SmartFusion Engineering Workshops from Avnet Memec

Avnet Memec, today announced a series of free, hands-on SmartFusion engineering workshops in partnership with Actel in the UK.

[UKPRwire, Mon Mar 29 2010] Avnet Memec, today announced a series of free, hands-on SmartFusion engineering workshops in partnership with Actel in the UK. The new SmartFusion product family from Actel is the world’s first intelligent mixed-signal FPGA to integrate an ARM® Cortex™-M3 processor and programmable analogue.

The workshops will be based around the SmartFusion Evaluation Kit (A2F-Eval-Kit) offering embedded engineers a true technical hands-on experience covering the FPGA fabric, ARM® Cortex™-M3 processor and the Microcontroller Subsystem (MSS). Each of the Speedway workshops will also cover programmable analogue, with the key benefits of the analogue compute engine (ACE) and the free Actel Libero, and soft-consol tools.

DATE & LOCATIONS
* 22nd April 2010 – Madejski Stadium, Reading, Berkshire
* 27th April 2010 – Heritage Motor Museum, Gaydon, Warwickshire
* 29th April 2010 – Manchester Utd, Old Trafford Stadium, Manchester

Online registration is available at: http://www.avnet-memec.eu/events/seminar-detail/event/actel-smartfusion-workshop.html

“SmartFusion FPGAs are ideal for hardware and embedded designers who need a true system-on-chip (SoC) solution that gives them more flexibility than traditional fixed-function microcontrollers,” commented Chris Withers, business development manager at Avnet Memec. “The workshops have been designed to give engineers a real feel for the development process and the flexibility that the product provides.”

About Avnet Memec
Avnet Memec, a business unit of Avnet Electronics Marketing EMEA, is a highly specialised semiconductor distributor, operating on a pan-European basis and employing a significant number of engineers to support customers’ design efforts. Avnet Memec specialises in highly innovative suppliers and technologies, which will help a variety of customers to differentiate their designs. Its area of specialisation extends from Analog and Microcontrollers to RF, Datacom and Networking. The business unit operates out of 31 offices in 19 European countries and represents major semiconductor franchises on a pan-European basis. www.avnet-memec.eu

Media Contact Avnet Memec
Tom Oelschlaeger – Communications Manager Avnet Memec
Phone: +49 (0) 8121 775 146
E-Mail: tom.oelschlaeger@avnet-memec.eu