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Comet A13 evaluation kit showcases Agilex 5 SoC FPGA with Linux support<\/a><\/p>\n

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Publish Date: 2026-05-25 12:37:00<\/a><\/p>\n

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The Terasic Comet A13 SoM and Evaluation Kit form a compact platform built around the Altera Agilex 5 E-Series SoC FPGA. The platform features FPGA fabric together with Arm Cortex-A76 and Cortex-A55 processor cores, LPDDR4 memory, high-speed transceivers, and expansion interfaces targeting edge AI, machine vision, robotics, industrial automation, and embedded applications.<\/p>\n

The Comet A13 SoM uses the A5ED013BB32AE4SCS Agilex 5 E-Series Group B device and measures 60 \u00d7 55 mm. The module exposes 191 HVIO, 72 HSIO, 48 HPS I\/O, and four transceivers operating at up to 17.16 Gbps through dual 300-pin SEAM8 connectors. Terasic notes that the HVIO banks support 1.8V, 2.5V, and 3.3V operation for direct attachment of sensors, cameras, and industrial peripherals.<\/p>\n

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Comet A13 block diagram<\/strong>(click image to enlarge)<\/p>\n

Memory\u00a0support includes 4GB LPDDR4-A connected to the HPS through a 32-bit interface, together with onboard 8GB eMMC storage and QSPI flash support. Memory configuration appears to vary between revisions, with the product page listing 1GB LPDDR4-B on the FPGA side while the user manual references a RevA version equipped with 2GB LPDDR4-B memory.<\/p>\n

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Comet A13 SoM layout<\/strong>(click image to enlarge)<\/p>\n

Terasic also offers a carrier board providing microSD storage, eMMC boot support, HDMI output (1080p), and a 22-pin MIPI CSI-2 connector supporting four data lanes for camera connectivity.<\/p>\n

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Comet A13 carrier board block diagram<\/strong>(click image to enlarge)<\/p>\n

Networking and expansion interfaces include Gigabit Ethernet, USB 2.0 OTG through Type-C, USB Blaster III with UART, a Type-C Linux terminal interface, and a 2\u00d720 3.3V DE-GPIO header, together with LEDs, switches, buttons, reset controls, and EEPROM programming support.<\/p>\n

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Comet A13 carrier board peripherals<\/strong>(click image to enlarge)<\/p>\n

Software support includes Linux BSP images for Ubuntu 22.04.03 with Linux kernel 6.12.33 LTS, available for both microSD and eMMC boot…<\/p>\n

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