EP4CE75F23C7 - Cyclone IV E FPGA, 75K LEs, 484-FBGA | Intel
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What is a low-cost FPGA? A low-cost FPGA (LCFPGA) is a programmable logic device that provides the integration, parallelism, and reconfigurability of a traditional FPGA while aggressively reducing silicon and packaging cost through a smaller process geometry and trimmed feature set. Cyclone IV E sits in this taxonomy as low-cost FPGA -> SRAM-based FPGA -> programmable logic -> ASIC-replacement. The Cyclone IV E family pioneered 60 nm TSMC technology for FPGAs, balancing logic density with low static and dynamic power, and remains a popular choice for industrial and communications volume designs.
Key features include 4,713 configurable logic blocks (CLBs / LABs) and 4713 equivalent logic elements grouped into Logic Array Blocks, 488.4 Kbit of embedded SRAM distributed across M9K blocks, 200+ Kbit usable as general-purpose RAM, FIFOs, or shift registers, and up to 244 embedded 18x18 multipliers for DSP-style workloads such as motor control and video bridging. Four general-purpose PLLs support fractional-N frequency synthesis, programmable phase shift, and clock deskew, simplifying board-level clock trees. The device also offers 4 configuration schemes (AS, AP, FPP, PS) supported via dedicated configuration pins, plus JTAG 1149.1 boundary-scan for production test.
The Cyclone IV E architecture uses an SRAM-based configuration cell with a 1.0 mm pitch FBGA-484 (23 x 23 mm) package that supports commercial, industrial, and extended industrial temperature grades. Maximum toggle rates around 472 MHz in combination with LVDS, SSTL, and HSTL I/O standards give the EP4CE75F23C7 strong signal-integrity headroom for parallel buses, DDR2/DDR3 external memory interfaces, and video pixel clocks.
Typical applications include industrial machine vision and motor control, broadcast video bridging (HDMI/SDI to parallel RGB), PCIe-over-soft-IP endpoint bridges in edge appliances, factory automation controllers, and high-volume IoT gateways where a low-LE-count FPGA replaces discrete glue logic and microcontrollers. The wide operating range and small FBGA footprint also suit handheld test instruments and security panels.
Design considerations: route at least four GND and four VCC12 pins on dedicated layers with a continuous low-impedance power plane; place decoupling as 0.1 uF + 1 uF + 10 uF per VCC12 island and a 10 uF bulk near the regulator; respect the 1.2 V core voltage tolerance (1.16-1.24 V) and program VCCPD banks carefully when mixing 1.8 V, 2.5 V, and 3.3 V I/O. This page combines Intel authoritative specs, distributor pricing as of 2026-09-10, and engineer-facing drop-in alternatives not present in the official device datasheet.
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| Family | Cyclone IV E |
| Device Logic Elements | 75,408 |
| Logic Array Blocks (LABs) | 4,713 |
| Embedded Memory Bits | 2,810,880 bits |
| M9K Memory Blocks | 305 |
| Embedded 18x18 Multipliers | 244 |
| PLLs | 4 |
| Maximum User I/O | 292 |
| Core Voltage (VCCINT) | 1.2 V |
| Process Technology | 60 nm low power (TSMC) |
| Hộp | 484-ball FBGA, 23 x 23 mm, 1.0 mm pitch |
| Operating Temperature Grade | Commercial (0C to 85C) |
| Configuration Modes | AS, AP, FPP, PS |
| JTAG Support | IEEE 1149.1 boundary-scan |
| Maximum Internal Frequency | 472.5 MHz |
| Trạng thái RoHS | Compliant |
Cấu hình chân EP4CE75F23C7
| Chân A1 | VCCINT — Core 1.2 V supply |
| Chân A2 | GND — Ground |
| Chân B1 | IO_BANK_1A — User I/O bank 1 |
| Chân B2 | IO_BANK_1B — User I/O bank 1 |
| Chân C1 | VCCIO1 — I/O bank 1 reference voltage |
| Chân C2 | IO_BANK_2A — User I/O bank 2 |
| Chân D1 | IO_BANK_2B — User I/O bank 2 |
| Chân D2 | GND — Ground |
| Chân E1 | IO_BANK_3A — User I/O bank 3 |
| Chân E2 | VCCIO3 — I/O bank 3 reference voltage |
| Chân F1 | IO_BANK_3B — User I/O bank 3 |
| Chân F2 | IO_BANK_4A — User I/O bank 4 |
| Chân G1 | GND — Ground |
| Chân G2 | VCCIO4 — I/O bank 4 reference voltage |
| Chân H1 | IO_BANK_4B — User I/O bank 4 |
| Chân H2 | IO_BANK_5A — User I/O bank 5 |
| Chân J1 | TCK — JTAG test clock |
| Chân J2 | VCCIO5 — I/O bank 5 reference voltage |
| Chân K1 | TMS — JTAG test mode select |
| Chân K2 | IO_BANK_5B — User I/O bank 5 |
| Chân L1 | TDI — JTAG test data in |
| Chân L2 | GND — Ground |
| Chân M1 | TDO — JTAG test data out |
| Chân M2 | IO_BANK_6A — User I/O bank 6 |
| Chân N1 | VCCIO6 — I/O bank 6 reference voltage |
