EP20K100CT144C8 - APEX-20K 100K Gates FPGA | Altera | 144-LQFP
N.º da peça: EP20K100CT144C8 ✗ Fim de vida| Qtd. | Preço unitário | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | $245 | $245,00 |
| 10 | $230 | $2.300,00 |
| 100 | $215 | $21.500,00 |
| 500 | $198 | $99.000,00 |
| 1.000 | $185 | $185.000,00 |
EP20K100CT144C8 Visão geral
An FPGA (Field-Programmable Gate Array) is a type of programmable logic device (PLD) that combines the architectural flexibility of a gate array with the design-time programmability of an in-system reprogrammable IC. FPGAs sit at the top of the programmable-logic taxonomy alongside CPLDs (Complex PLDs), and they form a sub-class of the broader Integrated Circuit > Logic IC family. APEX-20K devices were among the first multi-core FPGAs to embed memory blocks (ESBs) and multiplies alongside general LUT logic, enabling on-chip data buffering and DSP-like arithmetic without external devices. This hierarchy - LUT logic + embedded memory + embedded multipliers - is the architectural ancestor of the modern SoC FPGA.
Key features of the EP20K100CT144C8 include 2,640 Logic Elements (LEs), 26 Embedded System Blocks (ESBs) providing 4,160 RAM bits, support for LVTTL, LVCMOS, PCI and other I/O standards via dedicated I/O banks, and in-system configuration through the passive serial, JTAG, or Altera EPC configuration modes. The APEX-20K architecture integrates four MegaLAB™ structures connected by a MultiCore™ interconnect, simplifying high-density glue-logic, bridge, and co-processor designs that would otherwise require multiple smaller FPGAs.
From an engineering perspective, the EP20K100CT144C8 is built on a 0.18 µm CMOS process and offers SRAM-based configuration memory. Designers must therefore plan a non-volatile configuration source (EPC1, EPC2, EPC4 or compatible boot PROM, or a microcontroller-driven JTAG) at board bring-up. The 144-LQFP package is a 1.4 mm-thick surface-mount JEDEC standard outline with 0.5 mm lead pitch, suitable for prototypes and small-to-medium production runs where BGA reflow is undesirable.
Typical applications include PCI/CompactPCI bus bridges, custom interface glue logic, low-volume ASIC prototyping, telecom line-card interface logic, and DSP co-processors for legacy systems. The device is also widely used in industrial control cards and test-and-measurement backplanes.
When designing with the EP20K100CT144C8, ensure that all 93 user I/O banks observe their respective VCCIO supply levels and that the JTAG chain TCK/TMS/TDO/TDI traces are kept short and routed with a ground reference for signal integrity. Because configuration memory is volatile, a power-on reset and configuration plan must be validated before the device is treated as functional.
This page synthesises real distributor stock, same-family APEX-20K drop-in variants, and practical design notes not found in the standalone datasheet PDF, providing engineers a single reference point for sourcing, replacement, and lifecycle decisions.
Alternativas drop-in para EP20K100CT144C8 — mesmo encapsulamento, compatível pino a pino. Peças de encapsulamento diferente que exigem retrabalho na PCB são excluídas.
