10M08SAE144I7G - MAX 10 FPGA 8K LE, 144-LQFP | Intel
MPN: 10M08SAE144I7G β Active| Qty | Unit Price | Extended |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | $18.4 | $18.40 |
| 10 | $16.85 | $168.50 |
| 100 | $14.62 | $1,462.00 |
| 500 | $12.95 | $6,475.00 |
| 1,000 | $11.48 | $11,480.00 |
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| Manufacturer | Intel (formerly Altera) |
| Series | MAX 10 |
| Logic Elements (LE) | 8,000 |
| Total RAM Bits | 387,072 (378 Kbits) |
| User Flash Memory | 1,540 Kbits |
| Number of User I/O | 101 |
| Number of Logic Array Blocks (LAB) | 500 |
| Embedded Multipliers (18x18) | 16 |
| PLLs | 2 |
| Supply Voltage - Core | 2.85 V to 3.465 V (3.3 V typical) |
| Operating Temperature | -40 C to +100 C (TJ, industrial grade) |
| Mounting Type | Surface Mount |
| Package / Case | 144-LQFP Exposed Pad (EQFP-144) |
| Process Technology | 55 nm CMOS |
| Configuration Memory | Internal dual-configuration flash (non-volatile) |
| Integrated ADC | 12-bit SAR ADC, 1 MSPS, up to 17 channels |
| RoHS Status | Compliant |
| Moisture Sensitivity Level (MSL) | 3 (168 hours) |
10M08SAE144I7G Pin Configuration
| Pin 1 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O (bank dependent) |
| Pin 2 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O |
| Pin 3 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O |
| Pin 4 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O |
| Pin 5 | GND β Ground |
| Pin 6 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O |
| Pin 7 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O |
| Pin 8 | VCCIO1 β I/O bank 1 supply voltage |
| Pin 9 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O |
| Pin 10 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O |
| Pin 11 | GND β Ground |
| Pin 12 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O |
| Pin 13 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O |
| Pin 14 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O |
| Pin 15 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O |
| Pin 16 | VCCIO1 β I/O bank 1 supply voltage |
| Pin 17 | GND β Ground |
| Pin 18 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O |
| Pin 19 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O |
| Pin 20 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O |
| Pin 21 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O |
| Pin 22 | VCCIO2 β I/O bank 2 supply voltage |
| Pin 23 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O |
| Pin 24 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O |
| Pin 25 | GND β Ground |
| Pin 26 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O |
| Pin 27 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O |
| Pin 28 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O |
| Pin 29 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O |
| Pin 30 | VCCIO2 β I/O bank 2 supply voltage |
| Pin 31 | GND β Ground |
| Pin 32 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O |
| Pin 33 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O |
| Pin 34 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O |
| Pin 35 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O |
| Pin 36 | VCCIO3 β I/O bank 3 supply voltage |
| Pin 37 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O |
| Pin 38 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O |
| Pin 39 | GND β Ground |
| Pin 40 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O |
| Pin 41 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O |
| Pin 42 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O |
| Pin 43 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O |
| Pin 44 | VCCIO3 β I/O bank 3 supply voltage |
| Pin 45 | GND β Ground |
| Pin 46 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O |
| Pin 47 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O |
| Pin 48 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O |
| Pin 49 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O |
| Pin 50 | VCCIO4 β I/O bank 4 supply voltage |
| Pin 51 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O |
| Pin 52 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O |
| Pin 53 | GND β Ground |
| Pin 54 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O |
| Pin 55 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O |
| Pin 56 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O |
| Pin 57 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O |
| Pin 58 | VCCIO4 β I/O bank 4 supply voltage |
| Pin 59 | GND β Ground |
| Pin 60 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O |
| Pin 61 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O |
| Pin 62 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O |
| Pin 63 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O |
| Pin 64 | VCCIO5 β I/O bank 5 supply voltage |
| Pin 65 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O |
| Pin 66 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O |
| Pin 67 | GND β Ground |
| Pin 68 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O |
| Pin 69 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O |
