EPF6016TC144-3 - FLEX 6000 FPGA, 16K Gates, 144-LQFP | Altera
Référence : EPF6016TC144-3 ✗ Fin de vie| Qté | Prix unitaire | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | $18.95 | $18,95 |
| 10 | $16.5 | $165,00 |
| 100 | $13.95 | $1 395,00 |
| 500 | $11.4 | $5 700,00 |
| 1 000 | $9.85 | $9 850,00 |
EPF6016TC144-3 Présentation
A Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) is a reconfigurable integrated circuit that combines programmable logic blocks, programmable interconnects, and programmable I/O cells into a single die. Unlike an ASIC, an FPGA's function is defined post-fabrication by loading a configuration bitstream into on-chip SRAM. In the system hierarchy, an FPGA sits between a microcontroller and an ASIC: it offers more flexibility than an MCU for parallel DSP or custom I/O tasks, and faster time-to-market than an ASIC for low-to-medium volume designs. The FLEX 6000 family specifically targets glue-logic, bus-interface, and low-density control-plane applications where 5V tolerance and QFP packages are still valued.
Key features of the EPF6016TC144-3 include continuous SRAM-based reconfigurability, multi-volt I/O support (3.3V and 5V tolerant interfaces), JTAG-based boundary-scan testing compliant with IEEE 1149.1, and four low-skew global clock networks. The device is supported by the Altera MAX+PLUS II and Quartus design flows, with EDIF 2.0/3.0 netlist, VHDL, Verilog HDL, and LPM (Library of Parameterized Modules) interfaces for third-party EDA tools from Cadence, Mentor Graphics, Synopsys, and OrCAD.
Architecturally, the FLEX 6000 LAB is built from 10 Logic Elements (LEs), each containing a 4-input look-up table, a programmable register, and a dedicated carry chain for fast arithmetic. The interconnect uses a continuous FastTrack routing matrix that delivers predictable timing across the die. The 5V-tolerant I/Os can interface directly to legacy TTL/CMOS peripherals without external level shifters, which is the key reason FLEX 6000 parts remain specified in industrial backplane and instrumentation designs.
Typical applications include industrial glue logic, legacy 5V bus bridges, motor control pre-processing, telecommunications backplane controllers, prototyping platforms for ASIC emulation, and test & measurement front-end logic. Designers usually pair the EPF6016TC144-3 with an EPC2 configuration device to store the SRAM bitstream at power-up.
When designing with this part, note that configuration data is volatile: the FPGA must be reconfigured at every power-up, so a serial configuration PROM or microcontroller must be included in the BOM. The commercial-grade temperature range (0°C to 85°C) must also be respected; for harsher environments, an industrial-grade variant (suffix "I") should be specified instead.
This page consolidates distributor pricing, drop-in same-family alternatives from the FLEX 6000 line, and practical design notes that are not repeated in the manufacturer datasheet itself, helping engineers compare and select between the many -1, -2, and -3 speed grades that Altera shipped in this family.
Alternatives de remplacement direct pour EPF6016TC144-3 — même boîtier, compatible broche à broche. Les références à boîtier différent nécessitant une retouche du PCB sont exclues.
Variantes de cette série
Modèles de la même série directement compatibles avec EPF6016TC144-3 (même facteur de forme et même empreinte) — différant par Package, Configuration Method, Operating Temperature, Process Technology, Speed Grade.
