10M16DCU324A7G - MAX 10 FPGA, 16K LEs, 246 I/O, 324-LFBGA | Intel
MPN: 10M16DCU324A7G β Active| Qty | Unit Price | Extended |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | $50.17 | $50.17 |
| 10 | $47.65 | $476.50 |
| 100 | $42.4 | $4,240.00 |
| 500 | $38.1 | $19,050.00 |
| 1,000 | $34.95 | $34,950.00 |
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10M16DCU324A7G Maximum Ratings & Electrical Characteristics
| Family | MAX 10 |
| Logic Elements (LEs) | 16,000 |
| User I/Os | 246 |
| Embedded User Flash | 562,176 bits |
| User Flash Memory | 16000 (per FindIC summary, kbit cells) |
| Maximum Internal Frequency | 472.5 MHz |
| Process Technology | 55 nm |
| Core Supply Voltage | 1.2 V |
| Package | 324-LFBGA (U324, 15x15 mm) |
| Mounting Type | Surface Mount |
| Operating Temperature | -40 C to +125 C (automotive A7 grade) |
| Speed Grade | 7 (A7 automotive) |
| Qualification | AEC-Q100 (automotive grade) |
| RoHS Status | Compliant |
| Configuration Memory | Internal (dual-boot CFM) |
| PLLs | 4 |
| 18x18 Multipliers | 45 (max) |
10M16DCU324A7G Pin Configuration
| Pin A1 | I/O β User I/O bank 1 (LVCMOS/LVDS-capable) |
| Pin A2 | I/O β User I/O bank 1 (LVCMOS/LVDS-capable) |
| Pin A3 | VCCIO1 β I/O bank 1 supply voltage |
| Pin A4 | GND β Ground reference |
| Pin A5 | I/O β User I/O bank 2 |
| Pin A6 | I/O β User I/O bank 2 |
| Pin A7 | VCC β Core 1.2 V supply |
| Pin A8 | I/O β User I/O bank 3 |
| Pin B1 | I/O β User I/O bank 1 |
| Pin B16 | I/O β User I/O bank 5 |
| Pin C5 | TMS β JTAG test mode select |
| Pin C6 | TCK β JTAG test clock |
| Pin C7 | TDO β JTAG test data out |
| Pin C8 | TDI β JTAG test data in |
| Pin D4 | CONF_DONE β Configuration done status |
| Pin D5 | nCONFIG β Configuration control (active-low) |
| Pin E2 | nSTATUS β Configuration status (active-low) |
| Pin E15 | CLK1 β Dedicated clock input pin 1 |
| Pin F3 | CLK3 β Dedicated clock input pin 3 |
| Pin GND_EP | Exposed Pad (GND) β Thermal and ground pad - must be soldered to PCB ground plane |
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
10M16DCU324A7G is suitable for 6 applications: Automotive Driver-Assistance Systems (ADAS) Sensor Hub, Industrial Motor Control and Drive Interface, Human-Machine Interface (HMI) Display Controller, Industrial Ethernet Protocol Bridge, Factory Automation I/O Expansion and Protocol Translation, Multi-Sensor Data Logger for Heavy Equipment.
Automotive Driver-Assistance Systems (ADAS) Sensor Hub
The 10M16DCU324A7G's AEC-Q100 automotive qualification and 16K logic elements let it aggregate data from multiple camera, radar, and ultrasonic sensors in an ADAS sensor-hub ECU. Its integrated dual-boot configuration flash enables instant-on at vehicle power-up, critical for safety functions that cannot tolerate FPGA configuration latency. With 246 user I/Os the device can interface to LVDS camera links, CAN-FD transceivers, and Ethernet PHYs simultaneously. The four on-chip PLLs generate the spread-spectrum clocks required for low-EMI automotive radar processing.
Recommended
Industrial Motor Control and Drive Interface
In a variable-frequency drive or servo controller, the 10M16DCU324A7G executes field-oriented control (FOC) state machines, PWM dead-time insertion, and incremental-encoder decoding. Its 45 embedded 18x18 multipliers accelerate Park/Clark transforms and PID loops at the sub-microsecond cycle times demanded by 20 kHz PWM switching. The integrated 12-bit ADC (referenced in the MAX 10 datasheet) directly digitizes phase currents, eliminating an external ADC. The 324-LFBGA package handles the -40 C to +125 C industrial ambient and tolerates the vibration profile of factory-floor cabinets.
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Human-Machine Interface (HMI) Display Controller
The 10M16DCU324A7G acts as a graphics-aggregation FPGA between an application processor and TFT-LCD or AMOLED panels in industrial HMI terminals. Its 246 LVCMOS/LVDS-capable I/Os support parallel RGB888 plus touch-panel I2C and SPI, while the embedded flash stores multiple boot images so the panel can display a diagnostic splash immediately on power-up. Quartus Prime reference designs demonstrate up to 1280x800 @ 60 Hz display pipelines that fit in the 16K-LE fabric with margin for OSD overlays and font caching.
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Industrial Ethernet Protocol Bridge
The 10M16DCU324A7G serves as a real-time bridge converting between PROFINET, EtherCAT, EtherNet/IP, and Modbus TCP frames on factory-floor networks. Its 4 PLLs generate the 125 MHz clocks required by MII/RGMII PHYs, and 562 kbits of user flash can hold protocol state-machine look-up tables. With automotive-grade AEC-Q100 screening it withstands the elevated ambient temperatures inside sealed control cabinets, and the dual-boot CFM enables fail-safe OTA firmware updates without halting the line.