| Pin 70 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O |
| Pin 71 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O |
| Pin 72 | VCCIO5 β I/O bank 5 supply voltage |
| Pin 73 | GND β Ground |
| Pin 74 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O |
| Pin 75 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O |
| Pin 76 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O |
| Pin 77 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O |
| Pin 78 | VCCIO6 β I/O bank 6 supply voltage |
| Pin 79 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O |
| Pin 80 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O |
| Pin 81 | GND β Ground |
| Pin 82 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O |
| Pin 83 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O |
| Pin 84 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O |
| Pin 85 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O |
| Pin 86 | VCCIO6 β I/O bank 6 supply voltage |
| Pin 87 | GND β Ground |
| Pin 88 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O |
| Pin 89 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O |
| Pin 90 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O |
| Pin 91 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O |
| Pin 92 | VCCIO7 β I/O bank 7 supply voltage |
| Pin 93 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O |
| Pin 94 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O |
| Pin 95 | GND β Ground |
| Pin 96 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O |
| Pin 97 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O |
| Pin 98 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O |
| Pin 99 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O |
| Pin 100 | VCCIO7 β I/O bank 7 supply voltage |
| Pin 101 | GND β Ground |
| Pin 102 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O |
| Pin 103 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O |
| Pin 104 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O |
| Pin 105 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O |
| Pin 106 | VCCIO8 β I/O bank 8 supply voltage |
| Pin 107 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O |
| Pin 108 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O |
| Pin 109 | GND β Ground |
| Pin 110 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O |
| Pin 111 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O |
| Pin 112 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O |
| Pin 113 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O |
| Pin 114 | VCCIO8 β I/O bank 8 supply voltage |
| Pin 115 | TCK β JTAG test clock (dedicated) |
| Pin 116 | TMS β JTAG test mode select (dedicated) |
| Pin 117 | TDI β JTAG test data in (dedicated) |
| Pin 118 | TDO β JTAG test data out (dedicated) |
| Pin 119 | nCONFIG β Configuration start (dedicated) |
| Pin 120 | nSTATUS β Configuration status (dedicated) |
| Pin 121 | CONF_DONE β Configuration done (dedicated) |
| Pin 122 | GND β Ground |
| Pin 123 | VCCA β Analog supply for PLL/ADC |
| Pin 124 | VCCINT β Core supply voltage 2.85-3.465 V |
| Pin 125 | GND β Ground |
| Pin 126 | VCCINT β Core supply voltage 2.85-3.465 V |
| Pin 127 | VCCA β Analog supply for PLL/ADC |
| Pin 128 | GND β Ground |
| Pin 129 | ADCIN1 β ADC analog input channel 1 (dedicated) |
| Pin 130 | ADCIN2 β ADC analog input channel 2 (dedicated) |
| Pin 131 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O |
| Pin 132 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O |
| Pin 133 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O |
| Pin 134 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O |
| Pin 135 | VCCIO8 β I/O bank 8 supply voltage |
| Pin 136 | GND β Ground |
| Pin 137 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O |
| Pin 138 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O |
| Pin 139 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O |
| Pin 140 | I/O β General-purpose user I/O |
| Pin 141 | VCCINT β Core supply voltage 2.85-3.465 V |
| Pin 142 | GND β Ground |
| Pin 143 | VCCINT β Core supply voltage 2.85-3.465 V |
| Pin 144 | EP β Exposed thermal pad - must be soldered to GND plane for thermal dissipation |
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
10M08SAE144I7G is suitable for 6 applications: Industrial Motor Control, Factory Automation I/O Expansion, Portable Test & Measurement, LED Lighting & Display Controllers, IoT Sensor Aggregation Hubs, Video Format Conversion Bridges.
Industrial Motor Control
The 10M08SAE144I7G fits industrial motor control because it integrates a 12-bit 1 MSPS SAR ADC, 16 hardware 18x18 multipliers, and 2 PLLs alongside an 8K-LE fabric in a single chip. The on-chip ADC samples motor phase currents and back-EMF directly through the user I/O, eliminating an external ADC. Hardware multipliers accelerate Park/Clarke transforms and PI loops at >50 kHz PWM rates, sustaining FOC control on a 3-phase PMSM. The integrated dual-configuration flash enables field firmware updates with image rollback - critical for remote-installed motor drives. Industrial-grade -40 to +100 C operation supports factory-floor deployment without thermal conditioning.
