A3P600-1PQG208 - ProASIC3 FPGA 600K 208-QFP | Microchip
MPN: A3P600-1PQG208 ✓ Active| Qty | Unit Price | Extended |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | $62.43 | $62.43 |
| 10 | $59.31 | $593.10 |
| 100 | $55.57 | $5,557.00 |
| 500 | $52.06 | $26,030.00 |
| 1,000 | $49.94 | $49,940.00 |
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View Datasheet →A3P600-1PQG208 Maximum Ratings & Electrical Characteristics
| Family | ProASIC3 |
| System Gates | 600K |
| Logic Elements | 7KLEs |
| User I/Os | 154 |
| Configuration Memory | 110592 bits (flash, nonvolatile) |
| Maximum System Frequency | 272 MHz |
| Process Technology | 130 nm flash |
| Core Supply Voltage | 1.5 V |
| Speed Grade | -1 (commercial) |
| Operating Temperature | 0C to +70C |
| Package | 208-BFQFP (PQG208) |
| Mounting Style | SMD/SMT |
| Terminal Form | Gull wing |
| Packaging | Tray |
| Configuration Type | SRAM-logic / Flash (Instant On, single chip) |
| I/O Banks | 4 |
A3P600-1PQG208 208-bfqfp (pqg208) Pin Configuration Guide
Complete pinout information for A3P600-1PQG208 (208-bfqfp (pqg208) 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 A3P600-1PQG208.
Refer to the datasheet for full pin configuration.
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
A3P600-1PQG208 is suitable for 6 applications: Industrial Control and Automation, Secure Single-Chip Logic, Communications Interface Bridging, ASIC Prototyping and Emulation, Aerospace-Adjacent Control Logic, Medical Instrumentation Control.
Industrial Control and Automation
In controlled-environment industrial controllers, the A3P600-1PQG208 serves as single-chip glueless logic interfacing PLC modules, sensor banks, and backplanes. Its 600K gates and 154 user I/Os across four voltage banks let one device absorb dozens of discrete glue-logic ICs, cutting BOM count and board area. The flash fabric is Instant On - logic is active within microseconds of power application, important for systems that must assert safe I/O states immediately at power-up without waiting for configuration. The 0C to +70C rating suits enclosure-mounted controllers in conditioned cabinets; for harsher floors, use the drop-in A3P600L-1PQG208I. Nonvolatile configuration also removes the external config PROM, a common failure point in vibrating industrial panels.
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Secure Single-Chip Logic
Flash-based FPGAs like the A3P600-1PQG208 are preferred wherever the design bitstream must be protected. Because configuration resides in on-chip flash rather than an external SRAM configuration device, the bitstream never appears on a visible bus during power-up, blocking casual cloning and readback attacks common against SRAM FPGAs. The 600K-gate fabric accommodates encryption engines, authentication state machines, and secure boot bridges for embedded processors. The single-chip Instant On property means security logic is enforcing policy before the host CPU completes reset - a critical window in anti-tamper architectures. Design teams implement these features in Microchip Libero SoC and lock programming with flash lock mechanisms supported by the ProASIC3 family datasheet.
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Communications Interface Bridging
The A3P600-1PQG208 bridges protocol interfaces - UART, SPI, I2C, parallel buses, and simple line-coded links - between processors, ASICs, and backplanes. With 154 user I/Os banked into four independently supplied VCCIBx domains, mixed-voltage interfaces (for example 3.3V host and 2.5V or 1.8V peripheral) terminate on one package without level shifters, provided only voltage-compatible standards share each bank per the ProASIC3 I/O rules. The 272 MHz maximum system performance supports multi-channel UART aggregation and parallel-to-serial adaptation comfortably. Nonvolatile configuration gives deterministic link bring-up at power-on, simplifying hot-swappable line cards where configuration latency would otherwise stall the host bus.
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ASIC Prototyping and Emulation
Design teams use the A3P600-1PQG208 to prototype mid-size ASIC blocks before tape-out. The 600K-gate fabric fits moderate RTL blocks, and full reprogrammability supports iterative RTL debug without new silicon. The flash architecture's deterministic Instant On behavior makes power-up sequencing experiments reproducible - unlike SRAM FPGAs whose boot-time behavior varies with configuration device placement. Because the PQG208 footprint is shared across the ProASIC3 density ladder (A3P600 to A3P1000), a prototype PCB can accept either density, letting teams flow the same board from feasibility into a larger emulation target. Libero SoC timing reports at the -1 speed grade provide realistic early estimates of achievable ASIC clock domains.
