A54SX32-CQ208BX181 - SX FPGA 48K Gates 208-CQFP | Microchip
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A54SX32-CQ208BX181 Übersicht
An FPGA (field-programmable gate array) is a semiconductor device containing a matrix of configurable logic blocks and programmable interconnects that the designer wires together to implement custom digital hardware. Within the programmable logic hierarchy, the FPGA sits above CPLDs in gate count and functionality, and the SX family belongs to the broader category of one-time-programmable (OTP) antifuse FPGAs, positioned under programmable logic devices and logic ICs.
Key features of the A54SX32-CQ208BX181 include the sea-of-modules architecture with 2,880 Rex modules (combinatorial and sequential logic cells), dual-voltage operation supporting core/IO supplies of 3.0 V to 3.6 V and 4.75 V to 5.25 V for mixed-voltage system integration, 100% resource utilization with 100% pin locking, and PCI compliance at 66 MHz. The antifuse fabric is inherently non-volatile and immediately active at power-up, requiring no configuration device, which improves security and simplifies the power supply design.
Technically, the SX family uses a sea-of-modules architecture in which each module is a compact logic cell implementing both combinational and registered functions. Because routing is performed by sub-micron antifuse elements rather than SRAM pass gates, the device achieves ASIC-like speed and low power with very low switching noise, while remaining reprogrammable at the device level only in the sense of one-time programming at programming time.
Typical applications include high-reliability and long-lifecycle systems such as industrial control, avionics and defense platforms, communications infrastructure glue logic, and bus-interface bridging where 66 MHz PCI integration and single-chip logic consolidation are required.
A key design consideration is that antifuse FPGAs are one-time programmable: the design must be fully verified before programming, and engineering changes require new devices. Dual-supply systems must respect power-up sequencing between the 3.3 V and 5.0 V rails per the manufacturer datasheet.
This page synthesizes distributor pricing, drop-in same-family alternatives, and practical design notes not found in the manufacturer datasheet, providing information gain for engineers evaluating the A54SX32-CQ208BX181.
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A54SX32-CQ208B
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Datenblatt ansehen →A54SX32-CQ208BX181 Grenzwerte & elektrische Eigenschaften
| Family | SX (Actel/Microchip antifuse FPGA) |
| System Gates | 48000 gates |
| Logic Modules | 2880 modules |
| Usable I/O | 174 I/O |
| Internal Performance | 320 MHz |
| Clock-to-Out (pin-to-pin) | 3.7 ns |
| Input Set-Up Time | 0.1 ns |
| Clock Skew | 0.25 ns |
| PCI Compliance | 66 MHz PCI |
| Supply Voltage (core/IO) | 3 V to 3.6 V |
| Supply Voltage (secondary) | 4.75 V to 5.25 V |
| Programming Technology | Antifuse (one-time programmable, non-volatile) |
| Gehäuse | 208-pin CQFP (BFCQFP with tie bar) |
| Montageart | Surface Mount |
| Configuration | Live at power-up, no external configuration device |
A54SX32-CQ208BX181 208-pin cqfp (bfcqfp with tie bar) Pinbelegungsleitfaden
Pinbelegung für A54SX32-CQ208BX181 (208-pin cqfp (bfcqfp with tie bar)-Gehäuse). Dieser digitale IC umfasst GPIO, Kommunikationsschnittstellen (UART, SPI, I2C) und Versorgungspins. Alternative Pin-Funktionen und Konfigurationsoptionen entnehmen Sie dem Herstellerdatenblatt. Unverzichtbar für Embedded-System-Design und PCB-Layout.
Keine detaillierten Pinbelegungsdaten verfügbar für A54SX32-CQ208BX181.
Siehe die Datenblatt für die vollständige Pin-Konfiguration.
Typische Anwendungen
A54SX32-CQ208BX181 ist geeignet für 6 Anwendungs: High-Reliability Industrial Control, Avionics and Defense Legacy Sustainment, Communications Infrastructure Glue Logic, Test and Measurement Instrumentation, Mixed-Voltage System Bridging, ASIC Prototyping and Low-Volume Emulation.