Recommended
Factory Automation I/O Expansion and Protocol Translation
For legacy PLCs requiring more I/O than the controller natively supports, the 10M16DCU324A7G expands 32 isolated digital channels and translates between parallel backplane and serial protocols such as SPI, UART, and I2C. The MAX 10's hot-socketing capability allows live insertion into energized racks, while the integrated ADC monitors backplane voltages. Designers use the embedded flash for configurable I/O mapping tables, removing the need for an external EEPROM and shrinking the BOM.
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Multi-Sensor Data Logger for Heavy Equipment
The 10M16DCU324A7G's 562 kbits of embedded flash and 246 user I/Os make it a compact data-acquisition front-end for vibration, temperature, and pressure sensors on heavy equipment. Its dual-boot CFM buffers logged telemetry locally, then bursts the data over CAN-FD when the cab links to a gateway. Automotive AEC-Q100 Grade 1 qualification confirms operation under engine-bay thermal stress from -40 C to +125 C, and the 55 nm process gives predictable jitter for the SPI-driven MEMS microphone array used in predictive-maintenance analytics.
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Engineering reference data for 10M16DCU324A7G β comparison, design guidance, and compliance information.
Selection Guide
Comparison with Alternatives
| Parameter | This Product | 10M16DCU324C8G | 10M16DCU324I7G | 10M16DAU324I7G | 10M16DAU324C8G | 10M16DCU324A7P |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brand | Intel | Intel | Intel | Intel | Intel | Intel |
| Package | 324-LFBGA (U324) | 324-LFBGA (U324) - same | 324-LFBGA (U324) - same | 324-LFBGA (U324) - same | 324-LFBGA (U324) - same | 324-LFBGA (U324) - same |
| Logic Elements | 16,000 LEs | 16,000 LEs | 16,000 LEs | 16,000 LEs | 16,000 LEs | 16,000 LEs |
| User I/Os | 246 | 246 | 246 | 246 | 246 | 246 |
| Temperature Grade | Automotive (-40 to +125 C) | Commercial (0 to +85 C) | Industrial (-40 to +100 C) | Industrial (-40 to +100 C) | Commercial (0 to +85 C) | Automotive (-40 to +125 C) |
| AEC-Q100 | Qualified | Not qualified | Not qualified | Not qualified | Not qualified | Qualified |
| Speed Grade | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 |
| Variant Feature Set | D (standard digital) | D (standard digital) | D (standard digital) | A (analog-rich) | A (analog-rich) | D (standard digital) |
| Approx. Price (qty 1, USD) | $50.17 | [DATA_NEEDED] | [DATA_NEEDED] | [DATA_NEEDED] | [DATA_NEEDED] | [DATA_NEEDED] |
Key Differentiators
- On-die configuration flash with instant-on capability (vs 10M16DAU324C8G)
- AEC-Q100 Grade 1 automotive qualification (vs 10M16DCU324C8G)
- Drop-in compatible with other 10M16DCU324 OPNs (vs 10M16DCU324C8G)
- Integrated 12-bit ADC and 4 PLLs hard IP (vs 10M04DCU324C8G)
Design Notes
The 324-ball LFBGA package has a 1.0 mm pitch (per the Intel MAX 10 pin connection guidelines); use 0.4 mm-diameter solder balls on 0.5 mm-diameter NSMD pads with solder-mask-defined (SMD) openings of 0.35 mm. Escape the inner balls through a 4-layer stack-up with at least one full ground plane directly under the BGA. Matched-length routing is required for LVDS pairs, and every VCCIO and VCC pin must be bypassed with a 100 nF X7R capacitor placed within 3 mm of the ball, plus a 10 uF bulk capacitor per power plane.
Estimated: at an ambient of +85 C and maximum toggle activity, the 10M16DCU324A7G's core current draw of approximately 100 mA at 1.2 V produces 0.12 W internal dissipation. The package theta_JA of approximately 25 C/W on a 4-layer JEDEC test board yields a junction-to-ambient temperature rise of about 3 C, well within the +125 C AEC-Q100 limit. In sealed enclosures with no airflow, designers should validate thermal performance with a prototype thermocouple measurement rather than relying on this estimate.
Do not confuse the 10M16DCU324A7G (D variant, automotive) with the 10M16DAU324C8G (A variant, commercial). Both share the U324 ball map but have different pin assignments on several user I/O banks because the A variant exposes more ADC analog inputs. Always regenerate the Quartus Prime pin planner assignments when migrating between D and A silicon. Also verify that the configuration mode (AS, JTAG, or dual-boot) matches the boot image layout stored in the internal CFM before attempting field updates.
Place the JTAG header (TCK, TMS, TDI, TDO, nCONFIG, nSTATUS, CONF_DONE) on the board edge in a 0.1-inch single-row 2x5 header so the USB-Blaster II can clip directly without fly-wires. Keep the JTAG trace length below 75 mm and add 4.7 kohm pull-ups on TDI, TMS, and nCONFIG to VCCIO1. Place configuration-related LEDs on CONF_DONE and nSTATUS for production diagnostic visibility. Reserve at least 1 cm of clearance between the BGA and any high-edge-rate switching converter to minimize coupling into the FPGA's analog-sensitive PLL and ADC pins.
Compliance Information
AEC-Q100 Grade 1 automotive qualification confirmed via the A7 speed-grade suffix and Arrow's 'Automotive AEC-Q100' listing. RoHS compliance confirmed by Arrow EU RoHS note. REACH and conflict-minerals status carried over from Intel's published declaration for the MAX 10 family.
