4. Serial Configuration Devices (EPCS1,
EPCS4, EPCS16, EPCS64, and EPCS128)
Data Sheet
C51014-3.2
Introduction
The serial configuration devices provide the following features:
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Low cost, low-pin count, and non-volatile memory
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Low current during configuration and near-zero standby mode current
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2.7-V to 3.6-V operation
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EPCS1 and EPCS4 available in 8-pin small outline integrated circuit (SOIC)
package. EPCS16 and EPCS128 available in 8-pin or 16-pin small outline
integrated circuit (SOIC) packages
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Enables the Nios® processor to access unused flash memory through AS memory
interface
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Re-programmable memory with more than 100,000 erase/program cycles
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Write protection support for memory sectors using status register bits
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In-system programming support with SRunner software driver
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In-system programming support with USB Blaster™, Ethernet Blaster™, or
ByteBlaster™ II download cables
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Additional programming support with the Altera® Programming Unit (APU) and
programming hardware from BP Microsystems, System General, and other
vendors
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Software design support with the Altera Quartus® II development system for
Windows-based PCs as well as Sun SPARC station and HP 9000 Series 700/800
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© October 2008
Easy-to-use four-pin interface
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1-, 4-, 16-, 64-, and 128-Mbit flash memory devices that serially configure Stratix®
III, Stratix II GX, and Stratix II FPGAs, Arria™ GX FPGAs, and the Cyclone® series
FPGAs using the active serial (AS) configuration scheme
Delivered with the memory array erased (all the bits set to 1)
The term “serial configuration devices” used in this document refers to Altera EPCS1,
EPCS4, EPCS16, EPCS64, and EPCS128.
Altera Corporation
Configuration Handbook (Complete Two-Volume Set)
