1. Enhanced Configuration Devices
(EPC4, EPC8, and EPC16) Data Sheet
CF52002-2.8
Features
This chapter describes the EPC4, EPC8, and EPC16 enhanced configuration devices
(EPC).
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Single-chip configuration solution for Altera
®
ACEX
®
1K, APEX
™
20K (including
APEX 20K, APEX 20KC, and APEX 20KE), APEX II, Arria
®
GX, Cyclone
®
, Cyclone
II, FLEX
®
10K (including FLEX 10KE and FLEX 10KA), Mercury
™
, Stratix
®
II, and
Stratix II GX devices
Contains 4-, 8-, and 16-Mbit flash memories for configuration data storage
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On-chip decompression feature almost doubles the effective configuration
density
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Standard flash die and a controller die combined into single stacked chip package
External flash interface supports parallel programming of flash and external
processor access to unused portions of memory
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Flash memory block/sector protection capability via external flash interface
Supported in EPC16 and EPC4 devices
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Page mode support for remote and local reconfiguration with up to eight
configurations for the entire system
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Compatible with Stratix series Remote System Configuration feature
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Supports byte-wide configuration mode fast passive parallel (FPP); 8-bit data
output per
DCLK
cycle
Supports true
n-bit
concurrent configuration (n = 1, 2, 4, and 8) of Altera FPGAs
Pin-selectable 2-ms or 100-ms power-on reset (POR) time
Configuration clock supports programmable input source and frequency synthesis
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Multiple configuration clock sources supported (internal oscillator and
external clock input pin)
External clock source with frequencies up to 100 MHz
Internal oscillator defaults to 10 MHz; Programmable for higher frequencies of
33, 50, and 66 MHz
Clock synthesis supported via user programmable divide counter
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Available in the 100-pin plastic quad flat pack (PQFP) and the 88-pin Ultra
FineLine BGA
®
(UFBGA) packages
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Vertical migration between all devices supported in the 100-pin PQFP package
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Supply voltage of 3.3 V (core and I/O)
Hardware compliant with IEEE Std. 1532 in-system programmability (ISP)
specification
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