10M04SAE144C8G - MAX 10 FPGA 4K LE, 144-EQFP | Intel | Altera
MPN: 10M04SAE144C8G ✓ Active| Qty | Unit Price | Extended |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | $14.5 | $14.50 |
| 10 | $13.05 | $130.50 |
| 100 | $11.6 | $1,160.00 |
| 500 | $10.45 | $5,225.00 |
| 1,000 | $9.3 | $9,300.00 |
10M04SAE144C8G Overview
A MAX 10 FPGA is a non-volatile, flash-based programmable logic device from Intel that combines look-up-table (LUT) logic, block RAM, phase-locked loops, user flash, and - in the SA/DA variants - an on-chip ADC. Within the broader programmable logic taxonomy, MAX 10 sits below Cyclone/Cyclone V and well below Stratix, targeting glue logic, I/O expansion, bridge, and sensor-interface applications where instant-on non-volatility matters more than absolute LUT density.
Key differentiating features of the 10M04SAE144C8G include the integrated 12-bit SAR ADC capable of 1 MSPS across up to 9 analog inputs, dual-boot configuration flash for fail-safe field updates, embedded 18 x 18 multipliers, and 168 kbits of user flash. The ADC's analog inputs are routed to dedicated EQFP pins and are digitally isolated from the FPGA fabric, allowing simultaneous logic and analog acquisition without external MCU integration.
Architecturally, the device pairs a flash-backed LUT array with a hard ADC IP block, an on-chip voltage regulator, and configuration memory. The exposed thermal pad on the EQFP-144 package provides a low-thermal-resistance path to PCB copper for thermal relief during sustained ADC operation at full sample rate.
Typical applications include industrial sensor aggregation (analog front end plus glue logic in a single chip), motor control interface boards, portable test and measurement front ends, display controllers with touch/proximity sensing, and battery management subsystems that need both analog monitoring and timing/control logic.
Design consideration: ADC accuracy is sensitive to a quiet analog supply - separate AVCC from digital VCCINT/VCCIO with a ferrite and adequate decoupling to preserve 12-bit linearity.
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10M04SAE144C8G Maximum Ratings & Electrical Characteristics
| Family | MAX 10 |
| Logic Elements | 4,000 |
| Maximum User I/Os | 101 |
| Embedded User Flash | 193,536 bits |
| User Flash Memory | 168 kbits |
| 18x18 Multipliers | Yes (block multipliers) |
| ADC | 12-bit, 1 MSPS SAR, up to 9 analog inputs |
| Process Technology | 55 nm TSMC |
| Core Voltage | 1.2 V |
| Configuration | Dual-configuration flash, instant-on |
| Package | 144-EQFP (Plastic Enhanced QFP), 22 x 22 mm, 0.50 mm pitch, exposed pad |
| Mounting Type | Surface Mount |
| Operating Temperature | Commercial (0C to 85C) |
| Speed Grade | C8 |
| RoHS Status | RoHS compliant |
10M04SAE144C8G 144-eqfp (plastic enhanced qfp), 22 x 22 mm, 0.50 mm pitch, exposed pad Pin Configuration Guide
Pin configuration for 10M04SAE144C8G (144-eqfp (plastic enhanced qfp), 22 x 22 mm, 0.50 mm pitch, exposed pad package). This digital IC includes GPIO, communication interfaces (UART, SPI, I2C), and power pins. Refer to the manufacturer datasheet for alternate pin functions and configuration options. Essential for embedded system design and PCB layout.
No detailed pinout data available for 10M04SAE144C8G.
Refer to the datasheet for full pin configuration.
Typical Applications
10M04SAE144C8G is suitable for 7 applications: Industrial Sensor Aggregation, Motor Control Interface Board, Portable Test and Measurement Front End, Display Controller with Touch/Proximity Sensing, Battery Management Subsystem, I/O Expansion and Protocol Bridge, LED Lighting Control Systems.
