Terasic Technologies DE25-Nano Development & Education Board

Terasic Technologies DE25-Nano Development and Education Board is a hardware design platform based on the Agilex 5 SoC FPGA, which incorporates the ARM 2xA55 and 2xA76 embedded cores, with high-performance programmable logic for maximum design flexibility. The DE25-Nano board leverages the power of tremendous reconfigurability paired with a robust, low-power processor system. Intel’s SoC combines an ARM-based hard processor system (HPS) comprising a processor, peripherals, and memory interfaces, seamlessly tied to the FPGA fabric via a high-bandwidth interconnect backbone.

The Terasic Technologies DE25-Nano Development and Education Board features high-speed DDR4 memory, Ethernet networking, and MIPI interface for various applications. The DE25-Nano Development Kit contains all the tools required to use the board with a computer running Windows 10/11.

Features

FPGA Device
- Agilex™ 5 SoC FPGA: A5EB013BB23BE4SR1
- ARM Cortex processor with 2xA55 and 2xA76
- 138K programmable logic elements
- 8.42Mbit embedded memory
- 376 18-bit x 19-bit multipliers
- MIPI D-PHY v2.5 configuration and debug
- Support ASx4 configure mode with 128Mbits QSPI Flash
- Onboard USB-Blaster III (USB Type-C connector) memory device
- 128MB (32Mx16) SDRAM on FPGA
- 1GB (2x16Mx32) LPDDR4 on FPGA
- 1GB (2x16Mx32) LPDDR4 on HPS, shared with FPGA
- Micro SD card socket on HPS
Sensors
- Accelerometer (G-Sensor) on HPS
- Temperature sensor on FPGA
- 5V DC input power

Communication
- One USB 2.0 host port with Type-C USB connector
- UART to USB (Type-C USB connector)
- 10/100/1000 Ethernet connectors
- Two 40-pin DE-GPIO expansion headers
- One 10-pin ADC input header display
- HDMI 2.0 output port (supports 1080P)
- One MIPI connector with 2 data lanes ADC
- SPI interface
- 1MSPS fast throughput rate
- 8-channel number
- 12-bit resolution
- Analog input range : 0V ~ 3.4V switches, buttons, and indicators
- Five user buttons (FPGA x4, HPS x1)
- Four user switches (FPGA x4)
- Nine user LEDs (FPGA x8, HPS x 1)
- One HPS reset button (HPS_Cold_RESET_n)

Applications

Industrial:
- AI in smart factory, edge AI
- Smart factory automation
- Sensors/motors/drives/connectivity, functional safety, and security
- I/O modules and IoT devices
- Tiny PLC and Edge AI
Medical:
- Diagnostic imaging and video
- Patient monitoring

Surveillance, retail, and consumer:
- Smart city/retail and V2X
- Trucks, bus systems, trains, and railways, and EV charging vision processing
- Connectivity and video processing
- Video over IP
- Consumer electronics (AR/VR, drones, and gaming)

Kit Contents

DE25-Nano board
Acrylic (installed)
Active heatsink (installed)

5V 4W power supply
USB Type-C cable
Quick start guide

Hardware Features

FPGA
- Agilex 5 SoC FPGA : A5EB013BB23BE4SR1(130K LEs)
- ASx4 128Mbit QSPI Flash
- USB-Blaster III onboard for programming; JTAG Mode
- 128MB SDRAM (16-bit data bus)
- 1GB LPDDR4 (32-bit data bus)
- Four push-buttons
- Four slide switches
- Eight green user LEDs
- Three 50MHz clock sources from the clock generator
- HDMI 2.0 output port (supports 1080P)
- Two 40-pin expansion headers
- A/D converter, 4-pin SPI interface with FPGA
- One 2-lane MIPI connector for camera/display
- One 2-pin UART Port via Type-C connector
- Integrated temperature sensor and fan controller

HPS (Hard Processor System)
- ARM Cortex Processor with 2× A55 and 2× A76 cores
- 1GB LPDDR4 (32-bit data bus), shared with the FPGA
- One Gigabit Ethernet PHY with RJ45 connector
- One USB 2.0 host with a Type-C USB connector
- Micro SD card socket
- Integrated accelerometer sensor
- UART to USB, Type-C USB connector
- Cold reset button
- One user button and one user LED