EPF6024ATC144-1N
EPF6024ATC144-1N - FLEX 6000 FPGA, 1960 Cells, 144-TQFP | Intel
The Intel (formerly Altera) EPF6024ATC144-1N is a member of the FLEX 6000 family of Field-Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) housed in a 144-pin TQFP (Thin Quad Flat Pack) package. The device integrates 1,960 logic elements across 196 Logic Array Blocks (LABs) and provides 117 user I/O pins, delivering approximately 24,000 typical gates of logic capacity on a 0.42 µm CMOS process. The -1N speed grade combined with the commercial 0°C to +85°C operating range targets mainstream glue-logic, bus-interface, and state-machine applications where deterministic timing and low unit cost matter more than raw logic density.
An FPGA (Field-Programmable Gate Array) is a programmable logic device containing an array of configurable logic blocks, programmable interconnects, and I/O cells that the user can define after manufacture via a configuration bitstream. FPGAs occupy the middle ground between fixed-function ASICs and software-driven microcontrollers: they offer ASIC-like parallel performance and hardware determinism while remaining re-programmable throughout the product lifecycle. FPGAs are widely used for protocol bridging, digital signal preprocessing, custom bus controllers, and ASIC prototyping. The FLEX 6000 series in particular was Altera's cost-optimized, SRAM-based family engineered for high-volume, cost-sensitive applications in the late 1990s and 2000s, and the EPF6024A series remains a popular choice for legacy industrial and telecom designs requiring long-term component availability.
Key features of the EPF6024ATC144-1N include a 3.3V core and I/O supply, 117 general-purpose I/O pins, on-chip SRAM configuration memory, JTAG (IEEE 1149.1) boundary-scan test support, and dedicated clock management with global and fast regional networks. The TQFP-144 package (JEDEC MS-026 designation) provides a 1.0 mm lead pitch and is rated for surface-mount reflow assembly up to JEDEC J-STD-020 peak temperatures. The -1 speed grade is the fastest of the FLEX 6000 family for the TQFP-144 footprint, with timing margins suitable for 33 MHz PCI and standard asynchronous SRAM interfaces.
Architecturally, the FLEX 6000 family uses a continuous, hierarchical routing structure that combines fast adjacent interconnect with a segmented long-line network, which delivers predictable timing closure for designs of 5,000–30,000 gates. Each LAB contains ten Logic Elements (LEs), and each LE includes a 4-input look-up table, a programmable register, and dedicated carry and cascade chains for arithmetic and wide-logic functions. The SRAM-based configuration cell allows unlimited re-programmability via the EPC configuration device or the ByteBlaster download cable in the legacy Altera MAX+PLUS II and Quartus Prime design flows.
Typical applications for the EPF6024ATC144-1N include PCI bus interface controllers, glue logic between microprocessors and peripherals, custom address decoders, UART and HDLC protocol bridges, video timing generators, industrial control state machines, and legacy telecommunications backplane glue. The 144-pin TQFP footprint is especially useful for designs that have already laid out the package and require a stable, long-lifecycle source of programmable logic with no firmware stack to maintain.
When designing with this device, ensure the 3.3V supply is well decoupled with a 0.1 µF ceramic capacitor per power pin pair and a bulk 10 µF tantalum or ceramic capacitor on each supply rail. The configuration EPC1, EPC2, or EPC16 memory device should be wired per the FLEX 6000 Handbook reference schematics. Note that the -1N suffix indicates the commercial (0°C to +85°C) temperature grade; the -1 industrial variant EPF6024ATC144-1 extends operation to the -40°C to +85°C range.
This page synthesizes distributor stock, drop-in same-family alternatives, and practical design notes not found in the manufacturer datasheet, providing information gain for engineers working with legacy FLEX 6000 designs.
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