High-Reliability Industrial Control
In industrial automation controllers, the A54SX32-CQ208BX181 consolidates glue logic, bus decoding, and sequencer functions that would otherwise occupy dozens of 74-series devices. Its 48,000 system gates and 174 usable I/O provide ample integration for backplane interfaces, while the 66 MHz PCI compliance supports standard industrial bus bridges. The antifuse fabric is live at power-up with 0.1 ns setup timing and no configuration device, so the controller never experiences a configuration window during brown-out events. The ceramic CQFP package tolerates the wider temperature and vibration environments of factory equipment better than plastic packages, and the dual 3.3 V/5.0 V supply scheme lets it interface directly with legacy 5 V PLC I/O without level translators.
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Avionics and Defense Legacy Sustainment
Defense and avionics platforms specified the Actel SX family for its one-time-programmable antifuse fabric, which cannot be corrupted in flight and presents no configuration-stream vulnerability. The A54SX32-CQ208BX181's ceramic CQFP package with tie bar supports hermetic, high-reliability assembly flows, and M-screening suffix variants (such as A54SX32-CQ208M and A54SX32-1CQ208M) align with military screening requirements. With 320 MHz internal performance and 0.25 ns clock skew, the device closes timing on radar interface and telemetry logic without pipelining overhead. For programs sustaining deployed hardware, same-family 208-pin CQFP variants enable drop-in replenishment with no PCB redesign, and the design is simply reprogrammed into the replacement device.
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Communications Infrastructure Glue Logic
Telecom line cards and backplane adapters frequently used the A54SX32 to bridge standard buses, implement framer interfaces, and manage card-level arbitration. The device's 3.7 ns pin-to-pin clock-to-out and 66 MHz PCI compliance allow it to sit directly on a PCI segment as a single-chip interface solution, while 174 usable I/O cover wide parallel data paths that modern small FPGAs cannot match without high-pin BGA packages. Because the antifuse fabric draws no configuration current and exhibits low switching noise inherent to the antifuse routing technology, supply integrity on dense line cards is easier to maintain. The dual 3.3 V/5.0 V supplies interface with both legacy 5 V PHY devices and 3.3 V logic on the same board.
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Test and Measurement Instrumentation
Bench instruments and ATE modules use the A54SX32-CQ208BX181 for timing generators, trigger logic, and parallel instrument buses. The 0.1 ns input setup and 0.25 ns clock skew specifications allow multi-channel sampling logic to run coherently across the 2,880 modules, and 320 MHz internal performance supports counters and pattern generators at high rates. The CQFP's exposed tie-bar lead frame gives test engineers accessible probe points on every pin during board bring-up, an advantage over BGA alternatives. Since antifuse programming is permanent, calibration and trigger state machines behave deterministically across power cycles - a meaningful benefit in metrology equipment where a configuration reload event would invalidate a measurement session.
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Mixed-Voltage System Bridging
Systems combining legacy 5 V TTL logic with modern 3.3 V subsystems benefit directly from the A54SX32's dual-supply operation: 3.0-3.6 V and 4.75-5.25 V per the Microchip USA product data. The FPGA acts as the voltage-translation domain boundary, with 174 usable I/O absorbing the 5 V-side signals while internal logic runs from the 3.3 V rail. This eliminates banks of discrete level translators and their associated propagation delay, keeping the 3.7 ns pin-to-pin clock-to-out figure intact across domains. In upgrade programs where a 5 V backplane must survive alongside new 3.3 V processing cards, the A54SX32-CQ208BX181 provides a single-chip, permanently programmed bridge that is live before the microprocessors complete reset.