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EP20K100CT144C7
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EP20K100CT144C8 Classificações máximas e características elétricas
| Series | APEX-20K |
| Manufacturer | Intel (formerly Altera) |
| Product Type | FPGA - Field Programmable Gate Array |
| Number of Logic Elements | 2,640 LEs |
| Typical Gates | 100,000 gates |
| Number of System Gates | 53,248 |
| Embedded RAM Bits | 4,160 bits |
| Number of Embedded System Blocks (ESBs) | 26 ESBs |
| Number of I/O Pins | 93 user I/O |
| Temperatura de operação | 0 °C to +85 °C (Commercial) |
| Speed Grade | -8 |
| Encapsulamento | 144-LQFP (TQFP) |
| Package Type | Surface Mount, 1.4 mm thickness |
| Pin Pitch | 0.5 mm |
| Configuration Memory | SRAM (volatile) |
| Process Technology | 0.18 µm CMOS |
| Tipo de montagem | Surface Mount |
Configuração de pinos do EP20K100CT144C8
| Pino 1 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank-dependent function, see datasheet) |
| Pino 2 | I/O — User I/O pin |
| Pino 3 | I/O — User I/O pin |
| Pino 4 | I/O — User I/O pin |
| Pino 5 | I/O — User I/O pin |
| Pino 6 | VCCINT — Core voltage supply |
| Pino 7 | GND — Ground |
| Pino 8 | I/O — User I/O pin |
| Pino 9 | I/O — User I/O pin |
| Pino 10 | I/O — User I/O pin |
| Pino 11 | I/O — User I/O pin |
| Pino 12 | GND — Ground |
| Pino 13 | I/O — User I/O pin |
| Pino 14 | TDI — JTAG Test Data Input |
| Pino 15 | TMS — JTAG Test Mode Select |
| Pino 16 | TCK — JTAG Test Clock |
| Pino 17 | nSTATUS — Configuration status (open-drain, pull-up required) |
| Pino 18 | nCONFIG — Configuration control (active-low, pull-up required) |
| Pino 19 | CONF_DONE — Configuration done (open-drain) |
| Pino 20 | MSEL0 — Configuration mode select 0 |
| Pino 21 | MSEL1 — Configuration mode select 1 |
| Pino 22 | DCLK — Configuration clock input |
| Pino 23 | DATA0 — Configuration data input 0 |
| Pino 24 | nCE — Chip enable (active-low) |
| Pino 25 | I/O — User I/O pin |
| Pino 26 | VCCIO1 — I/O bank 1 reference voltage |
| Pino 27 | GND — Ground |
| Pino 28 | I/O — User I/O pin |
| Pino 29 | I/O — User I/O pin |
| Pino 30 | I/O — User I/O pin |
| Pino 31 | I/O — User I/O pin |
| Pino 32 | I/O — User I/O pin |
| Pino 33 | I/O — User I/O pin |
| Pino 34 | I/O — User I/O pin |
| Pino 35 | I/O — User I/O pin |
| Pino 36 | GND — Ground |
| Pino 37 | VCCIO1 — I/O bank 1 reference voltage |
| Pino 38 | I/O — User I/O pin |
| Pino 39 | I/O — User I/O pin |
| Pino 40 | I/O — User I/O pin |
| Pino 41 | I/O — User I/O pin |
| Pino 42 | I/O — User I/O pin |
| Pino 43 | I/O — User I/O pin |
| Pino 44 | GND — Ground |
| Pino 45 | VCCINT — Core voltage supply |
| Pino 46 | I/O — User I/O pin |
| Pino 47 | I/O — User I/O pin |
| Pino 48 | I/O — User I/O pin |
| Pino 49 | I/O — User I/O pin |
| Pino 50 | I/O — User I/O pin |
| Pino 51 | I/O — User I/O pin |
| Pino 52 | I/O — User I/O pin |
| Pino 53 | GND — Ground |
| Pino 54 | VCCIO2 — I/O bank 2 reference voltage |
| Pino 55 | I/O — User I/O pin |
| Pino 56 | I/O — User I/O pin |
| Pino 57 | I/O — User I/O pin |
| Pino 58 | I/O — User I/O pin |
| Pino 59 | I/O — User I/O pin |
| Pino 60 | I/O — User I/O pin |
| Pino 61 | I/O — User I/O pin |
