IoT dev kit runs uClinux on a Microsemi Cortex-M3/FPGA SoC

Arrow’s “SF2+” IoT development kit combines an Emcraft COM based on Microsemi’s Cortex-M3/FPGA “SmarFusion2” SoC with a carrier board, and runs uClinux.

The Arrow Electronics SF2+ Development Kit, which targets security camera, communications, connected home, and Internet of Things (IoT) applications, is unusual in that it pairs the stripped down uClinux and U-boot with a Microsemi SmartFusion2 (SF2) SoC. The Microsemi SoC combines an ARM Cortex-M3 microcontroller core with an FPGA, which is said to enable capabilities like image processing, I/O expansion, bridging, and security.
The kit was announced as a collaboration between Arrow Electronics and Microsemi. However, Emcraft Systems builds the intervening SmarFusion2 computer-on-module that integrates the SoC, and also provides the kit’s uClinux and U-boot firmware. The Arrow baseboard extends the Emcraft COM with a Timberwolf audio processor, an Arduino I/O interface, an Ethernet port, and other features