The Intel® Arria® 10 SoC Development Kit offers a quick and simple approach for developing custom Arm* Development Studio for Intel® SoC FPGA processor-based SoC designs. Design productivity is one of the driving philosophies of Intel Arria 10 SoC architecture. Intel Arria 10 SoCs offer full software compatibility with previous generation SoCs, a broad ecosystem of Arm* DS for Intel® SoC FPGA software and tools, and the enhanced FPGA and digital signal processing (DSP) hardware design flow.
Intel® Arria® 10 SoC Development Kit


Intel Arria 10 SoCs have been designed to meet the performance and power requirements for mid-range applications such as:
- Wireless infrastructure equipment including remote radio unit and mobile backhaul**
- Compute and storage equipment including flash cache, cloud computing, and acceleration**
- Broadcast studio and distribution equipment including professional A/V and video conferencing**
- Military guidance, control, and intelligence equipment**
- Wireline 100G line cards, bridges and aggregation, 40G GPON**
- Test and measurement equipment**
- Diagnostic medical imaging equipment**
- PCI Express* (PCIe*) Gen3 x8 lanes (endpoint or root port)**
**Application-specific daughtercards, available separately, supporting a wide range of I/O and interface standards
With this kit, you can:
- Evaluate Intel Arria 10 SoC device features and performance
- Begin development of your hardware and software design
- Use as a platform for target reference designs, OS/BSP, and tools
Table 2. Contents Included in the Development Kit
Hardware | Software2 |
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1. DK-SOC-10AS066S-A development kit comes with a 10AS066N3F40E2SG device
2. Download the zip file, and install the Intel Arria 10 SoC Board Test System.
3. A one-year license for Intel Quartus Prime Design Software is available upon purchase of the kit. License activation instructions and FAQs.
4. Arm* DS for Intel® SoC FPGA is sold seperately, replacing ARM Development Studio 5 (ARM DS5) - check Download Center for details
Table 3. Development Kit Documentation
Document | Description |
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Intel Arria 10 SX SoC Package Installer (ES2 Edition)
Intel Arria 10 SX SoC Package Installer (Production Edition) |
A single zip file containing
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Documentation about setting up the Arria 10 SoC Development Kit and using the included software: Arria 10 SoC Development Kit User Guide |
Quick Start Guide (ES2 Edition)
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Documentation summarizing the usage of the development kit and its features |
Board Schematic | Production Kit schematic, Rev C |
Board Bring Up Guide | Details on how to bring up the Intel Arria 10 SoC Development Kit |
Intel Arria 10 GSRD (Golden System Reference Design)1 | Intel Arria 10 GSRD (Golden System Reference Design) page on Rocketboards.org for instructions to create an SD card image. |
SoC EDS Installer | SoC EDS installer2 |
Qsys and Quartus Tools | Intel Quartus Prime Design Software Suite provides the necessary tools used for developing hardware and software for Intel FPGA devices. Included in Intel Quartus Prime Software suite are Intel Quartus Prime Software, the Nios II EDS, and the Intel FPGA IP Library. |
1 Please refer to the GSRD compatibility matrix to pick the correct GSRD version for your board.
2 License for Arm* DS for Intel® SoC FPGA is sold seperately - check the Download Center for details