| Pino 62 | GND — Ground |
| Pino 63 | VCCIO2 — I/O bank 2 reference voltage |
| Pino 64 | I/O — User I/O pin |
| Pino 65 | I/O — User I/O pin |
| Pino 66 | I/O — User I/O pin |
| Pino 67 | I/O — User I/O pin |
| Pino 68 | I/O — User I/O pin |
| Pino 69 | I/O — User I/O pin |
| Pino 70 | VCCINT — Core voltage supply |
| Pino 71 | GND — Ground |
| Pino 72 | I/O — User I/O pin |
| Pino 73 | I/O — User I/O pin |
| Pino 74 | I/O — User I/O pin |
| Pino 75 | I/O — User I/O pin |
| Pino 76 | I/O — User I/O pin |
| Pino 77 | GND — Ground |
| Pino 78 | VCCIO3 — I/O bank 3 reference voltage |
| Pino 79 | I/O — User I/O pin |
| Pino 80 | I/O — User I/O pin |
| Pino 81 | I/O — User I/O pin |
| Pino 82 | I/O — User I/O pin |
| Pino 83 | I/O — User I/O pin |
| Pino 84 | I/O — User I/O pin |
| Pino 85 | GND — Ground |
| Pino 86 | VCCIO3 — I/O bank 3 reference voltage |
| Pino 87 | I/O — User I/O pin |
| Pino 88 | I/O — User I/O pin |
| Pino 89 | I/O — User I/O pin |
| Pino 90 | I/O — User I/O pin |
| Pino 91 | I/O — User I/O pin |
| Pino 92 | I/O — User I/O pin |
| Pino 93 | VCCINT — Core voltage supply |
| Pino 94 | GND — Ground |
| Pino 95 | I/O — User I/O pin |
| Pino 96 | I/O — User I/O pin |
| Pino 97 | I/O — User I/O pin |
| Pino 98 | I/O — User I/O pin |
| Pino 99 | I/O — User I/O pin |
| Pino 100 | I/O — User I/O pin |
| Pino 101 | GND — Ground |
| Pino 102 | VCCIO4 — I/O bank 4 reference voltage |
| Pino 103 | I/O — User I/O pin |
| Pino 104 | I/O — User I/O pin |
| Pino 105 | I/O — User I/O pin |
| Pino 106 | I/O — User I/O pin |
| Pino 107 | I/O — User I/O pin |
| Pino 108 | I/O — User I/O pin |
| Pino 109 | GND — Ground |
| Pino 110 | VCCIO4 — I/O bank 4 reference voltage |
| Pino 111 | I/O — User I/O pin |
| Pino 112 | I/O — User I/O pin |
| Pino 113 | I/O — User I/O pin |
| Pino 114 | I/O — User I/O pin |
| Pino 115 | I/O — User I/O pin |
| Pino 116 | I/O — User I/O pin |
| Pino 117 | VCCINT — Core voltage supply |
| Pino 118 | GND — Ground |
| Pino 119 | I/O — User I/O pin |
| Pino 120 | I/O — User I/O pin |
| Pino 121 | I/O — User I/O pin |
| Pino 122 | I/O — User I/O pin |
| Pino 123 | I/O — User I/O pin |
| Pino 124 | I/O — User I/O pin |
| Pino 125 | GND — Ground |
| Pino 126 | VCCIO5 — I/O bank 5 reference voltage |
| Pino 127 | I/O — User I/O pin |
| Pino 128 | I/O — User I/O pin |
| Pino 129 | I/O — User I/O pin |
| Pino 130 | I/O — User I/O pin |
| Pino 131 | I/O — User I/O pin |
| Pino 132 | I/O — User I/O pin |
| Pino 133 | GND — Ground |
| Pino 134 | VCCIO5 — I/O bank 5 reference voltage |
| Pino 135 | I/O — User I/O pin |
| Pino 136 | I/O — User I/O pin |
| Pino 137 | I/O — User I/O pin |
| Pino 138 | I/O — User I/O pin |
| Pino 139 | I/O — User I/O pin |
| Pino 140 | I/O — User I/O pin |
| Pino 141 | VCCINT — Core voltage supply |
| Pino 142 | GND — Ground |
| Pino 143 | TDO — JTAG Test Data Output |
| Pino 144 | I/O — User I/O pin |
Aplicações típicas
EP20K100CT144C8 é adequado para 6 aplicaçãos: PCI / CompactPCI Bus Bridge Logic, ASIC Prototype and Logic Emulation, Telecom Line-Card Interface Logic, Industrial Control and PLC Backplane Glue, DSP Co-Processor for Legacy Systems, Test and Measurement Backplane Controllers.
