EPF6024ATC144-3
EPF6024ATC144-3 - 24K Gates FLEX 6000 FPGA, 144-LQFP | Intel
The Intel (formerly Altera) EPF6024ATC144-3 is a member of the FLEX 6000 family of Field Programmable Gate Arrays, delivering 24,000 usable gates, 1,960 logic cells (LEs), and 117 user I/Os in a 144-pin LQFP (TQFP) plastic package. Built on a 0.42 µm CMOS SRAM process with four-input look-up tables, the device supports system frequencies up to 142.86 MHz and is powered from a 3.3 V supply rail (VCCINT = 3.3 V; VCCIO configurable for 2.5 V / 3.3 V / 5.0 V mixed-voltage interfaces).
A Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) is a programmable logic device containing an array of configurable logic blocks (CLBs / LEs), programmable interconnect, and configurable I/O cells, all wired together via SRAM-based configuration memory. FPGAs sit within the broader hierarchy of programmable logic devices (PLDs), which also includes Simple PLDs (SPLDs), Complex PLDs (CPLDs), and mask-programmed gate arrays. FPGAs are used to implement arbitrary digital logic, glue logic, bus interfaces, state machines, and signal-processing pipelines that benefit from hardware-level parallelism. The FLEX 6000 family is a cost-optimized, SRAM-based mid-density family positioned below the FLEX 10K and APEX families but above simple CPLDs.
Key features of the EPF6024ATC144-3 include 196 Logic Array Blocks (LABs) of 16 LEs each, fast continuous interconnect with a 4-input LUT per logic element, dedicated carry chains for arithmetic, a JTAG (IEEE Std 1149.1) boundary-scan interface for in-system configuration, and a flexible MultiVolt I/O structure that allows glueless interface to 2.5 V, 3.3 V, and 5.0 V devices. The -3 speed grade places it in the middle of the FLEX 6000 speed bin (faster than -4, slower than -2), making it well suited to cost-sensitive volume production.
Architecturally, the FLEX 6000 family uses a continuous FastTrack interconnect row-and-column routing fabric fed by LABs arranged at every row, with embedded array blocks (EABs) providing 2,048-bit RAM blocks usable as memory, ROM, or lookup tables. The 0.42 µm process supports 3.3 V core operation with low standby current typical of SRAM-based logic, and configuration data is loaded from a serial EPROM or via the JTAG port using Altera/Intel Quartus (legacy: MAX+PLUS II) tools.
Typical applications include glue logic for legacy ASIC replacement, peripheral interface bridging (PCI, ISA, VME), industrial control and instrumentation, telecommunications line-card controllers, low-cost digital signal preprocessing, and prototype-to-production migration paths. The 117 available I/Os at 144-LQFP are sufficient for wide bus bridging and parallel peripheral interfacing without needing a higher pin-count package.
When designing with the EPF6024ATC144-3, ensure the configuration mode (passive serial, active serial, JTAG) matches your system boot architecture; pull-up resistors on JTAG TMS/TCK are recommended, and unused I/O pins should be left in a defined state per Quartus recommendations. Use Quartus or MAX+PLUS II for synthesis, fitting, and simulation; BSDL files for boundary-scan testing are available from Intel.
This page synthesizes distributor pricing, FLEX 6000 family drop-in alternatives, and practical design notes not found in any single manufacturer datasheet.
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