Recommended
Factory Automation I/O Expansion
For factory I/O expansion, the 10M08SAE144I7G delivers 101 user I/O pins that can be configured per-bank for LVTTL, LVCMOS, RS-422, RS-485, or 24 V industrial signaling via external transceivers. The integrated flash removes the boot PROM used by traditional SRAM FPGAs, reducing the BOM and shortening power-on time to <100 ms - important for deterministic fieldbus startup. Quartus Prime supports soft IP for Modbus RTU, EtherCAT slave, and PROFINET IRT pre-processing, letting one MAX 10 replace a microcontroller plus external logic. The exposed-pad 144-LQFP supports conventional SMT reflow, simplifying panel-level assembly.
Recommended
Portable Test & Measurement
The 10M08SAE144I7G suits portable instrumentation because the integrated 12-bit ADC, dual flash, and 8K-LE logic all fit in one chip - shrinking the BOM to a level practical for handheld enclosures. The internal ADC handles up to 17 analog channels, removing a separate ADC chip for multi-sensor readings (temperature, pressure, current). The non-volatile flash boots in microseconds, eliminating boot delay and saving battery life in field meters. Industrial temperature grade supports outdoor or vehicle-mounted test gear, and the LQFP-144 package tolerates hand-rework during prototype iteration - a clear advantage over BGA-only alternatives.
Recommended
LED Lighting & Display Controllers
For commercial LED walls and architectural lighting, the 10M08SAE144I7G drives up to 101 PWM outputs at refresh rates above 10 kHz - enough for thousands of addressable LEDs with >16-bit dimming resolution. The hardware 18x18 multipliers and 378 Kbits embedded SRAM support on-the-fly gamma correction, color-space conversion (RGB to YCbCr), and pixel-buffer compositing without external memory. Industrial temperature range supports outdoor digital signage, and the integrated ADC samples ambient light sensors for closed-loop brightness control. Quartus Prime IP libraries include SPI and DMX512 cores that run concurrently with the LED-control pipeline.
Recommended
IoT Sensor Aggregation Hubs
In IoT sensor hubs, the 10M08SAE144I7G aggregates I2C, SPI, and UART sensor buses and pre-processes data before forwarding over Wi-Fi, BLE, or LoRa. The integrated 12-bit ADC handles analog sensors (temperature, humidity, gas) directly, while 101 user I/O accommodate digital sensor fan-out. The internal flash stores firmware and configuration parameters, eliminating an external EEPROM. Industrial temperature grade supports outdoor or industrial IoT deployments, and the small LQFP-144 footprint fits on compact sensor boards. Nios II soft-core support lets the device run a lightweight RTOS for sensor scheduling.
Recommended
Video Format Conversion Bridges
The 10M08SAE144I7G bridges legacy video formats (CVBS, VGA, RGB) to modern HDMI or MIPI inputs in industrial and consumer equipment. With 8K LEs, 16 multipliers, and 378 Kbits RAM, it can perform color-space conversion, scaling, and frame-rate adaptation on SD-to-HD video streams without external memory. LVDS-capable I/O banks accept up to 1.25 Gbps pixel clocks, while the 101 user I/O easily handle 24-bit RGB plus control signals. Integrated flash boots instantly on power-up - a benefit in always-on consumer appliances - and the LQFP-144 simplifies board assembly versus BGA-only competitors.
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Engineering reference data for 10M08SAE144I7G β comparison, design guidance, and compliance information.