PCI / CompactPCI Bus Bridge Logic
The EP20K100CT144C8's 93 user I/O pins and PCI 3.3 V I/O standard support make it well suited to CompactPCI and PCI bridge glue logic on legacy industrial backplanes. With 100,000 typical gates and 4,160 bits of embedded RAM, the device can hold a complete PCI target state machine plus payload FIFO without external memory, while the -8 speed grade provides sufficient margin for 33 MHz PCI timing. Engineers typically instantiate the design in Quartus and rely on the 144-LQFP package's 1.4 mm body for backplane-friendly through-hole-friendly soldering.
Recomendado
ASIC Prototype and Logic Emulation
Low-volume ASIC prototypes and pre-silicon logic validation benefit from the EP20K100CT144C8's 2,640 LEs and SRAM-based configuration, which allows unlimited design-iteration cycles through JTAG reconfiguration. The 26 ESBs supply enough embedded RAM for register files and small lookup tables, while the 144-LQFP footprint is convenient for hand-soldered engineering builds. Quartus synthesis tooling provides timing closure against the -8 speed grade, and engineers can compare functional behaviour against gate-level ASIC simulation with minimal concern about I/O voltage mismatches thanks to mixed-voltage I/O bank support.
Recomendado
Telecom Line-Card Interface Logic
Legacy telecom line cards and T1/E1 framer interfaces often rely on APEX-20K FPGAs to provide HDLC framing, elastic-store buffering, and backplane glue logic between framer ASICs and switch fabrics. The EP20K100CT144C8's 4,160 RAM bits map cleanly onto small elastic-store FIFOs (typically 16×8 per E1/T1 channel), while its 93 I/O pins are sufficient for up to four framers plus housekeeping LEDs and JTAG. The -8 commercial speed grade meets 1.544 MHz / 2.048 MHz timing budgets comfortably, and the 144-LQFP package is compatible with the legacy ATCA/cPCI card form factors still deployed in central offices.
Recomendado
Industrial Control and PLC Backplane Glue
PLC backplanes and industrial control modules use the EP20K100CT144C8 to implement fieldbus glue logic, encoder counters, and PWM modulation between microcontrollers and high-voltage drivers. Its 0 °C to +85 °C commercial temperature range matches indoor control cabinet environments, while the 144-LQFP package is rugged enough for vibration-prone industrial mounting when paired with proper PCB stiffeners. Designers use the 26 ESBs for encoder-capture FIFOs and the 2,640 LEs for ladder-logic acceleration, often offloading the host microcontroller entirely for hard-real-time control loops.
Recomendado
DSP Co-Processor for Legacy Systems
The EP20K100CT144C8 can serve as a fixed-point DSP co-processor for legacy microcontrollers lacking hardware multipliers, accelerating FIR/IIR filters, FFT butterflies, and CRC calculations. The 4,160 embedded RAM bits hold coefficient tables and sample buffers, while the 2,640 LEs implement parallel multiply-accumulate trees that deliver 30-50 MOPS in pure LUT logic. When paired with a host MCU via an external memory bus or SPI, the -8 speed grade closes 50 MHz DSP datapath timing with comfortable margin.
Recomendado
Test and Measurement Backplane Controllers
ATE (Automatic Test Equipment) and bench-instrument backplanes frequently integrate the EP20K100CT144C8 to time-multiplex digital channels, manage trigger sequencing, and aggregate UART/SPI/GPIB data streams. The 93 user I/O pins are enough for one 32-bit digital channel plus four serial-bus controllers plus JTAG scan, and the 26 ESBs provide per-channel capture FIFOs. Mixed-voltage I/O bank support lets the same device interface 3.3 V logic and 5 V analog front-ends without level shifters.
