Arrow Electronics is now providing a full featured development kit with the latest Intel Agilex® 5 E-series SoC FPGA to support customers that are already in the early development stages of their design. This new development kit features several Molex interconnects with a range of parts including I/O, power and high-speed solutions. Discover the key features of the development kit along with the Molex connector in this article below.
What are the key features of the Arrow AXE5-Eagle?
Intel Agilex® 5 E-series is manufactured on Intel 7 technology and provides excellent performance-per-watt, delivering low power and smaller form factors for mid-range FPGA applications.
What else is featured? The industry’s first Enhanced DSP with AI Tensor Block, which delivers high-efficiency AI and DSP functionality. Plus, the FPGA industry’s first asymmetric applications processor system consists of dual Arm Cortex-A55 cores and dual Cortex-A76 cores, for performance and power efficiency of their workloads. The Arrow DevKit features include:
- A5E 043B - 434 kLE (ES: A5E 065B - 656kLE)
- SoC: Dual Core A55 + Dual Core A76
- BBGA 1596 (32x32)
- LPDDR4: 2x 8Gbit x32 | 1Gbit SPI Flash | MicroSD card
- HDMI | USB 3.x | 2x 1GBit Ethernet |EEPROM | PCIe 4.0 x4 edge connector
- FMC+ connector (8x TX/RX @17Gbps) | 2x SFP+ connector for 10GBit
- 2x CRUVI LS/HS for additional adapter & interface boards
- Power supply: 12V adapter
- Size: ~18x18cm²
- Arrow USB Programmer2 (debug, programming)
These characteristics are ideal for mid-range FPGA applications across the edge and core including:
- Wireless and wireline communications
- Video and broadcast equipment
- Industrial applications
- Test and measurement products
- Medical electronics
- Data center
What does the Arrow AXE5-Eagle look like?
This development kit from Arrow enables customers to evaluate the features of Intel Agilex® 5 E-series and speed up development. As the need for connectivity to keep pace with FPGA development continues, Molex provides the right solutions to enable better performance. View the multitude of Molex interconnects on the development board below.
See the diagram below, with the Molex interconnects highlighted:
Find a full list of Molex parts with further product details below, or use our search tool on arrow.com to pre-order the development kit today.
| Product Name | Molex Part Number | View on Arrow.com |
|---|---|---|
| Micro-USB B Receptacle with Flange, Bottom Mount, Surface Mount, Lead-Free | 47346-0001 | |
| Universal Serial Bus (USB 3.0) I/O Receptacle, Dual Port Stacked, Right-Angle, Type A, High-Temperature Blue Nylon, 0.38µm Gold (Au) Plating, Contact Height 4.13mm | 48406-0003 | |
| MXMag Gigabit Ethernet 8 Core Non-PoE Single-Port RJ45 Connector, 33.02mm Depth, 3.15mm Phy Pin Length, Right-Angle, Inverted Profile, with Shield Tabs, with Green/Yellow LEDs, Standard Temperature, Tray | 85793-1006 | |
| HDMI v2.1 Receptacle, Right-Angle, 0.76µm Gold(Au) Plating, 1.80mm Tab, Tape and Reel, 19 Circuits | 208658-1001 | |
| 1.10mm Pitch microSD Memory Card Connector, Surface Mount, Push-Pull Type, 1.42mm Height, with Detect Switch | 104031-0811 | |
| zSFP+ Assembly, Right-Angle, Surface Mount, 20 Circuits, 0.76µm Gold (Au), Tin Tails | 170382-0002 | |
| Mini-Fit Jr. Header, Dual Row, Right-Angle, 6 Circuits, PA Polyamide Nylon 6/6 94V-0, Tin (Sn) Plating, without Drain Holes | 45558-0003 | |
| KK 254 Vertical Header, with Friction Lock, 4 Circuits, PC Tail Length 3.50mm, Bag | 47053-1000 | |
| SFP+ Cage, Single Port, Spring Finger Bezel Gasket, 3.05mm Press Fit Pins for PCI | 74754-0104 |