKit is a cost-effective kit that brings out signals on the Ensemble processor to access pins for protyting, power, and performance profiling. This kit is capable of running RTOS and/or Linux-based applications and complex AI and ML workloads. The DK-E7 ultra-low power and highly integrated platform represents the current state of the art in embedded processor design.
The DevKit can be configured to operate as either of the 32-bit E1, E3, E5, or E7 series MCU or fusion processor devices in the Ensemble family. The superset E7 device installed on the kit has two Cortex-M55 CPU cores and two Ethos-U55 neural network processor cores. The device also includes two Cortex-A32 MPU cores, 13.5MB SRAM on-chip memory, and 5.5MB non-volatile memory.
The DevKit provides access to Ethernet, USB-HS, SDMMC/SDIO, MIPI-DSI, MIPI-CSI, and analog signals plus many other digital interfaces. A broad technical library is available online, which includes drivers, sample code, programming examples, and AI/ML model packs.
Features
- Gen2 DevKit design
- Ensemble E7 series fusion processor (can also be configured for E5, E3, or E1 devices):
- 2x Cortex-A32 CPUs operating to 800MHz
- 2x Cortex-M55 CPUs operating to 160MHz and 400MHz with Helium vector processing
- 2x Ethos-U55 NPUs at 128 and 256 MACs wide, 250GOPS
- 13.5MB SRAM, 5.5MB MRAM
- aiPM technology powers on only what’s needed and when needed
- Complete secure enclave
- Full array of digital and analog interfaces
- Digital output multi-mode microphones:
- 2x TDK InvenSense T5848 I2S
- 2x TDK InvenSense T5838 PDM
- Bosch BMI323 6-axis inertial measurement unit
- OctalSPI memories:
- ISSI 32MB PSRAM
- ISSI 32MB XIP Flash
- Debug connectors:
- 19-pin JTAG debugger connector
- Micro-USB interface for UART access to secure enclave
- Board expansion connectors:
- Mikroe microBUS™ socket click board expansion connector, 5V, and 3V operation
- MicroSD card slot
- 4x 40-pin expansion headers to access processor pin and connect custom circuit boards for rapid prototyping
- MIPI-DSI display interface with I2C touch control and backlight voltage for connection to focus color 4.3” LCD E43GB-I-MW405-C 4.3 (LCD not included)
- MIPI-CSI2 camera interface female connector that can accept camera modules fitted with an onsemi male IAS connector (camera module not included)
- USB-HS host and device connect
- RJ45 Ethernet connector
- Software development:
- Comprehensive free software libraries and examples
- Support for many integrated development environments, including IAR embedded Workbench® and MDK-ARM
Kit Contents
- Required equipment:
- Windows PC with terminal emulation software
- JTAG debugger such as Segger J-Link or Arm® ULINKpro
- Ensemble DevKit Gen2 circuit board
- Micro-USB cable
Overview
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