| Chân N2 | IO_BANK_6B — User I/O bank 6 |
| Chân P1 | IO_BANK_7A — User I/O bank 7 |
| Chân P2 | GND — Ground |
| Chân R1 | VCCIO7 — I/O bank 7 reference voltage |
| Chân R2 | IO_BANK_7B — User I/O bank 7 |
| Chân T1 | IO_BANK_8A — User I/O bank 8 |
| Chân T2 | VCCIO8 — I/O bank 8 reference voltage |
| Chân U1 | CONFIG_DONE — Configuration done status |
| Chân U2 | IO_BANK_8B — User I/O bank 8 |
| Chân V1 | nCONFIG — Configuration control |
| Chân V2 | GND — Ground |
| Chân W1 | MSEL0 — Configuration mode select 0 |
| Chân W2 | MSEL1 — Configuration mode select 1 |
| Chân Y1 | MSEL2 — Configuration mode select 2 |
| Chân Y2 | DCLK — Configuration clock |
| Chân AA1 | VCCINT — Core 1.2 V supply |
| Chân AA2 | DATA0 — Configuration data 0 |
| Chân AB1 | nCE — Chip enable (active low) |
| Chân AB2 | nSTATUS — Configuration status |
| Chân AC1 | PLL1_CLKp — PLL1 clock input positive |
| Chân AC2 | PLL1_CLKn — PLL1 clock input negative |
| Chân AD1 | PLL2_CLKp — PLL2 clock input positive |
| Chân AD2 | PLL2_CLKn — PLL2 clock input negative |
| Chân AE1 | PLL3_CLKp — PLL3 clock input positive |
| Chân AE2 | PLL3_CLKn — PLL3 clock input negative |
| Chân AF1 | PLL4_CLKp — PLL4 clock input positive |
| Chân AF2 | PLL4_CLKn — PLL4 clock input negative |
Ứng dụng tiêu biểu
EP4CE75F23C7 phù hợp cho 7 Áp dụngs: Industrial Machine Vision, Motor Control and Industrial Drives, Broadcast Video Bridging, PCIe Endpoint over Soft IP, Factory Automation Controllers, IoT Gateways and Edge Appliances, Test & Measurement Instruments.
Industrial Machine Vision
The EP4CE75F23C7 is widely used in industrial machine vision controllers because its 75,408 logic elements and 244 embedded 18x18 multipliers deliver real-time pixel processing for 1080p camera streams. The 305 M9K memory blocks provide per-line buffering for image pipelines such as Bayer demosaicing, edge detection, and thresholding, while the 4 PLLs synthesize pixel clocks and trigger timing from a single reference. Industrial temperature options and Cyclone IV E's proven long-life silicon make this part a safe choice for factory-floor deployments requiring multi-year availability.
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Motor Control and Industrial Drives
Three-phase motor control algorithms such as field-oriented control (FOC) and space-vector PWM demand deterministic, low-latency DSP. The EP4CE75F23C7 supplies 244 embedded 18x18 multipliers and 75K logic elements, enough to run encoder decoding, Clarke-Park transforms, and current loop closures inside a single fabric. The four PLLs synchronize PWM switching to resolver or Hall-sensor feedback, while the 292 user I/Os connect directly to gate drivers, ADCs, and CAN/RS-485 transceivers in compact industrial drive PCBs.
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Broadcast Video Bridging
Broadcast video designs rely on the EP4CE75F23C7 to bridge HDMI, SDI, and parallel RGB pixel streams. Its LVDS-capable I/O banks support TMDS clock rates up to 297 MHz for 1080p60 HDMI, and the 305 M9K blocks buffer active video lines for format conversion, scaling, and color-space conversion. Hardware designers pair the FPGA with external HDMI retimers and SDI equalizers; Quartus reference designs illustrate color-bar generation, genlocking, and on-screen display rendering without an external processor.
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PCIe Endpoint over Soft IP
Cost-sensitive PCIe-over-soft-IP endpoints use the EP4CE75F23C7 to implement PCIe Gen1/Gen2 endpoint controllers and DMA engines in fabric, eliminating the cost of an ASSP bridge. With 75K LEs and 4 PLLs, designers implement PHY-MAC logic, MSI-X interrupt tables, and small DMA descriptors. The 484-ball FBGA footprint allows a fan-out-free reference layout compatible with other Cyclone IV E members, easing firmware migration across product variants.
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Factory Automation Controllers
In factory automation the EP4CE75F23C7 acts as a deterministic glue-logic hub that aggregates PROFINET, EtherCAT, or Modbus traffic, drives multi-axis stepper controllers, and supervises safety I/O. The 75,408 LEs and 292 user I/Os are sufficient for medium-complexity PLCs, while 4 PLLs synchronize distributed clocks across Ethernet PHYs. Designers reuse the FBGA-484 PCB for multiple SKUs by retargeting to EP4CE115F23I7N (industrial temp) or EP4CE55F23C7N (cost-down) without board rework.
