EPF6024AQI208-3
EPF6024AQI208-3 - FLEX 6000 FPGA 24K Gates 208-PQFP | Intel
The Intel EPF6024AQI208-3 is a member of the FLEX 6000 family of Field Programmable Gate Arrays, integrating 24,000 gates and 1,960 logic cells in a 208-pin Plastic Quad Flat Pack (PQFP) package. Built on a 0.42 µm CMOS process and operating at 3.3 V core, the device provides 171 user I/O pins and is rated for commercial temperature operation, delivering up to 142.86 MHz internal performance. The FLEX 6000 family was engineered as an ideal low-cost, programmable alternative to high-volume gate-array applications and allows rapid design changes during prototyping or design testing.
A Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) is a reconfigurable integrated circuit whose logic resources, interconnect, and I/O cells are defined by a user-supplied bitstream after manufacture. FPGAs sit between fixed-function Application-Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs) and software-driven microcontrollers in the digital design hierarchy: they offer hardware-timed parallelism and deterministic latency unavailable in sequential processors, while avoiding the NRE mask costs of ASICs. The FLEX 6000 series belongs to the broader Programmable Logic Device (PLD) family, which also includes CPLDs and SPLDs.
Key features of the EPF6024AQI208-3 include a register-rich, Look-Up Table (LUT)-based logic architecture, OptiFLEX interconnect that minimizes die area for high logic utilization, four Embedded Array Blocks (EABs) for on-chip memory implementation, and built-in JTAG boundary-scan test support (IEEE Std 1149.1). Each logic element (LE) contains a 4-input LUT, a programmable register, and carry/chain interconnect, allowing efficient implementation of arithmetic, register-intensive, and combinatorial designs without external memory components.
Architecturally, the device employs a continuous, row-and-column interconnect backbone (FastTrack) that routes signals across the die with predictable delay. The 3.3 V supply rail reduces power consumption by roughly 40 percent compared with the 5.0 V FLEX 8000 predecessors, while still supporting 5.0 V tolerant I/O through clamping diodes on input pins. Configuration can be performed via passive serial, active serial, or JTAG modes using industry-standard EPC configuration devices, enabling in-system reconfiguration for field upgrades.
Typical applications span glue-logic consolidation in industrial control boards, peripheral bus interfacing (ISA, PCI, VME), high-speed data-pump controllers, DSP pre-/post-processing front-ends, and low-volume prototypes replacing mask-programmed gate arrays. Because FLEX 6000 silicon is mature and broadly second-sourced on the secondary market, the EPF6024AQI208-3 is also frequently specified for long-lifecycle aerospace, defense, and medical systems that were originally designed in the late 1990s.
When designing with this part, observe that the 3.3 V core cannot be directly powered from a 5 V rail - a regulator is required. Inputs are 5 V tolerant via clamping diodes but prolonged overdrive can inject latch-up current; series resistors of 200–470 Ω are recommended on signals driven from 5 V logic. Decoupling follows the standard FPGA guideline of one 0.1 µF high-frequency cap per VCC/GND pair plus bulk capacitors of 10–47 µF at each supply pin group.
This page aggregates distributor pricing, verified drop-in alternatives within the FLEX 6000 family, and practical design guidance not consolidated in the original datasheet, supporting both new designs and maintenance of long-life legacy systems.
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