Outil de comparaison rapide — sélectionnez des références alternatives pour une comparaison côte à côte :
EPF6016TC144-2N
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$13.85 / unité
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Voir la fiche technique →EPF6016TC144-3 Valeurs maximales et caractéristiques électriques
| Family | FLEX 6000 |
| Device Type | FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array) |
| Typical Gates | 16,000 |
| Logic Elements (LEs) | 1,320 |
| Logic Array Blocks (LABs) | 132 |
| User I/Os | 117 |
| Maximum Internal Frequency | 125 MHz |
| System Frequency (typical) | 172 MHz |
| Process Technology | 0.42 µm CMOS |
| Core Supply Voltage | 5 V |
| I/O Voltage Tolerance | 3.3 V / 5 V |
| Boîtier | 144-pin LQFP (TQFP) |
| Configuration Method | SRAM (volatile) - requires external PROM |
| JTAG (IEEE 1149.1) | Supported |
| Température de fonctionnement | 0 °C to +85 °C (commercial) |
| Speed Grade | -3 (standard) |
Configuration des broches de EPF6016TC144-3
| Broche 1 | GND — Ground (corner pin for thermal dissipation) |
| Broche 2 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 1) |
| Broche 3 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 1) |
| Broche 4 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 1) |
| Broche 5 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 1) |
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| Broche 7 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 1) |
| Broche 8 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 1) |
| Broche 9 | VCCIO1 — I/O bank 1 supply voltage (3.3V or 5V) |
| Broche 10 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 1) |
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| Broche 19 | GND — Ground |
| Broche 20 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 1) |
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| Broche 26 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 1) |
| Broche 27 | VCCINT — Core supply voltage (5V) |
| Broche 28 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 2) |
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| Broche 36 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 2) |
| Broche 37 | VCCIO2 — I/O bank 2 supply voltage (3.3V or 5V) |
| Broche 38 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 2) |
| Broche 39 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 2) |
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| Broche 45 | GND — Ground |
| Broche 46 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 2) |
| Broche 47 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 2) |
| Broche 48 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 2) |
| Broche 49 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 2) |
| Broche 50 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 2) |
| Broche 51 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 2) |
| Broche 52 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 2) |
| Broche 53 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 2) |
| Broche 54 | VCCINT — Core supply voltage (5V) |
| Broche 55 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 3) |
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| Broche 63 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 3) |
| Broche 64 | VCCIO3 — I/O bank 3 supply voltage (3.3V or 5V) |
| Broche 65 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 3) |
| Broche 66 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 3) |
| Broche 67 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 3) |
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| Broche 70 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 3) |
| Broche 71 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 3) |
| Broche 72 | GND — Ground |
| Broche 73 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 3) |
| Broche 74 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 3) |
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| Broche 79 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 3) |
| Broche 80 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 3) |
| Broche 81 | VCCINT — Core supply voltage (5V) |
| Broche 82 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 4) |
| Broche 83 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 4) |
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| Broche 89 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 4) |
| Broche 90 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 4) |
| Broche 91 | VCCIO4 — I/O bank 4 supply voltage (3.3V or 5V) |
| Broche 92 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 4) |
| Broche 93 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 4) |
| Broche 94 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 4) |
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| Broche 98 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 4) |
| Broche 99 | GND — Ground |
| Broche 100 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 4) |
| Broche 101 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 4) |
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| Broche 106 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 4) |
| Broche 107 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 4) |
| Broche 108 | VCCINT — Core supply voltage (5V) |
| Broche 109 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 1) |
| Broche 110 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 1) |
| Broche 111 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 1) |
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| Broche 116 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 1) |
| Broche 117 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 1) |
| Broche 118 | VCCIO1 — I/O bank 1 supply voltage (3.3V or 5V) |
| Broche 119 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 1) |
| Broche 120 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 1) |
| Broche 121 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 1) |
| Broche 122 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 1) |
| Broche 123 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 1) |
| Broche 124 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 1) |
| Broche 125 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 1) |
| Broche 126 | GND — Ground |
| Broche 127 | nCONFIG — Configuration control (active-low) |
| Broche 128 | nSTATUS — Configuration status (active-low) |
| Broche 129 | CONF_DONE — Configuration done (active-high) |
| Broche 130 | DCLK — Configuration clock input |
| Broche 131 | DATA — Configuration data input |
| Broche 132 | TCK — JTAG test clock (IEEE 1149.1) |
| Broche 133 | TMS — JTAG test mode select |
| Broche 134 | TDI — JTAG test data input |
| Broche 135 | TDO — JTAG test data output |
| Broche 136 | CLK0 — Global clock input 0 |
| Broche 137 | CLK1 — Global clock input 1 |
| Broche 138 | CLK2 — Global clock input 2 |
| Broche 139 | CLK3 — Global clock input 3 |
| Broche 140 | I/O — User I/O pin |
| Broche 141 | I/O — User I/O pin |
| Broche 142 | I/O — User I/O pin |
| Broche 143 | I/O — User I/O pin |
| Broche 144 | I/O — User I/O pin |
Applications typiques
EPF6016TC144-3 convient pour 7 applications: Industrial Glue Logic, Legacy 5V Bus Bridge, Motor Control Pre-Processing, Telecommunications Backplane Controller, ASIC Emulation Platform, Test & Measurement Front-End, Legacy Avionics Display Driver.