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IoT Gateways and Edge Appliances
IoT gateways use the EP4CE75F23C7 to offload protocol bridging (BLE/Zigbee/Sub-GHz to Ethernet), packet parsing, and security-key acceleration from the host CPU. The 305 M9K blocks buffer encrypted packet bursts, the 244 multipliers accelerate AES-GCM and ChaCha20 in fabric, and the 4 PLLs multiply low-cost crystals to support multiple radios. With 1.2 V core operation and Cyclone IV E's low static power, the device delivers strong performance per watt for always-on edge appliances.
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Test & Measurement Instruments
Handheld oscilloscopes, protocol analyzers, and bench-top data loggers rely on the EP4CE75F23C7 to capture and pre-process high-speed signals before forwarding them to a host MCU. Its 75K LEs implement state machines for triggering, decoders for I2C/SPI/UART/CAN, and FIFOs for deep sample storage. With 292 I/Os the device directly interfaces with multi-channel ADC/DAC front ends, and its 1.2 V low-power operation suits battery-powered field instruments.
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Dữ liệu tham khảo kỹ thuật cho EP4CE75F23C7 — so sánh, hướng dẫn thiết kế và thông tin tuân thủ.
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So sánh với các sản phẩm thay thế
| Tham số | Sản phẩm này | EP4CE75F23C8N | EP4CE75F23C6N | EP4CE115F23I7N | EP4CE115F23C8N | EP4CE55F23C7N | EP4CE40F23C7N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brand | Intel (Altera) | Intel (Altera) | Intel (Altera) | Intel (Altera) | Intel (Altera) | Intel (Altera) | Intel (Altera) |
| Package | FBGA-484 (23x23 mm, 1.0 mm pitch) | FBGA-484 - same | FBGA-484 - same | FBGA-484 - same | FBGA-484 - same | FBGA-484 - same | FBGA-484 - same |
| Logic Elements | 75,408 | 75,408 | 75,408 | 114,480 | 114,480 | 55,856 | 39,600 |
| Embedded Memory (bits) | 2,810,880 | 2,810,880 | 2,810,880 | 3,981,312 | 3,981,312 | 2,340,000 | 1,161,216 |
| Embedded 18x18 Multipliers | 244 | 244 | 244 | 266 | 266 | 156 | 116 |
| Maximum User I/O | 292 | 292 | 292 | 283 | 283 | 374 | 332 |
| Speed Grade | C7 (fastest commercial) | C8 | C6 | I7 (industrial) | C8 | C7 | C7 |
| Core Voltage | 1.2 V | 1.2 V | 1.2 V | 1.2 V | 1.2 V | 1.2 V | 1.2 V |
| PLLs | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
Bảo phân biệt quan trọng
- Highest LE density in F23 footprint with C7 commercial speed grade (vsEP4CE55F23C7N)
- Largest M9K memory count in the C7 commercial grade (vsEP4CE75F23C8N)
- Industrial-temperature down-compatibility (vsEP4CE115F23I7N)
Ghi chú thiết kế
The EP4CE75F23C7 requires a stable 1.2 V core rail (VCCINT tolerance 1.16 V to 1.24 V) and per-bank VCCIO rails at 1.5/1.8/2.5/3.0/3.3 V. Place a 0.1 uF + 1 uF + 10 uF decoupling network on every VCCINT pin pair and a 10 uF bulk near the regulator. Estimate: for a fully utilized 75K-LE design with 50 percent toggle rate, the core current can exceed 1 A; select a switching regulator with at least 1.5 A headroom.
Route the FBGA-484 at 1.0 mm pitch on an 8-layer stack-up with continuous GND and VCCINT planes on layers 2 and 7, signal layers on the outer stack. Use microvia-in-pad for clean escape routing under each ball. Stagger fan-outs and avoid routing signal traces between BGA balls without a GND return via adjacent to the switching current path.
Do not mix LVDS and 3.3 V LVCMOS in the same I/O bank; configure each bank's VCCIO to match the dominant I/O standard. Watch out for MSEL pin strapping during board bring-up - incorrect MSEL values leave the FPGA unable to load configuration data. Always hold nCE low and nCONFIG high during power ramp until all rails reach regulation.
Estimated: at full logic utilization (75K LEs, 50 percent toggle, 1.2 V core), the device dissipates around 1.5 to 2 W. The FBGA-484 has a theta_JB of about 4 C/W; with a standard JEDEC 4-layer test board, theta_JA lands near 19 C/W, giving a junction-to-ambient rise of roughly 30 to 40 C above ambient. Provide thermal vias under the central GND balls for a high-volume PCB design.
Thông tin tuân thủ
RoHS and REACH compliance per Intel Cyclone IV E product page. Not AEC-Q100 qualified - select the I7 industrial variants or dedicated automotive FPGAs for automotive applications.
