Introduction
Thank you for choosing the Lattice Semiconductor iCEstick™ Evaluation Kit.
This guide describes how to start using the iCEstick Evaluation Kit, an easy-to-use USB form factor board for rapidly
prototyping designs using the iCE40 FPGA. Along with the evaluation board, this kit includes a pre-loaded
design that demonstrates basic board functionality.
The contents of this user’s guide include demo operations, descriptions of the various portions of the evaluation
board, descriptions of the on-board connectors, a complete set of schematics and bill of materials for the iCEstick
Evaluation Board.
Features
The iCEstick Evaluation Kit includes:
• iCEstick Evaluation Board – features the following on-board components
– High-performance, low-power iCE40HX1K FPGA
– FTDI 2232H USB device allows iCE device programming and UART interface to a PC
– Vishay TFDU4101 IrDA transceiver
– Five user LEDs
– 2 x 6 position Diligent PmodTM compatible connector enables many other peripheral connections
– Discera 12Mhz MEMS oscillator
– Micron 32Mbit N25Q32 SPI flash
– Supported by Lattice iCEcube2™ design software
– USB connector provides the power supply
– 16 LVCMOS/LVTTL (3.3V) digital I/O connections on 0.1” through-hole connections
• Pre-loaded demo design – the kit includes the pre-loaded demo design that flashes the on-board LEDs in a
clockwise pattern.
• USB connector – provides a communication and debug port via a USB-to-RS-232 physical channel and programming
interface to the PC.