User Guide

Emcraft Systems
1. Overview
This document is the Emcraft Systems M2S-FG484 SOM Starter Kit Guide, Release 1.12.0.
The BSP provides a software development environment for evaluation and development of
Linux on the Cortex-M3 processor core of the Microsemi SmartFusion2 microcontroller using
the Emcraft Systems M2S-FG484 SOM board in harness with the Emcraft Systems SOM-BSB-
EXT baseboard as a hardware platform.
This BSP is provided as part of the Emcraft Systems SmartFusion2 System-On-Module (M2S-
FG484 SOM) Starter Kit. The kit provides a hardware platform and Linux software
development environment for the SmartFusion2 System-On-Module (M2S-FG484 SOM).
2. Product Contents
This product includes the following components.
2.1. Shippable Hardware Items
The following hardware items are shipped to customers of this product:
1. M2S-FG484 SOM board;
2. SOM-BSB-EXT baseboard;
3. Mini-USB cable UART/power interface.
Note that this product does not include any JTAG programmer tools or associated hardware
items. Such equipment needs to be purchased directly from respective vendors.
2.2. Downloadable Hardware Materials
The following hardware materials are available for download from Emcraft's web site to
customers of this product:
1. SOM-BSB-EXT-1A-schem.pdf - SOM-BSB-EXT schematics in PDF format;
2. SOM-BSB-EXT-1A-bom.xls - SOM-BSB-EXT Bill-Of-Materials (BOM) in Excel format;
3. SOM-BSB-EXT-1A_Dimensions.pdf - SOM-BSB-EXT mechanical drawing in PDF format;
4. M2S-FG484-SOM.IntLib - Altium Designer 9.4 integrated library for the M2S-FG484-SOM
symbol and footprint.
2.3. Downloadable Software Materials
The following software materials are available for download from Emcraft's web site to
customers of this product:
1. m2s010-fg484-som-1a.stp - M2S-FG484-SOM Libero .stp file with the U-Boot image
embedded, ready for installation onto the M2S010-FG484 SOM using the Microsemi
FlashPro tool;
2. m2s010-fg484-som-1a.zip - M2S-FG484-SOM Liberо and SoftConsole "Hello, world"
demo project ready for the M2S010-FG484 SOM;
3. m2s050-fg484-som-1a.stp - M2S-FG484-SOM Libero .stp file with the U-Boot image
embedded, ready for installation onto the M2S050-FG484 SOM using the Microsemi
FlashPro tool;
4. m2s050-fg484-som-1a.zip - M2S-FG484-SOM Liberо and SoftConsole "Hello, world"
demo project ready for the M2S050-FG484 SOM;
Note: The Libero project included with the Release 1.12.0 is developed using Libero
v11.1. For the M2S050-FG484 device, select М2S050Т as the SmartFusion2 device when
using that Libero version.
Linux SmartFusion2 3/11 Release 1.12.0
Emcraft Systems M2S-FG484 SOM Starter Kit Guide