OrangeCrab

ECP5 FPGA Feather development board.

Latest Revision:

OrangeCrab r0.2

Previous Revisions:

OrangeCrab r0.1

What is it?

There aren't many OSHW ECP5 boards available. Given that this FPGA is fully supported by an open source toolchain I decided to create one. In order to make use of the DDR3L support the ECP5 has, I've added some DDR3L memory. The board matches the feather format

Hardware Overview

Lattice ECP5-25F FPGA in csfBGA285 package
- 24 K - Look Up Tables
- 1008 Kb - Embedded Block RAM
- 194 Kb - Distributed RAM
- 28 - 18x18 Multipliers
- PLLs: 2
- Internal oscillator
- Flexible I/O for DDR3 Memory Support
DDR3L Memory
- 128 Mbytes (1Gbit)
- 64M x16
- 1.35V low voltage operation
Micro USB connection
- Full-speed (12Mbit) USB with direct connection to FPGA
Non-volatile Storage
- 128Mbit QSPI FLASH Memory
  - Bootloader (First 4Mbits)
  - User Bitstream
  - User storage (Firmware/MSC backend/etc)
  - QSPI compatible
- MicroSD socket
  - 4bit SD interface (CK, CMD, DAT0-3)
Power supply
- High efficiency DCDC for main supplies
- Battery charger (100mA), with charge indicator LED
- LiPo battery connector (PH type) (1-cell: 3.7-4.2V)
48MHz onboard oscillator
Standard 0.05" JTAG connector
User I/O
- 1x Button
- 1x RGB LED
- 20x I/O on 0.1" headers
Analog System
- Analog Mux
- SAR ADC, external RC / input comparator of FPGA
- Digital bypass
- Internal channels for supply monitor
- Battery voltage sensing
Feather Format Board
- Dimensions: 22.86mm x 50.8mm (0.9" x 2.0")

Example code

Example code for Verilog, Litex, And RiscV can be found here:

Orange Crab Examples

Community

We have an OrangeCrab group on the 1BitSquared Discord

https://discord.gg/c4Dnr3b

Licence

Hardware in this repository is licensed under CERN OHL v1.2
Gateware/Software/Firmware in this repository is licensed under MIT unless otherwise indicated

Open Source Hardware

This board is an OSHWA approved design: AU000006

nicolasnoble/orangecrab-hardware