5. Configuration Devices for
SRAM-Based LUT Devices
Data Sheet
CF52005-2.1
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Altera Corporation
August 2005
Configuration device family for configuring Stratix® series,
CycloneTM series, APEXTM II, APEX 20K (including APEX 20K, APEX
20KC, and APEX 20KE), MercuryTM, ACEX® 1K, and FLEX® (FLEX
10KE, and FLEX 10KA) devices
Easy-to-use 4-pin interface to Altera® FPGAs
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 the Altera Programming Unit (APU) and
programming hardware from Data I/O, BP Microsystems, and other
third-party programmers
Available in compact plastic packages
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8-pin plastic dual in-line package (PDIP)
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20-pin plastic J-lead chip carrier (PLCC) package
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32-pin plastic thin quad flat pack (TQFP) package
EPC2 device has reprogrammable Flash configuration memory
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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
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Built-in JTAG boundary-scan test (BST) circuitry compliant with
IEEE Std. 1149.1
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ISP circuitry is compatible with IEEE Std. 1532
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Supports programming through Serial Vector Format Files
(.svf), Jam Standard Test and Programming Language (STAPL)
Files (.jam), Jam STAPL Byte-Code Files (.jbc), and the
Quartus II and MAX+PLUS II software via the USB Blaster,
MasterBlasterTM, ByteBlasterTM II, EthernetBlaster, or
ByteBlasterMVTM download cable
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nINIT_CONF pin allows INIT_CONF JTAG instruction to
initiate FPGA configuration
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Can be programmed with Programmer Object Files (.pof) for
EPC1 and EPC1441 devices
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Available in 20-pin PLCC and 32-pin TQFP packages
For detailed information on enhanced configuration devices, refer to
Enhanced Configuration Devices (EPC4, EPC8 & EPC16) Data Sheet. For
detailed information on serial configuration devices, refer to Serial
Configuration Devices (EPCS1, EPCS4, EPCS16, & EPCS64) Data Sheet.
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