Selection Guide
Comparison with Alternatives
| Parameter | This Product | 10M08SAE144C8G | 10M08SCE144I7G | 10M08SCE144C8G | 10M08SAE144C8GES | 10M04SCE144I7G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Package | 144-LQFP Exposed Pad (EQFP-144) | 144-LQFP Exposed Pad (EQFP-144) - same | 144-LQFP Exposed Pad (EQFP-144) - same | 144-LQFP Exposed Pad (EQFP-144) - same | 144-LQFP Exposed Pad (EQFP-144) - same | 144-LQFP Exposed Pad (EQFP-144) - same |
| Brand | Intel | Intel - same | Intel - same | Intel - same | Intel - same | Intel - same |
| Logic Elements | 8,000 | 8,000 | 8,000 | 8,000 | 8,000 | 4,000 (-50%) |
| Total RAM Bits | 387,072 (378 Kbits) | 387,072 | 387,072 | 387,072 | 387,072 | 193,536 (-50%) |
| Speed Grade | A (fastest) | A | C (~10-15% slower Fmax) | C | A | C |
| Operating Temperature | -40 C to +100 C (industrial) | 0 C to +85 C (commercial) | -40 C to +100 C (industrial) | 0 C to +85 C (commercial) | 0 C to +85 C (commercial) | -40 C to +100 C (industrial) |
| User I/O | 101 | 101 | 101 | 101 | 101 | 101 |
| Integrated Flash | Yes (1,540 Kbits) | Yes (1,540 Kbits) | Yes (1,540 Kbits) | Yes (1,540 Kbits) | Yes (1,540 Kbits) | Yes (768 Kbits) |
| Lifecycle Status | Active | Active | Active | Active | Obsolete (engineering sample) | Active |
Key Differentiators
- Fastest speed grade in the MAX 10 8K LE family at 144-EQFP (vs 10M08SCE144I7G)
- Industrial temperature grade for harsh environments (vs 10M08SAE144C8G)
- Dual-configuration flash for fail-safe field updates (vs 10M04SCE144I7G)
Design Notes
Estimated: The 144-EQFP package relies on the exposed pad (pin 144) for thermal dissipation. With theta_JA ~25 C/W (typical 4-layer JEDEC board) and a typical MAX 10 8K-LE active power of ~300 mW at 25 MHz toggle rate, junction temperature rise is roughly 7-8 C above ambient - well within industrial limits. For applications that fully load 8K LEs at >100 MHz, expect ~1 W dissipation and ~25 C temperature rise. Provide at least 1 square inch of top-layer copper connected to the EP and stitch the EP to internal ground planes with 9 thermal vias (0.3 mm drill) to keep junction temperatures reliable.
Decouple each VCCIO bank with a 0.1 uF X7R ceramic capacitor placed within 100 mil of the bank pins, plus a 10 uF bulk capacitor per bank on the same side of the PCB. The VCCINT and VCCA rails each need at least one 10 uF bulk capacitor and one 0.1 uF high-frequency bypass placed at the supply pins. Estimated: a fully-utilized 10M08SAE144I7G consumes 200-400 mW core current at moderate toggle rates - size the 3.3 V regulator (e.g., TPS7A3001) to deliver at least 1 A peak for inrush and PLL transients.
Route differential pairs (LVDS) for clocks and high-speed I/O with 100 ohm differential impedance and length matching within 50 mil. Keep the JTAG chain (TCK, TMS, TDI, TDO) short and guarded by a ground trace to avoid configuration failures during in-system programming. Separate analog ADC inputs (ADCIN1/2) from digital switching signals with a ground moat to preserve the 12-bit ADC linearity. Always tie the exposed pad to a clean ground plane with multiple vias for thermal and electrical return paths.
Do not leave the nCONFIG pin floating - pull it up to VCCINT through a 10 kohm resistor to allow the MAX 10 to leave reset state on power-up. Ensure the dual-boot image is properly configured in Quartus if using remote field updates; otherwise the device boots from the default image only. Avoid mixing 1.8 V and 3.3 V I/O standards within the same VCCIO bank - MAX 10 banks require a single VCCIO voltage. Finally, do not exceed the maximum ADC input voltage (VCCA + 0.3 V) or you risk permanent damage to the integrated ADC channels.
Compliance Information
RoHS and REACH compliant per Intel/Altera product page. Industrial temperature grade qualified per Intel reliability program. AEC-Q100 not applicable - this is an FPGA, not a single-function IC, and is not formally AEC-Q100 qualified; verify automotive requirements with Intel if needed.
