EP1C12Q240C6NAA - Cyclone FPGA 12060 LE 173 I/O | Intel
N.º de pieza: EP1C12Q240C6NAA ✓ Activo| Cant. | Precio unitario | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | $47.5 | $47,50 |
| 10 | $42.8 | $428,00 |
| 100 | $38.2 | $3.820,00 |
| 500 | $34.6 | $17.300,00 |
| 1.000 | $31.9 | $31.900,00 |
| 3.000 | $29.4 | $88.200,00 |
EP1C12Q240C6NAA Descripción general
An FPGA is a reconfigurable integrated circuit whose logic fabric consists of programmable logic elements, routing resources, and input/output blocks. Unlike a microcontroller that executes sequential instructions, an FPGA implements digital functions as parallel dedicated hardware, with its behavior defined by a configuration bitstream loaded after power-up. In the product hierarchy, an FPGA is a type of programmable logic device, which is itself a class of configurable digital integrated circuit. For embedded-systems engineers, the choice between FPGA, CPLD, MCU, and ASIC depends on required logic density, interface flexibility, time-to-market, and production volume.
Verified distributor data for EP1C12Q240C6NAA lists 12,060 logic elements/cells, 239,616 RAM bits, and 173 user I/O; the device is supplied in a 240-BFQFP, offered with tray packaging, and has an MSL rating of 3 (168 hours). Additional family-level comparison data identifies the EP1C12Q240 family as a 130nm FPGA with a 1.5V core supply, allowing a predictable low-voltage core rail on the PCB while maintaining multiple independent I/O bank supplies for interface flexibility.
The Cyclone architecture balances logic capacity, memory, and I/O: 12,060 logic elements can hold soft processors, state machines, parallel data paths, or system glue logic, while the embedded RAM blocks can implement FIFOs, line buffers, small packet memories, and look-up tables. The 173 user I/O pins, combined with the 240-pin package pinout, support several parallel buses and byte-wide interfaces. Because the device is an SRAM-based FPGA, it must be configured at power-up from a configuration EEPROM, flash memory, or an external processor; production boards therefore need a configuration source in addition to the FPGA itself.
Typical applications include industrial motor and inverter control, production-machine logic, video line capture and pixel preprocessing, and protocol bridging between parallel and serial buses. The 240-pin QFP package is easier to route on lower-layer-count boards than large ball-grid-array FPGAs, making the device attractive for compact industrial control boards that still require a significant amount of programmable logic.
Designers should pay close attention to the multiple power pins: 1.5V core pins, I/O bank supply pins, and configuration pins should all be decoupled close to the package. On a QFP of this size, placing a 0.1uF ceramic capacitor near each power pin and adding bulk capacitance around the package is a practical starting point. I/O bank selection and pin assignment should be performed early in the design with the FPGA vendor pin planning tools to reduce layout risk.
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EP1C12Q240C6N
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Ver hoja de datos →EP1C12Q240C6NAA Valores máximos y características eléctricas
| Ordering Code | EP1C12Q240C6NAA |
| Series | Cyclone |
| Logic Elements / Cells | 12060 |
| RAM Bits | 239616 |
| Total User I/O | 173 |
| Encapsulado | 240-BFQFP |
| Core Supply Voltage | 1.5 V |
| Process Technology | 130 nm |
| Nivel MSL | 3 (168 Hours) |
| Packaging | Tray |
| Tipo de montaje | Surface Mount |
| Temperature Grade | Commercial (C suffix) |
| Speed Grade | -6 |
Guía de configuración de pines de EP1C12Q240C6NAA 240-bfqfp
Configuración de pines para EP1C12Q240C6NAA (encapsulado 240-bfqfp). Este CI digital incluye GPIO, interfaces de comunicación (UART, SPI, I2C) y pines de alimentación. Consulte la hoja de datos del fabricante para conocer las funciones alternativas de los pines y las opciones de configuración. Esencial para el diseño de sistemas embebidos y el diseño de PCB.