Industrial Sensor Aggregation
The 10M04SAE144C8G consolidates multi-channel analog sensing and glue logic onto a single chip. Its 12-bit 1 MSPS SAR ADC accepts up to 9 analog inputs from temperature, pressure, or current-shunt sensors, while the 4,000 logic elements handle filtering, threshold detection, and protocol formatting (Modbus RTU, CAN, RS-485). The non-volatile flash-based configuration eliminates the boot delay of SRAM FPGAs, allowing sub-10 ms power-up - ideal for industrial controllers that must respond to safety commands within milliseconds. The exposed thermal pad on the EQFP-144 keeps junction temperatures manageable when the ADC runs continuously at 1 MSPS, preserving the 12-bit linearity required for precision measurement.
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Motor Control Interface Board
The integrated ADC and high-speed FPGA fabric suit low-cost BLDC or stepper control designs. The 12-bit 1 MSPS ADC digitizes phase-current shunt amplifiers and back-EMF sense signals, while the FPGA generates center-aligned PWM with programmable dead time and decodes Hall-effect or quadrature encoder feedback directly in hardware - offloading work from a host MCU. With 101 user I/Os, the device can also drive gate-driver enable lines, fault inputs, and brake logic without external logic ICs. Designers should isolate AVCC from switching noise with a ferrite and dedicate a quiet analog ground pour under the ADC pin group to maintain 12-bit dynamic range.
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Portable Test and Measurement Front End
For handheld oscilloscope probes, data loggers, or field instrumentation, the 10M04SAE144C8G provides an integrated analog front end plus custom DSP. The 12-bit ADC samples at up to 1 MSPS, enough for audio-bandwidth measurement and many sensor signals, while the FPGA fabric runs custom FIR/IIR filters, peak detection, and trigger logic. Instant-on configuration lets the instrument boot and present a UI within tens of milliseconds - a critical UX factor for portable tools. With 4,000 LEs available, designers can implement waveform math, RMS calculation, and frequency analysis without adding a separate DSP chip, reducing BOM and PCB area.
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Display Controller with Touch/Proximity Sensing
The on-chip ADC simplifies touch and proximity sensing by digitizing capacitive or resistive sense lines directly, while the FPGA fabric drives LCD or TFT data and control signals. With 101 user I/Os, the 10M04SAE144C8G can interface to RGB parallel panels, SPI peripherals, and backlight PWM channels without external logic. The non-volatile boot avoids the flash-PROM of SRAM FPGAs, reducing the BOM for cost-sensitive consumer appliances. Designers should keep ADC traces short and guard them against display switching noise to preserve touch accuracy across the panel area.
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Battery Management Subsystem
Lithium-ion battery packs and UPS modules benefit from combining cell-voltage monitoring, current sensing, and balancing control on one chip. The 10M04SAE144C8G's 12-bit ADC reads individual cell voltages through resistor dividers and a Hall-effect or shunt current sensor, while the FPGA computes state-of-charge and state-of-health algorithms and drives balancing FETs. With dual-configuration flash, firmware updates for new battery chemistries can be deployed safely in the field with automatic fallback on bad images. The exposed thermal pad on the EQFP-144 helps dissipate heat from sustained ADC sampling during fast-charge monitoring.
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I/O Expansion and Protocol Bridge
A common MAX 10 use case is bridging between incompatible interfaces - for example, SPI to I2C, UART to parallel, or LVDS to LVCMOS - and adding GPIOs to MCUs that have run out of pins. The 10M04SAE144C8G delivers 101 user I/Os at up to 3.3 V LVCMOS with LVDS support, and the 4,000 LEs handle modest glue logic, FIFOs, and state machines. Because MAX 10 is flash-based, no boot PROM is needed and configuration is retained through power cycles - ideal for industrial backplanes, retrofits, and protocol-converter modules that must be plug-and-play.
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LED Lighting Control Systems
Architectural and stage lighting systems need many PWM channels with precise phase control and smooth dimming. The 10M04SAE144C8G's 101 user I/Os and 4,000 LEs can drive dozens of constant-current LED drivers directly, while the integrated ADC reads ambient light sensors and potentiometer dim inputs. The non-volatile flash boots instantly, so lights respond to DMX or DALI commands with no warm-up delay. Designers can implement per-channel gamma correction, color-mixing, and thermal-foldback algorithms in the FPGA fabric, eliminating an external MCU for the lighting logic.
