Supported Platforms

Important

This documentation is not recommended for new RISC-V projects. New RISC-V projects should reference the newest version of the documentation. Users targeting Arm devices can still use this documentation as their reference.

The newest version of the documentation can be found here: https://mi-v-ecosystem.github.io/SoftConsole-Documentation/

Host operating systems

Windows

Linux

• Windows 10

• Windows 7

• Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS

• Debian 10

• CentOS 7 and RHEL 7

• LEAP 15

Note

Only 64-bit OSs are supported.

Target CPUs

• Microchip PolarFire SoC RISC-V 64-bit multi-processor FPGA

• Microchip Mi-V RISC-V CPU soft cores for PolarFire, RTG4, IGLOO2 and SmartFusion2 FPGAs

• Microchip SmartFusion2 Arm Cortex-M3

• Microchip SmartFusion Arm Cortex-M3

• Microchip Arm Cortex-M1 for RTG4 and PolarFire FPGAs

• Microchip Arm Cortex-M1 for M1 IGLOO, ProASIC3, ProASIC3L and Fusion FPGAs

JTAG Debug

Windows

Linux

• Microchip FlashPro3, FlashPro4, FlashPro5 and FlashPro6

• Olimex ARM-USB-TINY-H

• Other JTAG debug probes supported by OpenOCD may be used but are not specifically tested or supported

• Microchip FlashPro5 and FlashPro6

• Olimex ARM-USB-TINY-H

• Other JTAG debug probes supported by OpenOCD may be used but are not specifically tested or supported

Note

Using SoftConsole from within a Virtual Machine might limit which JTAG probes can be used.

Other software

• Microchip Libero SoC

  • Microchip Libero SoC v2021.3

  • Microchip Firmware Catalog v2021.3

• Firmware (minimum required version)

  • PolarFire SoC MPFS_HAL 1.5.107

  • RISC-V Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL) 3.0.105

  • SmartFusion2 CMSIS Hardware Abstraction Layer 2.3.105

  • SmartFusion CMSIS-PAL 2.4.102

  • Cortex-M1 CMSIS Hardware Abstraction Layer 2.0.105

  • (DirectCore) Hardware Abstraction Layer 2.3.103

FlashPro support matrix

	Standalone FlashPro6	Embedded FlashPro6 Rev B	Embedded FlashPro6 Rev A	Standalone & Embedded FlashPro5	Standalone & Embedded FlashPro4	Standalone & Embedded FlashPro3/LCPS
Windows	Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes
Linux	Yes	Yes		Yes
Virtual Machine
Docker on Linux	Yes	Yes		Yes
Debug PolarFire SoC MSS Core Complex	Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes
PolarFire SoC UltraSoC trace/debug
Debug Mi-V RV32 RISCV soft core via CoreJTAGDebug/UJTAG				Yes	Yes	Yes
Debug Mi-V RV32 RISCV soft core via JTAG signals on I/O pins	Yes			Yes	Yes	Yes
Debug Cortex-M1 soft core via CoreJTAGDebug/UJTAG				Yes	Yes	Yes
Debug Cortex-M1 soft core via JTAG signals on I/O pins	Yes			Yes	Yes	Yes

Note

Refer to the Libero SoC v2021.3 or Program Debug Tools v2021.3 (or later) release notes for details of how to upgrade the Embedded FlashPro6 from Rev A to Rev B.

Note

Empty cells mean there is no support.

FlashPro6

FlashPro5

Boards

Microchip

Aries

Arrow

Digi-key

Future

Trenz

Sundance

Microchip - PolarFire SoC - Icicle

Microchip - PolarFire FPGA - MPF300-VIDEO-KIT-NS

Microchip - PolarFire FPGA - MPF300-EVAL-KIT-ES

Microchip - PolarFire FPGA - MPF300-SPLASH-KIT

Microchip - SmartFusion2 - M2S-HELLO-FPGA-KIT

Aries - PolarFire SoC - M100PF SoM

Arrow - PolarFire FPGA - Everest Dev Board

Digi-key - SmartFusion2 - Maker Board M2S010-MKR-KIT

Future - PolarFire FPGA - Avalanche AVMPF300TS-03

Future - IGLOO2 - FUTUREM2GL-EVB

Trenz - SmartFusion 2 - SmartBerry TEM0002-02-010CA

Trenz - SmartFusion 2 - SMF2000

Trenz - SmartFusion 2 - FPGA module TEM0005-02-010I

Sundance - PolarFire SoC - PolarBerry

Sundance - PolarFire FPGA - SOM3

Sundance - PolarFire FPGA - SE215 PCIe carrier for SOM3