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Trion
T8 BGA81
®
Development Kit User Guide
T8F81C-DK-UG-v2.5
June 2022
www.elitestek.com
Copyright
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2022. All rights reserved. 易灵思, the 易灵思 logo, the 钛金系列 logo, Quantum, Trion, and Efinity are trademarks of 易灵思,
Inc. All other trademarks and service marks are the property of their respective owners. All specifications subject to change without
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  • Page 1 © 2022. All rights reserved. 易灵思, the 易灵思 logo, the 钛金系列 logo, Quantum, Trion, and Efinity are trademarks of 易灵思, Inc. All other trademarks and service marks are the property of their respective owners. All specifications subject to change without...
  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Contents Introduction............................3 What's in the Box?............................3 Register Your Kit............................3 Download the Efinity Software......................3 ® Installing the Linux USB Driver.......................3 Install USB Drivers (Windows).........................4 Installing Standoffs......................... 5 Board Functional Description......................6 Features................................6 Overview................................7 Power On.................................8 Reset..................................8 Clock Sources..............................8 Headers................................
  • Page 3: Introduction

    T8F81C-DK), which allows you to explore the features of the T8 FPGA. Warning: Use correct anti-static methods when handling the board. What's in the Box? Trion ® T8 BGA81 Development Board preloaded with a demonstration ● design 4 standoffs ●...
  • Page 4: Install Usb Drivers (Windows)

    Trion T8 BGA81 Development Kit User Guide Install USB Drivers (Windows) Driver Options The Zadig software includes a variety of drivers. When programming 易灵思 FPGAs, use one of these drivers: libusb-win32 (version)—This driver is more stable for unplug/plug events. ●...
  • Page 5: Installing Standoffs

    Trion T8 BGA81 Development Kit User Guide Installing the Driver 1. Connect the board to your computer with the appropriate cable and power it up. 2. Download the Zadig software from zadig.akeo.ie. (You do not need to install it; simply run the downloaded executable.) 3.
  • Page 6: Board Functional Description

    Trion T8 BGA81 Development Kit User Guide Board Functional Description The Trion T8 BGA81 Development Board contains a variety of components ® to help you build designs for the Trion T8 device. ® Figure 1: Trion T8 BGA81 Development Board Block Diagram ®...
  • Page 7: Overview

    T8 Data Sheet when designing your own board. For improved reliability, 易灵思 ® recommends that you use supervisor IC at CRESET_N explained in AN 006 Configuring Trion FPGAs. Learn more: Refer to the Trion T8 BGA81 Development Board Schematics and BOM for more information ®...
  • Page 8: Power On

    Trion T8 BGA81 Development Kit User Guide Power On Upon power-up, the USB power supply is input to the on-board regulators to generate the required 3.3 V, 2.5 V, 1.8 V, and 1.1 V for components on the board. When these voltages are up and stable, the board asserts a “power good”...
  • Page 9: Headers

    (host) is not actively communicating with the board. To operate, the board expects to receive 5 V DC (500 mA) on this interface. Headers J3, J4, and J5 The board headers J3, J4, and J5 contain the Trion ® T8 BGA81 Development Board GPIO pins.
  • Page 10 Trion T8 BGA81 Development Kit User Guide Table 2: Header J3, J4, and J5 Pin Assignments The Name column shows the GPIO resource name used in the Efinity Interface Designer; or, it shows whether the pin ® is VCC, no connect, or ground. The Label column indicates the marking shown on the board.
  • Page 11 Trion T8 BGA81 Development Kit User Guide J6 Header J6 is a 2 x 3 (6-pin) header that lets you select 3.3 V, 2.5 V, or 1.8 V for T8F81C bank 2A VDDIO (VDDI02A) from the on-board regulators. Table 3: Header J6 Pin Assignments...
  • Page 12: User Outputs

    Trion T8 BGA81 Development Kit User Guide J27 Header J27 is a 3-pin header used to select the source for the T8F81C PLL input. The PLL can receive input from the on-board 33.333 MHz oscillator or a user supplied clock on pin 20 (GPIOL_20) on J3 (T8F81C bank 1A/1B header).
  • Page 13: User Inputs

    Go to the Support Center for example designs and documentation. Creating Your Own Design The Trion T8 BGA81 Development Board allows you to create and explore ® designs for the T8 device. 易灵思 ® provides example code and designs to help you get started: Our Support Center (www.elitestek.com/support) includes examples...
  • Page 14: Appendix 1: Shared Resources

    I/Os. You need to ensure there are no overlapping assignments when using these resources. The following table lists the resources shared by more than one I/Os. You can refer to this table to help you plan the resources available in the Trion ® T8 BGA81 Development...
  • Page 15: Revision History

    Trion T8 BGA81 Development Kit User Guide Revision History Table 10: Revision History Date Version Description June 2022 Added Appendix 1: Shared resources. September 2021 Added USB driver installation topics. (DOC-463) April 2021 Corrected note in for header J27. March 2021 Corrected pinout for J3.

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