Microchip MPFS‑DISCO‑KIT : PolarFire® SoC Discovery Kit for RISC‑V Embedded Development

Accelerate RISC-V development with Microchip’s MPFS-DISCO-KIT, featuring the low-power PolarFire SoC FPGA for high-performance Linux and real-time applications.

The Microchip MPFS-DISCO-KIT is a powerful, cost-optimized discovery platform designed to evaluate the industry-leading PolarFire® SoC FPGA. As the first SoC FPGA to feature a coherent RISC-V CPU cluster, this kit offers a unique combination of high-performance, 64-bit multi-core computing and low-power FPGA flexibility.

This board is built around the MPFS095T device with 95K logic elements, and is designed for rapid prototyping in Edge AI, industrial automation, and secure IoT applications. Key hardware features include 1GB DDR4 memory, Gigabit Ethernet, and a microSD card slot for seamless Linux booting.

The MPFS-DISCO-KIT includes popular expansion headers such as a 40-pin Raspberry Pi connector and a mikroBUS™ socket, enabling easy integration with hundreds of Click boards™ for maximum versatility. With an onboard FlashPro5 programmer for simplified debugging, this kit serves as the ideal entry point for developers seeking to leverage the efficiency of RISC-V architecture alongside the security and reliability of Microchip’s PolarFire technology.

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Application Example

Smart Asset Monitoring

This demo showcases a smart factory monitoring system using embedded devices to simulate real industrial equipment such as pumps, compressors, cranes, and inspection systems. Telemetry is securely transmitted to the cloud, where real-time KPIs—like utilization, duty cycles, rejection rates, and anomaly detection—are calculated using DURATION-based logic. The system demonstrates how manufacturers can gain operational insights, trigger alerts, and improve uptime without requiring physical assets on-site.