Enhanced Configuration (EPC) Devices
Datasheet
CF52002-3.0
Datasheet
This datasheet describes enhanced configuration (EPC) devices.
Supported Devices
lists the supported Altera
EPC devices.
Table 1. Altera EPC Devices
Device
EPC4
EPC8
EPC16
Memory Size
(bits)
4,194,304
8,388,608
16,777,216
On-Chip
Decompression
Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
ISP Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Cascading
Support
No
No
No
Reprogrammable
Yes
Yes
Yes
Recommended
Operating
Voltage (V)
3.3
3.3
3.3
Features
EPC devices offer the following features:
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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-Mb 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
■
Flash memory block or sector protection capability using the external flash
interface
Supported in EPC4 and EPC16 devices
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■
Page mode support for remote and local reconfiguration with up to eight
configurations for the entire system
■
Compatible with Stratix series remote system configuration feature
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Supports byte-wide configuration mode fast passive parallel (FPP) with an 8-bit
data output per
DCLK
cycle
Supports true
n-bit
concurrent configuration (n = 1, 2, 4, and 8) of Altera FPGAs
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