Xilinx Automotive FPGAs have been used in infotainment architectures for multiple generations of platforms as a complement to the host processor or chipset, in this role they are commonly referred to as a Companion Chip.

The Xilinx Automotive Infotainment Companion Chip Development Platform, from Premiere Alliance Member Xylon, provides flexible interfacing and is optimized to compliment existing or preferred host processors. Available IP and software enables rapid extension of system interfaces, peripherals, or processing with minimal development effort. Various popular host processor interfaces are supported and can be changed quickly based on host availability and overall bandwidth required.

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The logiCRAFT-CC development board is available from Xilinx Alliance Partner Xylon supports multiple extension cards to provide a flexible development platform.

The development base platform provides complete host interface flexibility and several popular peripheral interfaces. In addition, eight expansion slots provide for enhanced application specific flexibility and can be used in various combinations. Expansion board layout templates are provided for users wishing to develop their own application specific boards, which enables full prototyping of specific end products.

Intel In-vehicle Infotainment Reference Design Additional Resources

Xilinx Automotive adds flexible connectivity to the Low-Power Intel®In-Vehicle Infotainment (IVI) Reference Design targeted at high-end automotive head units. The joint development effort with Intel couples the inherent flexibility and built-in connectivity capabilities of the XA Spartan®-3E FPGA with the high performance, low power processing and surrounding ecosystem of the Intel Atom™ processor Z530 and Intel System Controller Hub US15W.

• Low-Power Intel In-Vehicle Infotainment Reference Design product brief  (PDF)
• Intel EcoSystem Solutions brochure (PDF)
• Further information on the Low Power Intel In-Vehicle Infotainment solution
• Xilinx Infotainment Companion Chip Solution Overview (PDF)
• Download the latest bitstream (Version: 3.9.0) for Congatec IVI Starter Kit
• Flash Tool Utility*

*The flash utility requires a FPGA image of 2.13.128 or later pre-programmed into the FPGA in order to program via the Linux command line. For older FPGA images, it is required to program via standard JTAG EDK programming tool.