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Comparação com alternativas
| Parâmetro | Este produto | EP20K100CT144C7 | EP20K100CT144C7ES | EP20K100CF144C8 | XC2S100-5TQG144 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Package | 144-LQFP (TQFP), 0.5 mm pitch | 144-LQFP (TQFP) - same | 144-LQFP (TQFP) - same | 144-LQFP (TQFP) - same | 144-TQG (TQFP, 0.5 mm pitch) - same pitch, different pinout |
| Brand | Intel (Altera) | Intel (Altera) | Intel (Altera) | Intel (Altera) | Xilinx (AMD) |
| Typical Gates | 100,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 |
| Speed Grade | -8 | -7 (slower) | -7 ES | -8 | -5 |
| Logic Elements | 2,640 LEs | 2,640 LEs | 2,640 LEs | 2,640 LEs | 1,800 logic cells (approx) |
| User I/O Pins | 93 | 93 | 93 | 93 | 92 |
| Embedded RAM | 4,160 bits (26 ESBs) | 4,160 bits | 4,160 bits | 4,160 bits | 38,400 bits (block RAM) |
| Process Technology | 0.18 µm CMOS SRAM | 0.18 µm CMOS SRAM | 0.18 µm CMOS SRAM | 0.18 µm CMOS SRAM | 0.18 µm SRAM |
| Lifecycle Status | Obsolete | Obsolete | Obsolete (engineering sample) | Obsolete | Obsolete |
Principais diferenciais
- Faster speed grade (-8) for tight PCI and backplane timing (vs EP20K100CT144C7)
- Established 144-LQFP package with mature ecosystem (vs XC2S100-5TQG144)
- Embedded MultiCore architecture with 26 ESBs (vs XC2S100-5TQG144)
Notas de projeto
The APEX-20K family uses volatile SRAM configuration memory, so the EP20K100CT144C8 must be paired with a non-volatile boot source - either an EPC1/EPC2/EPC4 configuration PROM, a microcontroller-driven JTAG loader, or a hosted passive-serial stream from a host CPU. Without a valid configuration source at power-up, the device will remain in reset (CONF_DONE low, nSTATUS low) and all I/O will be tri-stated. Verify boot sequencing with a logic analyser before functional testing.
Decouple each VCCINT and VCCIO pin with at least one 0.1 µF X7R ceramic capacitor placed within 5 mm of the pin, plus one bulk 10-47 µF tantalum or polymer capacitor per voltage rail near the device. Five separate VCCIO banks are present on the 144-LQFP package, each requiring independent decoupling to prevent switching-noise coupling into the core logic. Estimated: at 100 MHz internal operation with 93 I/O toggling, total supply current draw is approximately 200-300 mA on VCCINT and up to 100 mA per VCCIO bank.
Route the JTAG chain (TCK, TMS, TDI, TDO) with 4-8 mil traces over a continuous ground plane, keeping total trace length under 50 mm to maintain signal integrity at 10-33 MHz TCK. Add 10 kΩ pull-up resistors on nCONFIG, nSTATUS, and CONF_DONE per APEX-20K handbook recommendation, and place an external 33 Ω series resistor on TCK near the FPGA if multiple devices share the JTAG chain. Keep high-speed LVDS/PCI signals away from the JTAG pins to avoid coupling.
The 144-LQFP package has a thermal resistance of approximately 35 °C/W (theta_JA) with 4-layer JEDEC PCB and minimal airflow. At typical 100K-gate utilisation running at 50 MHz with 50% toggle rate, internal power dissipation is estimated at 0.5-1.0 W, yielding a 17-35 °C junction temperature rise above ambient. For sealed enclosures or industrial temperature operation, plan copper-pour cooling or attach a small clip-on heatsink. Verify with a thermal probe during prototype bring-up.
Five VCCIO banks allow mixed-voltage interfacing, but each bank must be assigned a single, fixed voltage (3.3 V, 2.5 V, 1.8 V, 5 V-tolerant input, etc.). Mixing incompatible standards within one bank can cause bus contention and permanent damage. Engineers must consult the APEX-20K device handbook pin-out table for the T144 package to map each of the 93 user I/O pins to its bank before PCB layout. Source: APEX-20K datasheet, chapter "I/O Bank Assignments".
Informações de conformidade
APEX-20K family predates the widespread RoHS transition. RoHS, REACH, lead-free, and halogen-free status are not confirmed in the provided data - marked as [DATA_NEEDED]. Part is obsolete.