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PolarFire SoC Icicle Kit

Microchip PolarFire SoC kit with FPGA fabric and Linux-capable RISC-V processor subsystem.

Short verdict: professional prototyping. Critical characteristics must be checked against sources before purchase or external wiring.

Not a beginner board; toolchain and boot flow require careful version control.
MPN
MPFS-ICICLE-KIT
Status
active
Availability
unknown
Price
not source-backed
Device type
SoC FPGA
Chip
MPFS250T (PolarFire SoC)
Recommendation
professional prototyping
Verified
2026-04-29

Interfaces, connectors and memory

Interfaces

Ethernet x1, USB x1

Connectors

mikroBUS x1, Raspberry Pi-compatible header x1

Memory

DDR4 requires Microchip docs verification

Toolchains

Documentation, schematics, pinout, constraints

Example projects

Related KB articles

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Linux-on-FPGA board requirements

Linux-capable FPGA projects need a CPU subsystem or large softcore, external memory, storage or boot media, console and a reproducible software build.

linuxsocmemory

Where to get help

Sources