EPF81500AQC240-2N
EPF81500AQC240-2N - FLEX 8000 FPGA 16K Gates 240-PQFP | Altera
The Altera (Intel) EPF81500AQC240-2N is a member of the FLEX 8000 family of high-density CMOS programmable logic devices, providing 16,000 usable gates, 1,296 logic cells, and 1,500 registers in a 240-pin Plastic Quad Flat Pack (PQFP) measuring 32 x 32 mm. Operating from a 4.75 V to 5.25 V single supply with a typical internal core voltage derived on-chip, this device delivers up to 181 user I/O pins with a propagation delay of approximately 1.7 ns, making it suitable for high-density glue logic, bus interfacing, and state-machine intensive designs.
A Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) is a semiconductor device built around an array of configurable logic blocks (CLBs), programmable interconnects, and I/O cells that engineers can re-program after manufacture to implement custom digital circuits. FPGAs sit in the broader taxonomy of programmable logic devices (PLDs) between simple programmable array logic (PAL/GAL) and complex programmable logic devices (CPLDs), and are commonly used to accelerate digital signal processing, implement glue logic, prototype ASICs, and host soft processor cores. The FLEX 8000 family specifically pioneered the look-up-table based architecture that informed later Altera device families.
Key features of the EPF81500AQC240-2N include 16K usable gates with 1,296 logic elements (LEs), 181 maximum user I/O pins, 0.42 micrometer CMOS process technology, and a maximum toggle frequency of approximately 125 MHz. The device integrates in-system programmable configuration memory, JTAG boundary-scan support per IEEE Std 1149.1, and on-chip logic for efficient state machine and arithmetic logic unit implementation. The 240-BFQFP package exposes a generous number of I/O pins for medium-to-large peripheral integration.
From an architectural standpoint, the FLEX 8000 series uses a continuous, high-performance FastTrack interconnect fabric linking embedded array blocks (EABs) and logic array blocks (LABs). Each LAB contains multiple logic elements with a four-input look-up table, programmable register, and dedicated carry chain, while EABs provide up to 2,048 bits of dual-port RAM or ROM, enabling the device to absorb small FIFOs, ROM look-up tables, and arithmetic functions without external memory. This combined logic-plus-memory architecture differentiates FLEX 8000 from pure-CPLD architectures that are optimized for glue logic only.
Typical applications for the EPF81500AQC240-2N include telecommunications line-card controllers, peripheral bridging in legacy industrial systems, custom microcontroller peripherals, glue logic between microprocessors and memory, and prototype ASIC emulation. Designers continue to specify FLEX 8000 devices in long-lifecycle systems such as industrial automation controllers, military/aerospace subsystems, and replacement of end-of-life ASICs where modern FPGA families are oversized or incompatible.
When designing with the EPF81500AQC240-2N, ensure that the 5 V supply is well decoupled with 0.1 microfarad and 10 microfarad capacitors placed close to the device VCC pins. The 240-pin PQFP package has substantial lead inductance, so signal integrity on high-speed clocks should be validated with IBIS or SPICE simulation. Configuration data is typically loaded from a serial EPROM using the dedicated configuration port, and JTAG programming per IEEE 1149.1 is supported.
This page synthesizes distributor pricing, exact-spec match alternatives in the FLEX 8000 family, and practical design notes that go beyond the information in the manufacturer datasheet.
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