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Aerospace-Adjacent Control Logic
While this commercial-grade (0C to +70C) part is not qualified for flight, its flash-FPGA architecture - single-chip, nonvolatile, and immune to configuration-readout - is widely used in ground support equipment, test rigs, and radiation-tolerant program heritage designs descended from Actel/Microsemi flash FPGA lines. The 600K gates implement telemetry framing, sequencer logic, and instrument interface bridges for satellite AIT (assembly, integration, test) stations. Instant On configuration is valuable in test equipment that must assert deterministic states at power application. For designs migrating toward flight hardware, the same ProASIC3 RTL and Libero SoC toolchain carry over to Microchip's radiation-tolerant RT ProASIC3 family, protecting verification investment.
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Medical Instrumentation Control
Benchtop medical instruments - analyzers, detectors, and imaging support hardware - use the A3P600-1PQG208 for deterministic sequencing, sensor front-end timing, and host interface logic. The single-chip flash configuration ensures the instrument powers up into a known, verified logic state every cycle, which simplifies IEC 60601-style power-on self-test documentation: there is no external configuration device whose failure mode must be analyzed separately. The 154 I/Os in four voltage banks interface directly with mixed-voltage sensor arrays and 3.3V/5V-tolerant peripheral buses. Benchtop environments stay within the 0C to +70C commercial rating. Design security protects proprietary timing and calibration algorithms stored in the fabric from competitive cloning.
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Engineering reference data for A3P600-1PQG208 — comparison, design guidance, and compliance information.
Selection Guide
Comparison with Alternatives
| Parameter | This Product | A3P600L-1PQG208I | A3P600-2PQG208I | A3P1000-2PQG208 | A3P1000L-1PQG208I |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Package | 208-BFQFP (PQG208) | 208-BFQFP (PQG208) - same | 208-BFQFP (PQG208) - same | 208-BFQFP (PQG208) - same | 208-BFQFP (PQG208) - same |
| Brand | Microchip Technology | Microchip Technology | Microchip Technology | Microchip Technology | Microchip Technology |
| System Gates | 600K | 600K | 600K | 1M | 1M |
| User I/Os | 154 | 154 | 154 | [DATA_NEEDED] | [DATA_NEEDED] |
| Speed Grade | -1 | -1 | -2 (faster) | -2 (faster) | -1 |
| Temperature Range | 0C to +70C | -40C to +100C | -40C to +100C | [DATA_NEEDED] | -40C to +100C |
| Core Option | Standard | Low-power (L) | Standard | Standard | Low-power (L) |
| Unit Price (qty 1) | $62.43 | [DATA_NEEDED] | [DATA_NEEDED] | [DATA_NEEDED] | [DATA_NEEDED] |
Key Differentiators
- Lowest-cost commercial speed grade (vs A3P600-2PQG208I)
- Standard core power option (vs A3P600L-1PQG208I)
- Commercial temperature optimization (vs A3P600L-1PQG208I)
- Density matched to design (vs A3P1000-2PQG208)
Design Notes
The A3P600 requires a 1.5V core supply (VCC) plus four independent I/O bank supplies (VCCIB0-VCCIB3). Estimated: flash-FPGA core current is dominated by activity - budget 50-150 mA for the core at moderate toggle rates and size the 1.5V rail accordingly, decoupling with at least 10 uF bulk plus 0.1 uF ceramics per supply pin group. Because PQG208 VCCIBx pins route to their respective banks per Microchip migration notes, never tie different bank supplies together if the banks carry incompatible I/O standards.
The 208-pin BFQFP has 0.5 mm-pitch gull-wing leads - specify a footprint per the Microchip ProASIC3 datasheet package drawing and use solder-mask-defined or NSMD pads per your assembler's capability. Place 0.1 uF decoupling capacitors within 2-3 mm of each VCC/VCCIB pin pair. Exposed thermal behavior of a 208-QFP is modest; forced-air or natural convection at 0.5-1 W dissipation (Estimated) is generally adequate but verify against your activity profile.
Three recurring mistakes: (1) assuming pin compatibility from legacy Actel documents - Microchip PCN 0708 changed PQ208/PQG208 A3P600 pinouts for family pin compatibility, so only the current DS50003269 datasheet pinout is valid; (2) exceeding the 0C to +70C commercial range in sealed enclosures - migrate to an -I variant instead; (3) treating -1 as equivalent to -2 timing - at 272 MHz class designs, re-run timing closure in Libero SoC when swapping speed grades even on the same footprint.
Group I/O assignments by voltage bank and by switching activity. Fast-switching outputs sharing a VCCIB return path with sensitive inputs cause ground-bounce on the 0.5 mm-pitch QFP where adjacent supply pins are scarce. Keep edge rates at the minimum needed (use Libero slew controls), reserve bank corners for quiet inputs, and route bank VCCIB traces as short, wide pours. Series 22-33 ohm resistors on long off-board lines damp reflections and cut EMI.
Compliance Information
Compliance data was not present in the verified web data for this MPN; Microchip product page should be consulted for RoHS/REACH declarations. Commercial-grade part (0C to +70C), so AEC-Q100 is not applicable.
