January 2012

Altera Corporation

CF52002-3.0

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Enhanced Configuration (EPC) Devices

Datasheet

This datasheet describes enhanced configuration (EPC) devices.

Supported Devices

Features

EPC devices offer the following features:

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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

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External flash interface supports parallel programming of flash and external

processor access to unused portions of memory

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Flash memory block or sector protection capability using the external flash

interface

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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

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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) with an 8-bit

data output per DCLK cycle

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Supports true n-bit concurrent configuration (n = 1, 2, 4, and 8) of Altera FPGAs

Table 1. Altera EPC Devices

Device

Memory Size

(bits)

On-Chip

Decompression

Support

ISP Support

Cascading

Support

Reprogrammable

Recommended

Operating

Voltage (V)

EPC4

4,194,304

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

3.3

EPC8

8,388,608

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

3.3

EPC16

16,777,216

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

3.3