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Aplicaciones típicas
EP1C12Q240C6NAA es adecuado para 6 aplicacións: Industrial Motor Control, Industrial Automation and Machine Logic, Video and Image Preprocessing, Protocol Bridging and Communication Interfaces, Test and Measurement Instrumentation, Custom I/O Expansion and Co-Processing.
Industrial Motor Control
The EP1C12Q240C6NAA fits industrial motor and inverter control because its 12,060 logic elements can implement multiple PWM channels, hall/encoder interfaces, dead-time generation, and current-loop state machines simultaneously. Its 173 user I/O pins allow separate connections for gate-driver signals, current-sense ADCs, fault inputs, and a host microcontroller interface without complex external muxing. In a typical 240-pin QFP layout, the FPGA sits close to gate drivers and analog front-ends, giving deterministic switching timing independent of OS scheduling. Designers should place the motor-control PWM state machines in one clock domain and use the FPGA's embedded memory for small look-up tables such as sine tables or commutation sequences. The commercial -6 temperature grade is suitable for indoor industrial cabinets; use an industrial-temperature variant if the controller is mounted near the motor or in an unsealed enclosure.
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Industrial Automation and Machine Logic
For factory automation, the EP1C12Q240C6NAA provides parallel logic for PLC-style machine control, safety interlock logic, conveyor synchronization, and high-speed sensor acquisition. Its 12,060 logic elements are sufficient to replace many SSI/ASIC glue-logic functions and small CPLDs, while the 173 I/O count connects directly to limit switches, optocoupler inputs, valve drivers, and communication PHY chips. The 240-pin QFP package is easier to route on a 4-layer industrial controller board than a fine-pitch BGA, and the 1.5V core reduces heat compared with older 2.5V or 3.3V FPGAs. The FPGA is typically configured from a serial SPI flash after power-up, allowing field updates of machine behavior over an Ethernet or USB bootloader. Because industrial environments often contain electrical noise, add series resistors on high-speed inputs and filter slow digital inputs before they reach the FPGA package.
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Video and Image Preprocessing
In video capture and imaging systems, the EP1C12Q240C6NAA can perform line buffering, pixel synchronization, Bayer-to-RGB interpolation, thresholding, and simple spatial filtering before passing data to a DSP or application processor. The 239,616 RAM bits can be organized into line buffers for 8-bit or 16-bit pixel streams, while the 173 user I/O are sufficient for a parallel CMOS sensor bus, a DDR/parallel output bus, and configuration signals. A 240-pin QFP is easier to route physically to a flat-flex camera connector than a very dense BGA, which reduces prototype cost. For higher-resolution streams, the FPGA's usable logic may run out if too many complex convolution kernels are implemented; consider using a higher-density Cyclone variant or moving heavy processing to a downstream GPU/ASIC. Place clock and pixel-data groups in compatible I/O banks and add series damping resistors to match trace impedances.
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Protocol Bridging and Communication Interfaces
The EP1C12Q240C6NAA is useful for protocol bridging between parallel memory/interface buses and slower serial industrial buses, or for translating between multiple processor-like interfaces. Its 173 user I/O allow direct connection of 8-bit or 16-bit host buses, SDRAM-like interfaces, UARTs, SPI masters, and simple parallel FIFO interfaces. The embedded RAM can implement FIFO buffers that absorb rate mismatches between a high-speed capture bus and a low-speed output bus. Configuration is straightforward from a serial configuration device, making it easy to iterate a bridging protocol in the field. Because many industrial protocols are proprietary or timing sensitive, the parallel hardware structure of an FPGA gives deterministic transmit/receive timing that is difficult with interrupts in a microcontroller. Check the manufacturer's I/O standard support before connecting 5V legacy buses, and use level translators when required.
