FPGA Design Services: Lattice Semiconductor

Private Island Networks focuses on the design and manufacture of custom networking and video bridging systems utilizing FPGAs. Our company represents many years of experience with Lattice FPGAs using both Diamond and the new Radiant IDE for the Nexus family of devices.

Utilizing our in-house manufacturing capabiity, we offer a quick-turn design and build service of high quality prototypes based on Lattice FPGAs.

For additional information or to discuss a potential project, please contact us via email. We will respond quickly.

Recent Lattice related Projects:

Listed below are some of our recent Lattice design experiences:

Recent Lattice Design Experience
Device	System	Design Role	Timeframe
Certus-NX	Internal OEM Project for Networking	Full Verilog stack development, HW design, & manufacturing	Under Development
CertusPro-NX	Dev Board & Prototypes for Defense Project	Deliver initial Radiant project and design & manufacture ~10 assemblies	Completed 2024
ECP5	Dev Board & Prototypes for Defense Project	Lead integrator for Diamond Project. Design & manufacture multiple different assemblies. Other roles include algorithm development, supporting factory test, and reliability studies.	Completed 2023
Crosslink	Video Bridge / MIPI D-PHY transmitter	Implemented proof of concept code derived from Lattice provided IP.	Completed 2022
ECP3	Video Bridge (LVDS 7:1 and HDMI)	Integration and algorithm development for video bridge leveraging Lattice supplied IP.	Completed 2021
ECP5UM	Darsena FPGA Maker Board for Networking	Algorithm development, Full integration with Diamond, HW design & manufacturing	Discontinued 2021

As shown below, we also post various technical articles and forum entries related to our Lattice design experience. Note that the Darsena Maker Board has been discontinued, but a new Lattice-based maker board is under development.

Documentation for the Private Island Open Source Project

Architecture and Code Description for the Private Island Open Source, FPGA-based Network Processor

Private Island: Open Source FPGA-Based Network Processor for Privacy, Security, and AI Applications

Overview of the Private Island project for networking including highlights, goals, and a brief description of the Betsy maker board.

Darsena Hardware Specification

Darsena FPGA Development Board for Open Source FPGA-Based Network Security Project

PCS / SERDES Architecture for Lattice ECP5 FPGA Open Source Network Processor

A high level overview of the usage and configuration of the ECP5UM DCU (PCS/SERDES) for Private Island Open Source Project

Summarizing the Lattice ECP5 for FPGA Open Source Network Processor

A summary and concise reference of ECP5UM features and capabilities as applied to the Private Island open source project

Use FPGA Open Source Toolchain with Private Island and Lattice ECP5UM

Working towards a port of our open source networking project for the Lattice ECP5UM with Yosys on Ubuntu

Use an FTDI Mini Module as a Lattice CPLD / FPGA Programming Adapter

Although a Lattice programming cable is relatively low cost, there is an even lower cost option available: FTDI FT2232H Mini Module. This tiny module is available for approximately $20 from distributors like Digi-Key and Mouser, and it can be used directly as a programming adapter for Lattice devices (and others) by following the setup described in this article.

A sample of Lattice-related Forum posts:

How do I display the Lattice Radiant debug console?

What are the Windows environment settings to configure Radiant so the debug console is active?

Why does Radiant take so long to start?

The Lattice Radiant 2024 IDE is taking over 10 minutes to start on Windows 10 and 11. Do you know why?

Lattice Diamond 3.12 Modelsim can't find ECP5U simulation libraries

When I try to start a simulation, Modelsim reports it can't find the Lattice ECP5U primitives like GSR. What do I need to do?

ECP3 PCS Word Aligner for HDMI Receiver Issues

For a complete collection, please see our forum here.

For additional information or to discuss a potential project, please contact us via email. We will respond quickly.