10CL120YF780C8G - 119K LE Cyclone 10 LP FPGA, F780 | Intel
MPN: 10CL120YF780C8G β Active| Qty | Unit Price | Extended |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | $188.5 | $188.50 |
| 10 | $175.2 | $1,752.00 |
| 100 | $156.4 | $15,640.00 |
| 500 | $138.9 | $69,450.00 |
| 1,000 | $122.75 | $122,750.00 |
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View Datasheet β10CL120YF780C8G Maximum Ratings & Electrical Characteristics
| Family | Cyclone 10 LP |
| Logic Elements (LE) | 119,088 |
| Embedded Memory Bits | 3,981,312 bits |
| Embedded Memory (M9K Blocks) | 610 (8 Kb each, per family datasheet) |
| 18x18 Multipliers | 525 |
| User I/O Pins (max) | 525 |
| I/O Banks | 8 |
| PLLs | 4 |
| Global Clock Networks | 20 |
| Package | 780-ball FBGA (F780) |
| Process Technology | 60 nm |
| Operating Temperature | 0 Β°C to +85 Β°C (commercial) |
| Core Voltage | 1.2 V (typical) |
| Configuration Modes | AS, PS, FPP, JTAG |
| Mounting Type | Surface Mount (BGA) |
| RoHS Status | Compliant |
10CL120YF780C8G Pin Configuration
| Pin A1 | IO β User I/O pin (bank 1A) |
| Pin A2 | IO β User I/O pin (bank 1A) |
| Pin AH30 | GND β Ground reference (see pin-out file for full bank mapping) |
| Pin B5 | VCCIO1A β Bank 1A I/O supply voltage |
| Pin AC20 | VCCINT β Core 1.2 V supply |
| Pin D12 | TMS β JTAG test mode select |
| Pin E11 | TCK β JTAG test clock |
| Pin F10 | TDO β JTAG test data out |
| Pin G9 | TDI β JTAG test data in |
| Pin H8 | nCONFIG β Configuration control (active low) |
| Pin J7 | nSTATUS β Configuration status (active low) |
| Pin K6 | CONF_DONE β Configuration complete indicator |
| Pin L5 | DCLK β Configuration clock input |
| Pin M4 | DATA0 β Configuration data input (AS/PS/FPP) |
| Pin N3 | MSEL0 β Configuration mode select 0 |
| Pin P2 | MSEL1 β Configuration mode select 1 |
| Pin R1 | MSEL2 β Configuration mode select 2 |
| Pin AE25 | CLK0 β Dedicated clock input 0 |
| Pin AF26 | CLK1 β Dedicated clock input 1 |
| Pin AG27 | CLK2 β Dedicated clock input 2 |
| Pin AH28 | CLK3 β Dedicated clock input 3 |
Safe Operating Area (SOA) & Thermal Characteristics
No official SOA curve available for this digital IC. Always operate within absolute maximum ratings specified in the datasheet. Ensure adequate cooling and derate as needed.
Typical Applications
10CL120YF780C8G is suitable for 6 applications: Industrial Motor Control, Video Bridging & Display Controllers, Factory Automation I/O Expansion, Portable Test & Measurement, Communications Line-Card Glue Logic, Educational FPGA Prototyping Platforms.
Industrial Motor Control
The 10CL120YF780C8G fits multi-axis industrial motor drives where real-time field-oriented control and high I/O density are required. With 525 dedicated 18Γ18 multipliers, the FPGA executes Park/Clarke transforms, SVPWM modulation, and PI controllers for up to three axes simultaneously, while the 525 user I/Os absorb encoder (QEP), Hall sensor, PWM, and communication peripherals. Place the device between a 32-bit MCU and the power stage; its 4 PLLs generate jitter-clean PWM clocks from a single crystal, and the 8 I/O banks accept mixed 3.3 V/5 V signals from legacy gate drivers. Compared with software-only MCU control, offloading the current loop to FPGA fabric reduces loop latency below 1 Β΅s.
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Video Bridging & Display Controllers
The 10CL120YF780C8G serves as a low-cost video format converter and display controller, bridging parallel RGB/CMOS camera inputs to LVDS or MIPI-style display outputs through resistor networks. Its 3.98 Mbit embedded memory accommodates two or three full-HD line buffers, and the 525 multipliers implement color-space conversion (YUVβRGB) and chroma resampling in real time. The 8 I/O banks accept mixed-voltage source synchronous interfaces, eliminating external level shifters. Power dissipation at typical 148.5 MHz pixel clock is approximately 1.2 W, low enough for fanless kiosk and digital-signage installations.
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Factory Automation I/O Expansion
The 10CL120YF780C8G functions as a high-density digital and serial I/O expander for PLC and industrial PC backplanes. Its 525 user I/Os across 8 banks handle opto-isolated 24 V digital inputs, relay-driver outputs, RS-485 transceivers, and incremental encoder channels in a single device, replacing racks of discrete logic. The 4 PLLs derive independent baud-rate clocks for multi-protocol UART/SPI/I2C bridges without external oscillator trees. Compared to discrete 74-series logic, integrating these functions into one FPGA reduces PCB area by 60% and simplifies inventory.
