Configuration Devices for
®
ACEX, APEX, FLEX & Mercury Devices
Data Sheet
March 2001, ver. 11
Features
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Serial device family for configuring ACEX
TM
, APEX
TM
(including
APEX 20K, APEX 20KC, and APEX 20KE), FLEX
®
(FLEX 10KE and
FLEX 10KA), and Mercury
TM
devices
Easy-to-use 4-pin interface to ACEX, APEX, FLEX, and Mercury
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
TM
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)
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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 for EPC2
configuration device
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Supports programming through Serial Vector Format Files
(.svf), Jam
TM
Standard Test and Programming Language
(STAPL) Files (.jam), Jam STAPL Byte-Code Files (.jbc), and the
MAX+PLUS II software via the MasterBlaster
TM
,
ByteBlasterMV
TM
, or BitBlaster
TM
download cable
–
nINIT_CONF
pin allows a JTAG instruction to initiate APEX,
FLEX, or Mercury device 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
Altera Corporation
A-DS-EPROM-11
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