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ASIC Prototyping and Low-Volume Emulation
Before taping out an ASIC, engineering teams used SX-family antifuse FPGAs such as the A54SX32 to emulate control logic at speed. The sea-of-modules architecture's 320 MHz internal clocking and 0.25 ns clock skew let prototype boards emulate multi-MHz ASIC behavior more faithfully than slower SRAM FPGAs of the era, and the permanently programmed fabric eliminated configuration-load stalls during long emulation runs. With 48,000 gates per device, several A54SX32-CQ208BX181 units partition a mid-size design across a prototyping board. Although modern prototyping uses larger SRAM devices, legacy test fixtures already designed around this part continue to be maintained with same-family 208-pin CQFP replenishment parts reprogrammed with updated netlists.
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Zusammenfassung der empfohlenen Produkte
Technische Referenzdaten für A54SX32-CQ208BX181 – Vergleich, Designhinweise und Compliance-Informationen.
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Vergleich mit Alternativen
| Parameter | Dieses Produkt | A54SX32-CQ208B | A54SX32-1CQ208B | A54SX32-1CQ208M | A54SX16-CQ208B |
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| Package | 208-CQFP (with tie bar) | 208-CQFP - same | 208-CQFP - same | 208-CQFP - same | 208-CQFP - same |
| Brand | Microchip Technology (Actel) | Microchip Technology (Actel) | Microchip Technology (Actel) | Microchip Technology (Actel) | Microchip Technology (Actel) |
| System Gates | 48000 gates | 48000 gates | 48000 gates | 48000 gates | 16000 gates |
| Logic Modules | 2880 | 2880 | 2880 | 2880 | 928 |
| Speed Grade | Standard (per BX181 suffix designation) | Standard | -1 (faster) | -1 (faster), M screening | Standard |
| Supply Voltage | 3.0-3.6 V and 4.75-5.25 V | 3.0-3.6 V and 4.75-5.25 V | 3.0-3.6 V and 4.75-5.25 V | 3.0-3.6 V and 4.75-5.25 V | 3.0-3.6 V and 4.75-5.25 V |
| Programming Technology | Antifuse (OTP) | Antifuse (OTP) | Antifuse (OTP) | Antifuse (OTP) | Antifuse (OTP) |
| Lifecycle Status | Legacy / EOL (open market) | Active listings via distributor/open market | Active listings via distributor/open market | Open market | Active listings via distributor/open market |
Wichtigste Unterscheidungsmerkmale
- Highest-capacity SX device in the 208-pin CQFP socket (vs. A54SX16-CQ208B)
- Faster speed grades available in the identical footprint (vs. A54SX32-CQ208B)
- Hermetic ceramic CQFP with tie bar (vs. A54SX32-PQG208)
- Configuration-free power-up (vs. SRAM FPGAs (e.g., A3PE600-2FGG484))
Designhinweise
Design the 3.3 V and 5.0 V rails independently with local decoupling: 0.1 uF ceramic at every VCC pin pair within 2-3 mm, plus 10 uF bulk per rail. Because the antifuse fabric needs no configuration device, there is no configuration inrush, but simultaneous I/O switching on 174 outputs can cause ground bounce - keep the CQFP ground pins tied to a solid plane and respect the datasheet's power-up sequencing between the 3.3 V and 5 V rails to avoid latch-up.
Antifuse FPGAs are one-time programmable: the design must be fully verified in simulation and (ideally) in an SRAM-based prototype before programming production A54SX32 devices. A post-programming logic bug cannot be fixed in-place - plan for spare programmed devices and retain the original Actel/Microchip Designer programming file. Also confirm the exact meaning of the BX181 ordering suffix against the datasheet ordering-information table before qualifying a different suffix for the same socket.
The 5.0 V supply rail tolerates legacy 5 V TTL inputs, but 5 V-tolerant I/O banks switch large currents that stress return paths. Route 66 MHz PCI and fast parallel buses with controlled impedance and adjacent ground references; keep stub lengths short on the CQFP leads. For mixed 3.3 V/5 V domains, verify the datasheet's I/O structure per bank - do not assume every pin is 5 V tolerant, and series-terminate long 5 V interconnects to damp reflections.
Compliance-Informationen
Compliance data not present in retrieved web data. Hermetic ceramic CQFP parts of this era often rely on lead/pb exemptions; verify with Microchip product compliance documentation before procurement.
