EPM5128GC2
EPM5128GC2 - MAX 5000 CPLD 128 Macro Cells 50MHz 5V | Altera
The Altera (Intel) EPM5128GC2 is a member of the classic MAX 5000 family of high-speed, high-density CMOS Erasable Programmable Logic Devices (EPLDs) with 128 macro cells, 2.5K usable gates, a 50 MHz internal frequency, and 5V core supply, offered in a ceramic PGA package designated GC. The "GC" package code denotes a ceramic Pin Grid Array with a windowed (erasable) lid suitable for development, prototyping, and reprogrammable production flows.
An EPLD (Erasable Programmable Logic Device) is a non-volatile programmable logic device that combines the architecture of a PAL (Programmable Array Logic) with an EPROM-style erasable cell, allowing engineers to implement glue logic, state machines, address decoding, bus interfacing, and other random-logic functions in a single chip. Within the broader programmable logic hierarchy, EPLDs sit between simple SPLDs/PALs and higher-density CPLDs and FPGAs, offering predictable timing, instant-on behavior, and zero in-system configuration overhead because the logic is stored in on-chip EPROM cells.
Key features of the EPM5128GC2 include 128 macro cells organized into 8 Logic Array Blocks (LABs) of 16 macro cells each, 16 dedicated inputs, 64 I/O pins, a programmable interconnect array (PIA), a 5V VCC supply with 5V-tolerant I/O, a maximum internal toggle frequency of 50 MHz, propagation delays measured in tens of nanoseconds, and a programmable macrocell flip-flop with selectable D/T/JK/SR behavior. Per the datasheet, the part supports both combinatorial and registered logic with dedicated clear, preset, and clock controls per macro cell.
The MAX 5000 architecture uses a sum-of-products AND/OR plane feeding a programmable macrocell register, with a global PIA that routes signals between LABs. This architecture provides fast, deterministic pin-to-pin timing that is independent of logic placement, which is highly desirable for asynchronous glue logic and bus interface designs. Unlike SRAM-based FPGAs, the EPM5128GC2 holds its configuration without external boot memory and is ready to drive outputs within nanoseconds of VCC ramp.
Typical applications include legacy 5V bus-interface and address-decoding logic in industrial control backplanes, prototyping adapters and test fixtures where the ceramic PGA windowed package allows UV erasure and reuse, MIL/aerospace and high-reliability systems that still require mature 5V CPLD logic, replacement of discrete 74LS/74F glue-logic gates, and as a bridge between 5V and 3.3V buses using its 5V-tolerant I/O structure.
When designing with this device, the ceramic PGA windowed package requires a UV eraser for reprogramming, so high-volume production generally migrates to one-time-programmable (OTP) plastic package variants such as EPM5128LC, while the GC2 remains the preferred choice for engineering development, breadboarding, and long-life military/aerospace programs.
This page synthesizes distributor inventory, same-family drop-in alternatives (EPM5128GC, EPM5128GC-1), and practical design notes that go beyond what the MAX 5000 datasheet provides in isolation.
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