Industrial Glue Logic
The EPF6016TC144-3 fits industrial glue-logic applications because its 1,320 logic elements across 132 LABs can absorb bus bridges, address decoders, interrupt controllers, and watchdog logic that previously required multiple 74-series TTL chips. Its 5V-tolerant I/O bank interfaces directly to legacy 5V CMOS peripherals, optocouplers, and 24V industrial sensor isolators without external level shifters. With 117 user I/O pins and four low-skew global clock networks, the device easily replaces 5-10 discrete logic ICs while remaining re-programmable for late design changes.
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Legacy 5V Bus Bridge
The EPF6016TC144-3 is ideal for legacy 5V bus bridges because its VCCIO pins can be set to 5.0V, allowing direct drive of ISA, PC/104, STD, and VME peripheral interfaces. The 132 LABs and 117 user I/O pins comfortably absorb 16-bit data buses plus full address and control decoding for multiple peripherals. Unlike a hard-wired PAL/GAL solution, the FLEX 6000 fabric is reconfigurable so the same PCB can ship as different bus personalities by only swapping the configuration bitstream - critical for low-volume industrial OEMs.
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Motor Control Pre-Processing
The EPF6016TC144-3 fits motor control pre-processing applications because its 125 MHz internal clock rate easily handles quadrature encoder decoding, Hall-effect sensor conditioning, PWM timing generation, and BLDC commutation tables for multi-axis drives. The dedicated carry chain inside each Logic Element delivers fast hardware multipliers for field-oriented control (FOC) math, while the 5V-tolerant I/Os interface directly to industrial opto-isolated gate drivers. With 117 user I/O pins, a single EPF6016TC144-3 can serve 3-4 axis drives on the same board.
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Telecommunications Backplane Controller
The EPF6016TC144-3 is well-suited to telecommunications backplane controller cards because its 117 user I/O pins support multiple serial links, framing strobes, and management bus interfaces on the same die. The four global clock networks maintain low skew across data and framing paths, which is essential for backplanes running at tens of MHz. Its 5V I/O tolerance connects directly to legacy E1/T1 line interface units and older backplane transceivers without level translation, reducing both BOM cost and PCB area on backplane cards.
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ASIC Emulation Platform
The EPF6016TC144-3 is a popular choice for ASIC emulation platforms because its SRAM-based fabric allows rapid design iterations during ASIC prototyping, with bitstream load times measured in milliseconds. Engineers targeting mid-complexity ASICs (10K-20K gate equivalents) can map full designs into the 16K-gate fabric, validate functional behavior in real time, and re-spin logic revisions in hours rather than weeks. The JTAG IEEE 1149.1 boundary-scan support on this device enables production test integration for the emulated ASIC's pin map.
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Test & Measurement Front-End
The EPF6016TC144-3 fits test and measurement front-end logic because its 117 user I/O pins can drive dozens of digital stimulus channels, trigger logic, and handshake signals between the instrument's DSP and the device under test. The 0°C to 85°C commercial temperature range covers most laboratory and bench environments, while the 5V-tolerant I/Os interface directly to legacy TTL/CMOS instrument busses. With 132 LABs the part can implement pattern generators, timing analyzers, and protocol decoders in a single chip.
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Legacy Avionics Display Driver
The EPF6016TC144-3 fits legacy avionics display driver boards because its 5V-tolerant I/O connects directly to older cockpit instrumentation buses, while the 132 LABs provide enough logic density for raster/vector timing generation, character ROM replacement, and overlay arbitration. Engineers use the JTAG interface for in-system programming during avionics certification testing. With four global clocks, the part maintains tight timing across CRT/LCD scan frequencies required by legacy avionics displays.
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Données de référence d'ingénierie pour EPF6016TC144-3 — comparaison, recommandations de conception et informations de conformité.
