The Low Power Reference Platform (LPRP)

Arrow Electronics, Altera Corporation, and Linear Technology have combined industry-leading power management solutions with a low power Cyclone® III FPGA and board-level power management IP in the revolutionary LPRP. Purchasing an LPRP kit enables designers to learn first-hand the latest design techniques for power-sensitive applications, from battery charging to understanding the interaction between device selection, system performance, system power modes, and their combined effect on power consumption. Using the LPRP kit, engineers can implement either an Altera® Nios® II processor or ARM Cortex M1 32-bit embedded processor inside the Cyclone® III FPGA.

LPRP Kit includes:

• LPRP development board (functions as MP3 player and picture viewer)
• Documentation and design files included on the SD card:
  • Quick start guide
  • User guide
  • Schematic
  • Quartus® project files
  • Simulation files
• Pair of headphones
• USB cable
•  Quartus II and the Nios II EDS software

Bonus LPRP Solution:

Touch Sense Buttons for FPGAs

• Implemented entirely in FPGA
• Uses a single FPGA IO pin per button
• No active analog components required
• One SOPC Component scans multiple buttons
• Works with overlay materials
• Adjustable sensitivity