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Test and Measurement Instrumentation
For test and measurement front ends, the EP1C12Q240C6NAA can acquire parallel ADC data, generate stimulus patterns, implement trigger logic, and communicate with an embedded host processor. Its 12,060 logic elements can hold a small soft-core processor or finite-state-machine controller, while the 239,616 RAM bits are useful for acquisition buffers, sine wave lookup tables, and calibration coefficient storage. Because many bench instruments need clean timing edges and low-latency trigger responses, the FPGA's hardware gates are preferable to a purely software-based approach. The 240-pin QFP package fits well on instruments that use through-hole or mixed assembly methods. Thermal management is important when continuously acquiring high-speed samples at high ambient temperature; size the power supply for the FPGA core and I/O loads, and provide forced-air cooling if multiple channels are active simultaneously.
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Custom I/O Expansion and Co-Processing
The EP1C12Q240C6NAA is effective as a programmable I/O expansion and co-processing device next to an MCU, DSP, or application processor. Its 173 I/O pins can be split into independent parallel ports, serial interfaces, chip enables, and interrupt lines, freeing the host processor from low-level signal timing. Logic elements can implement DMA-like read/write state machines, address decoding, checksum generation, and small cryptography or protocol blocks. The 240-pin QFP package keeps the component on a standard PCB without requiring blind vias, so it is practical in many mixed-signal boards. When using this architecture, define the host interface first and reserve enough I/O for future board revisions; unused I/O can be left as no-connect but should be configured as inputs with pull-ups or outputs low to avoid floating nodes during configuration.
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| Parámetro | Este producto | EP1C12Q240C6N | EP1C12Q240C8N | EP1C12Q240I7N |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Package | 240-BFQFP | 240-BFQFP | 240-BFQFP | 240-BFQFP |
| Brand | Intel | Intel | Intel | Intel |
| Logic Elements | 12060 | 12060 | 12060 | 12060 |
| RAM Bits | 239616 | 239616 | 239616 | 239616 |
| User I/O Count | 173 | 173 | 173 | 173 |
| Temperature Grade | Commercial (C suffix) | Commercial (C suffix) | Commercial (C suffix) | Industrial (I suffix) |
| Speed Grade | -6 | -6 | -8 | -7 |
| Core Voltage | 1.5 V | 1.5 V | 1.5 V | 1.5 V |
Diferenciadores clave
- -6 speed grade provides faster timing performance than -8 alternatives in the same package (frente a EP1C12Q240C8N)
- Same 240-BFQFP package enables direct PCB reuse across speed and temperature variants (frente a EP1C12Q240I7N)
- 173 user I/O pins in a 240-pin QFP, avoiding BGA routing complexity for I/O-centric designs (frente a EP1C12F324I7N)
Notas de diseño
EP1C12Q240C6NAA uses a 1.5V core per the Cyclone family ordering reference, and the 240-pin package contains multiple core/IO power pins. Place low-ESR 0.1uF ceramic capacitors close to each power pin and provide bulk capacitors of at least 10uF per major power rail. Separate analog ground and digital ground only where recommended by the board's mixed-signal architecture; avoid splitting the ground plane under the FPGA because it can worsen noise for large QFP packages.
Estimated: since this is a 240-pin plastic QFP without an exposed pad, heat is removed primarily through package leads and board copper. For continuous operation with high I/O activity and large logic utilization, add airflow or a clip-on heatsink if the ambient temperature exceeds about 70C. The thermal resistance depends on PCB copper area, airflow, and solder joint quality; verify junction temperature using the manufacturer's thermal model or an actual prototype measurement.
Lock FPGA pin assignments before the PCB layout begins. Use the Intel/Altera Quartus pin planner and the Cyclone pin-out files for the 240-BFQFP package to avoid bank conflicts and configuration-pin conflicts. Keep high-speed clock inputs short and terminated according to the I/O standard; add series resistors on fast parallel data outputs to control overshoot. Because the package has 240 pins, route outward from the center of the package using multiple routing layers for complex designs.
Información de cumplimiento
The trailing 'N' in Altera/Intel ordering codes often indicates a lead-free/RoHS-compliant package, but this was not explicitly verified in the fetched data. Confirm RoHS and REACH status from the manufacturer datasheet or an authorized distributor compliance report before use in regulated products.