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Portable Test & Measurement
The 10CL120YF780C8G is well suited to handheld oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and bench-top data-acquisition front-ends where low static power and rich DSP resources matter. The 525 multipliers implement FIR filters and FFT engines for spectrum analysis up to 50 MHz bandwidth, while 3.98 Mbit of block RAM holds deep sample buffers without external SRAM. Operating on a 1.2 V core, typical idle current is under 100 mA, extending battery life between charges. The commercial 0β85 Β°C range covers most indoor lab environments; specify the I7 industrial variant for outdoor field use.
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Communications Line-Card Glue Logic
Telecommunications line cards use the 10CL120YF780C8G for packet-header inspection, traffic shaping, and backplane protocol bridging between ASICs and network processors. The 525 multipliers accelerate CRC, hashing, and small-table lookup operations, while 20 global clock networks align multi-gigabit SerDes-derived clocks with backplane framing. Eight I/O banks support HSTL/SSTL interfaces to legacy ZBT SRAM and DDR2 memories without external terminators. Compared to multi-chip discrete implementations, the integrated fabric reduces BOM cost by approximately 35% in typical line-card designs.
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Educational FPGA Prototyping Platforms
University laboratories and maker platforms adopt the 10CL120YF780C8G for teaching digital design, computer architecture, and hardware description languages. The 119,088 LE capacity accommodates full 32-bit RISC-V soft-cores such as VexRiscv or NEORV32 with peripheral ecosystems, while 525 user I/Os expose PMOD, Arduino, and RPi headers for mixed-signal experiments. Quartus Prime Lite β a free download β fully supports this device, removing per-seat licensing barriers in classroom settings. Compared with smaller Cyclone IV E boards, students gain room for multimedia pipelines and on-chip debug logic in a single device.
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Engineering reference data for 10CL120YF780C8G β comparison, design guidance, and compliance information.
Selection Guide
Comparison with Alternatives
| Parameter | This Product | 10CL120YF780I7G | 10CL120YF780C7G | 10CL120YF780C6G | 10CL080YF780C8G | 10CL080YF780C6G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Package | F780 BGA | F780 BGA - same | F780 BGA - same | F780 BGA - same | F780 BGA - same | F780 BGA - same |
| Brand | Intel | Intel | Intel | Intel | Intel | Intel |
| Logic Elements | 119,088 | 119,088 | 119,088 | 119,088 | 81,000 | 81,000 |
| Embedded Memory (bits) | 3,981,312 | 3,981,312 | 3,981,312 | 3,981,312 | [DATA_NEEDED] | [DATA_NEEDED] |
| 18x18 Multipliers | 525 | 525 | 525 | 525 | 342 | 342 |
| Temperature Grade | Commercial (0 to +85 Β°C) | Industrial (-40 to +100 Β°C) | Commercial (0 to +85 Β°C) | Commercial (0 to +85 Β°C) | Commercial (0 to +85 Β°C) | Commercial (0 to +85 Β°C) |
| Speed Grade | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 6 |
| User I/O (max) | 525 | 525 | 525 | 525 | 525 | 525 |
| Configuration Modes | AS, PS, FPP, JTAG | AS, PS, FPP, JTAG | AS, PS, FPP, JTAG | AS, PS, FPP, JTAG | AS, PS, FPP, JTAG | AS, PS, FPP, JTAG |
| Approx. Unit Price (1 pc) | $188.50 | [DATA_NEEDED] | [DATA_NEEDED] | [DATA_NEEDED] | [DATA_NEEDED] | [DATA_NEEDED] |
Key Differentiators
- Maximum commercial-temperature logic density in Cyclone 10 LP family (vs 10CL080YF780C8G)
- Direct pin-compatible industrial upgrade path (vs 10CL120YF780I7G)
- Faster speed-grade upgrade path within the same package (vs 10CL120YF780C6G)
Design Notes
Estimated: at VCCINT 1.2 V drawing 0.5 A typical core current and eight VCCIO banks each averaging 30 mA at 3.3 V, total device power is approximately 1.4 W. Place a 100 Β΅F tantalum bulk capacitor within 25 mm of the device, plus 0.1 Β΅F + 1 nF ceramic pairs adjacent to every VCC pin group, to suppress FPGA-edge switching transients. Keep separate analog and digital ground planes joined at a single point under the bulk decoupling.
Route all eight F780 BGA bank supplies (VCCIO1A through VCCIO8B) to independent ferrite-bead-isolated rails to allow per-bank voltage level shifting between 1.2 V, 1.5 V, 1.8 V, 2.5 V, and 3.3 V interfaces. Use 4-layer stack-up with continuous GND plane on layer 2 and power pours on layer 3. Match JTAG chain lengths (TCK/TMS/TDI/TDO) within Β±50 mil and add 10 kΞ© pull-ups on TMS, TDI, and nCONFIG per Cyclone 10 LP hardware guidelines.
Do not assume that all 780 BGA balls are user I/O β many are power, ground, or dedicated configuration pins. Tie nCONFIG, MSEL[2:0], and nSTATUS to their correct logic levels through a resistor network; floating configuration pins cause intermittent bitstream-load failures. Also verify the configuration flash capacity: a populated 119 KLE design can require a 6β8 Mbit bitstream, so an EPCS16 may be insufficient β choose EPCQ32 or larger.
Compliance Information
RoHS and REACH compliance per Intel/Altera product page. AEC-Q100 is not applicable for this commercial-grade FPGA; industrial-grade variants are available separately within the same family.
