NOVPEK™CVLite provides the engineer with an exceptional Out of Box experience by including the power supply, all necessary cables, and a Quick Start guide. This allows the engineer to explore the capabilities of the Altera® Cyclone V 5CSEBA2 quickly by providing Ethernet, full size SD slot, USBOTG, CAN, PMOD and serial port connections. Virtual Machine, Linux Bootable SD card, and HW and SW development tools are included.
More information:
NOVPEK™CVLite
NOVPEK™CVLite Kit Contents:
- Cyclone V SOC Module
- Base Board with SD Card
- AC/DC Power supply
- Boot Loader
- LINUX Porting
- 16Gbyte USB 3.0 Memory Stick with:
- LINUX VM with Altera® tools
- FPGA VHDL reference designs
- Ethernet Cable
- USB2.0 A‐B Cable
NOVSOM™CVLite Features
'If the SoC can do it, our SoM can do it™'
- Cyclone® V SoC 484 BGA (U19) part
- Up to One GByte DDR3
- On board Solid state storage/boot options (HPS)
- On board FPGA configuration device (QSPI)
- On board clocks
- On board power solution requiring a 5V power input
- All FPGA signals are routed to SODIM 200 pin, 2V5 type (excluding HPS DDR3)
- Allows any voltage assignment to each I/O bank (VCCIO, VCCPD, VREF)
NOVPEK™CV Features
Connectivity
- 1G Ethernet port (HPS)
- USBOTG (HPS)
- SD slot (HPS)
- CAN (HPS)
- UART (HPS Terminal)
- PMOD™ (FPGA)
- FPGA pins accessible via 100mil dual row pin header
Interface
- Dip Switch
- Four connected to HPS
- Three connected to FPGA via HPS bridge
- Push Buttons
- Four connected to HPS
- Four connected to FPGA via HPS bridge
- LEDs
- Four connected to HPS
- Four connected to FPGA via HPS bridge
Debug
User Guides
Video User Guides
NOVSOM™CVLite Ordering Guide

Example of Valid Part Numbers:
NOVSOM™CVL218-S-32-C (stocking part)
SoM with Cyclone V 5CSEBA2 484 BGA, Single ARM core,
MicroSD slot (lock type), 256Mbyte DDR3, Consumer temperature range.
NOVSOM™CVL527S35FISoM with Cyclone V 5CSEBA5 484 BGA, dual ARM core,
MicroSD slot (lock type),
MicroSD slot (lock type), 512Mbyte DDR3, 256Mbit QSPI (FPGA), Industrial temperature range.
NOVSOM™CV618F31A SoM with Cyclone V 5CSEBA6 484 BGA, Single ARM core, 256Mbit QSPI (HPS), 1Gbyte DDR3, Automotive temperature range.
NOVPEK™CVLite provides the engineer with an exceptional Out of Box experience by including the power supply, all necessary cables, and a Quick Start guide. This allows the engineer to explore the capabilities of the Altera® Cyclone V 5CSEBA2 quickly by providing Ethernet, full size SD slot, USBOTG, CAN, PMOD and serial port connections. Virtual Machine, Linux Bootable SD card, and HW and SW development tools are included.
More information:
NOVPEK™CVLite
NOVPEK™CVLite Kit Contents:
- Cyclone V SOC Module
- Base Board with SD Card
- AC/DC Power supply
- Boot Loader
- LINUX Porting
- 16Gbyte USB 3.0 Memory Stick with:
- LINUX VM with Altera® tools
- FPGA VHDL reference designs
- Ethernet Cable
- USB2.0 A‐B Cable
NOVSOM™CVLite Features
'If the SoC can do it, our SoM can do it™'
- Cyclone® V SoC 484 BGA (U19) part
- Up to One GByte DDR3
- On board Solid state storage/boot options (HPS)
- On board FPGA configuration device (QSPI)
- On board clocks
- On board power solution requiring a 5V power input
- All FPGA signals are routed to SODIM 200 pin, 2V5 type (excluding HPS DDR3)
- Allows any voltage assignment to each I/O bank (VCCIO, VCCPD, VREF)
NOVPEK™CV Features
Connectivity
- 1G Ethernet port (HPS)
- USBOTG (HPS)
- SD slot (HPS)
- CAN (HPS)
- UART (HPS Terminal)
- PMOD™ (FPGA)
- FPGA pins accessible via 100mil dual row pin header
Interface
- Dip Switch
- Four connected to HPS
- Three connected to FPGA via HPS bridge
- Push Buttons
- Four connected to HPS
- Four connected to FPGA via HPS bridge
- LEDs
- Four connected to HPS
- Four connected to FPGA via HPS bridge
Debug
User Guides
Video User Guides
NOVSOM™CVLite Ordering Guide

Example of Valid Part Numbers:
NOVSOM™CVL218-S-32-C (stocking part)
SoM with Cyclone V 5CSEBA2 484 BGA, Single ARM core,
MicroSD slot (lock type), 256Mbyte DDR3, Consumer temperature range.
NOVSOM™CVL527S35FISoM with Cyclone V 5CSEBA5 484 BGA, dual ARM core,
MicroSD slot (lock type),
MicroSD slot (lock type), 512Mbyte DDR3, 256Mbit QSPI (FPGA), Industrial temperature range.
NOVSOM™CV618F31A SoM with Cyclone V 5CSEBA6 484 BGA, Single ARM core, 256Mbit QSPI (HPS), 1Gbyte DDR3, Automotive temperature range.
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