• Part: EPC2
  • Description: Configuration Devices
  • Manufacturer: Altera Corporation
  • Size: 570.32 KB
EPC2 Datasheet (PDF) Download
Altera Corporation
EPC2

Key Features

  • Serial device family for configuring APEXTM II, APEX 20K (including APEX 20K, APEX 20KC, and APEX 20KE), MercuryTM, ACEX® 1K, and FLEX® (FLEX 6000, FLEX 10KE, and FLEX 10KA) devices Easy-to-use 4-pin interface to APEX II, APEX 20K, Mercury, ACEX, and FLEX devices Low current during configuration and near-zero standby current 5.0-V and 3.3-V operation Software design support with the Altera® Quartus® II and MAX+PLUS® II development systems for Windows-based PCs as well as Sun SPARCstation, and HP 9000 Series 700/800 Programming support with Altera’s Master Programming Unit (MPU) and programming hardware from Data I/O, BP Microsystems, and other manufacturers Available in compact plastic packages (see Figures 1 and 2) - 8-pin plastic dual in-line package (PDIP) - 20-pin plastic J-lead chip carrier (PLCC) package - 32-pin plastic thin quad flat pack (TQFP) package - 100-pin plastic thin quad flat pack (TQPF) package - 88-pin Ultra FineLine BGATM package EPC2 device has reprogrammable Flash configuration memory - 5.0-V and 3.3-V in-system programmability (ISP) through the built-in IEEE Std. 1149.1 Joint Test Action Group (JTAG) interface - Built-in JTAG boundary-scan test (BST) circuitry compliant with IEEE Std. 1149.1 - ISP circuitry is compatible with IEEE Std. 1532 for EPC2 configuration device - Supports programming through Serial Vector Format Files (.svf), JamTM Standard Test and Programming Language (STAPL) Files (.jam), Jam STAPL Byte-Code Files (.jbc), and the MAX+PLUS II software via the MasterBlasterTM, ByteBlasterMVTM, or BitBlasterTM download cable - nINIT_CONF pin allows a JTAG instruction to initiate device configuration - Can be programmed with Programmer Object Files (.pof) for EPC1 and EPC1441 devices - Available in 20-pin PLCC and 32-pin TQFP packages Altera Corpor