3. Serial Configuration Devices (EPCS1,
EPCS4, EPCS16, EPCS64, and EPCS128)
Data Sheet
C51014-3.3
Features
The serial configuration devices provide the following features:
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1-, 4-, 16-, 64-, and 128-Mbit flash memory devices that serially configure
Arria
®
series, Cyclone
®
series, all device families in the Stratix
®
series except the
Stratix device family, and FPGAs using the active serial (AS) configuration scheme
Easy-to-use four-pin interface
Low cost, low-pin count, and non-volatile memory
Low current during configuration and near-zero standby mode current
2.7-V to 3.6-V operation
EPCS1 and EPCS4 available in 8-pin small outline integrated circuit (SOIC)
package. EPCS16 available in 8-pin or 16-pin SOIC packages. EPCS64 and
EPCS128 available in 16-pin SOIC package
Enables the Nios
®
processor to access unused flash memory through AS memory
interface
Re-programmable memory with more than 100,000 erase/program cycles
Write protection support for memory sectors using status register bits
In-system programming support with SRunner software driver
In-system programming support with USB Blaster
™
, EthernetBlaster, or
ByteBlaster
™
II download cables
Additional programming support with the Altera
®
Programming Unit (APU) and
programming hardware from BP Microsystems, System General, and other
vendors
Delivered with the memory array erased (all the bits set to
1)
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The term “serial configuration devices” used in this document refers to Altera EPCS1,
EPCS4, EPCS16, EPCS64, and EPCS128.