Guide de sélection
Comparaison avec les alternatives
| Paramètre | Ce produit | EPF6016TC144-2N | EPF6016TC144-2 | EPF6016ATC144-3 | EPF6016ATC144-2N | EPF6016ATI144-3N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Package | 144-LQFP (TQFP) | 144-LQFP (TQFP) - same | 144-LQFP (TQFP) - same | 144-LQFP (TQFP) - same | 144-LQFP (TQFP) - same | 144-LQFP (TQFP) - same |
| Brand | Altera (Intel FPGA) | Altera (Intel FPGA) | Altera (Intel FPGA) | Altera (Intel FPGA) | Altera (Intel FPGA) | Altera (Intel FPGA) |
| Speed Grade | -3 (standard) | -2 (faster) | -2 (faster) | -3 (standard) | -2 (faster) | -3 (standard) |
| Operating Temperature | 0 C to +85 C (commercial) | 0 C to +85 C (commercial) | 0 C to +85 C (commercial) | 0 C to +85 C (commercial) | 0 C to +85 C (commercial) | -40 C to +100 C (industrial) |
| Logic Elements | 1,320 | 1,320 (identical fabric) | 1,320 (identical fabric) | 1,320 (identical fabric) | 1,320 (identical fabric) | 1,320 (identical fabric) |
| Typical Gates | 16,000 | 16,000 | 16,000 | 16,000 | 16,000 | 16,000 |
| User I/Os | 117 | 117 | 117 | 117 | 117 | 117 |
| Core Voltage | 5 V | 5 V | 5 V | 5 V | 5 V | 5 V |
| Lifecycle Status | Obsolete | Obsolete (surplus) | Obsolete (surplus) | Obsolete (surplus) | Obsolete (surplus) | Obsolete (surplus) |
Principaux différenciateurs
- 5V core with 3.3V/5V-tolerant I/O for legacy system integration (vs EPF10K30ETC144-3)
- Lower cost and simpler design than higher-density FLEX 10K parts (vs EPF10K30ETC144-3)
- Standard -3 speed grade balances cost and Fmax for most designs (vs EPF6016TC144-2N)
- Commercial temperature variant at lowest cost (vs EPF6016ATI144-3N)
Notes de conception
The EPF6016TC144-3 requires four independent supply rails: VCCINT (5V core), VCCIO1-VCCIO4 (per-bank I/O voltage at 3.3V or 5V), and a clean analog ground. Decouple each VCCINT pin with a 0.1 uF X7R ceramic placed within 5 mm of the pin, and add a single 10 uF tantalum or polymer bulk capacitor near each VCCIO bank. Inrush current during configuration can reach 200 mA per bank, so the 5V regulator must provide at least 500 mA of headroom. Power sequencing: VCCINT must rise to 4.75V before VCCIO to avoid I/O latch-up.
Lay out the 144-pin LQFP on a four-layer PCB with a continuous ground plane directly under the package to provide low-impedance return paths for the 132 LAB switching events. Route all VCCINT pins with at least 12 mil traces, and VCCIO pins with at least 8 mil traces, fanning out to local decoupling capacitors. Place the EPC2 configuration PROM within 50 mm of the DCLK and DATA pins to keep configuration timing margins robust. A 4-layer stack-up (signal/ground/power/signal) is strongly recommended over 2-layer for designs above 50 MHz internal frequency.
Three common pitfalls when designing with the EPF6016TC144-3: (1) Forgetting the configuration PROM - the FPGA does nothing without a bitstream at power-up; (2) Driving JTAG TCK faster than 10 MHz - the IEEE 1149.1 TAP controller can corrupt boundary-scan state above this rate; (3) Mixing 3.3V and 5V signals in the same I/O bank without setting VCCIO correctly - this damages the I/O cell. Also, do not leave any VCCIO bank unused: tie all VCCIO pins to a valid rail even if the bank carries no signals, otherwise I/O biasing becomes indeterminate.
The 117 user I/O pins are organized into four banks; each bank shares one VCCIO rail, so all signals in a bank must use the same I/O standard. For 5V TTL outputs driving long PCB traces, place a 33 ohm series damping resistor within 25 mm of the FPGA pin to suppress ringing on the rising edge. The four global clock networks (CLK0-CLK3) have dedicated routing channels with sub-nanosecond skew - use them for any signal feeding more than 16 LABs. Avoid using regular I/O pins as clocks for high-fanout signals, as the resulting skew will violate timing closure.
Estimated: At 100% logic utilization and 125 MHz toggle rate, the EPF6016TC144-3 dissipates approximately 0.8 W to 1.2 W depending on switching activity. The 144-pin LQFP package has a theta_JA of approximately 32 C/W on a 4-layer PCB with a ground plane, so junction temperature rise above ambient is 26-39 C at full load. In a sealed enclosure with no airflow, derate by an additional 15% to account for reduced heat transfer. The part does not require an external heatsink for commercial-temperature operation (junction stays below 125 C), but airflow is recommended above 70 C ambient.
Informations de conformité
The FLEX 6000 family predates the RoHS directive and was originally shipped in lead-bearing (SnPb) finish; commercial TC variants are typically non-RoHS. Industrial ATI variants may have lead-free finish depending on date code. Halogen-free status not documented in the verified datasheet and is marked unknown.