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Engineering reference data for 10M04SAE144C8G — comparison, design guidance, and compliance information.
Selection Guide
Comparison with Alternatives
| Parameter | This Product | 10M04SCE144C8G | 10M04SAE144I7G | 10M04SAE144C7G | 10M04SDE144C8G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brand | Intel (Altera) | Intel (Altera) | Intel (Altera) | Intel (Altera) | Intel (Altera) |
| Package | 144-EQFP (22 x 22 mm, 0.50 mm pitch) | 144-EQFP - same | 144-EQFP - same | 144-EQFP - same | 144-EQFP - same |
| Logic Elements | 4,000 | 4,000 | 4,000 | 4,000 | 4,000 |
| On-chip ADC | 12-bit, 1 MSPS, 9 inputs | None (SC variant) | 12-bit, 1 MSPS, 9 inputs | 12-bit, 1 MSPS, 9 inputs | 12-bit, 1 MSPS, 9 inputs |
| Maximum User I/Os | 101 | 101 | 101 | 101 | 101 |
| Configuration Flash | Dual-configuration | Dual-configuration | Dual-configuration | Dual-configuration | Single-configuration |
| Speed Grade | C8 (commercial) | C8 | I7 (industrial) | C7 (faster) | C8 |
| Operating Temperature | Commercial (0C to 85C) | Commercial | Industrial (-40C to 100C) | Commercial | Commercial |
| Process / Core Voltage | 55 nm / 1.2 V | 55 nm / 1.2 V | 55 nm / 1.2 V | 55 nm / 1.2 V | 55 nm / 1.2 V |
Key Differentiators
- Integrated 12-bit 1 MSPS ADC eliminates external measurement IC (vs 10M04SCE144C8G)
- Industrial temperature grade variant available in same footprint (vs 10M04SAE144I7G)
- Dual-configuration flash enables fail-safe remote firmware updates (vs 10M04SDE144C8G)
Design Notes
The MAX 10 internal regulator generates 1.2 V VCCINT from an external 3.3 V supply; supply a clean 3.3 V on VCCA and decouple VCCIO banks per-bank. The ADC analog supply AVCC must be low-noise: place a ferrite between digital 3.3 V and AVCC, with 10 uF + 100 nF decoupling at the AVCC pin. Estimated: at 1 MSPS continuous ADC sampling plus 50 MHz fabric activity, total device current is approximately 100-150 mA from the 3.3 V rail.
Solder the exposed thermal pad on the EQFP-144 to a continuous copper pour connected to a quiet ground plane. With the ADC running continuously at full sample rate and high fabric utilization, junction temperature rise is the limiting factor - the exposed pad provides the primary heat path. Estimated: at 0.5 W dissipation with a properly soldered thermal pad, junction-to-ambient thermal resistance is approximately 25-30 C/W on a 4-layer JEDEC test board.
Route ADC analog traces over a continuous analog ground pour, kept separate from digital switching returns. Use guard rings around ADC input pins and keep analog traces short (less than 25 mm where possible). Place the AVCC decoupling capacitor within 5 mm of the AVCC pin. Route high-speed digital signals (clock, DDR) on inner layers away from the analog section to preserve 12-bit linearity.
Do not omit the JTAG pull-up resistor on TCK/TMS/TDI or the configuration will fail to load in some programmer chains. Do not tie nCONFIG low during power-up unless intentional - the device samples nCONFIG on rising edge of VCC. When migrating from the SC variant to SA, ensure your Quartus pin assignments match the analog-capable pins; analog input pins on the SA variant are not general-purpose GPIO and must be assigned to the ADC IP block.
Compliance Information
RoHS compliant per Altera/Intel product page documentation. Not AEC-Q100 qualified - choose a different part for automotive applications requiring Grade 1 qualification.
