EPM7256AETC144-5N - 256-Macrocell MAX 7000A CPLD | Altera | TQFP-144
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A CPLD (Complex Programmable Logic Device) is a non-volatile programmable logic device that combines multiple PAL/GAL-style macrocell arrays with a central interconnect fabric. CPLDs sit between small SPLDs and large FPGAs in the programmable logic hierarchy, offering deterministic timing, instant-on operation from on-chip EEPROM, and higher I/O count than SPLDs without the configuration overhead of SRAM-based FPGAs. They are widely used for I/O expansion, bus interface glue logic, address decoding, and state-machine controllers in cost-sensitive designs.
Key features of the EPM7256AETC144-5N include 36 user I/Os (per the Mouser listing) or 84 user I/Os (per DigChip), 144 pins total, in-system programmability (ISP) via JTAG, 3.3 V core operation with 5 V-tolerant I/O on most members of the family, and four pin-to-pin delay grades inside the MAX 7000A series. The '5N' suffix denotes the -5 speed grade and lead-free / Pb-free packaging. The device supports multi-voltage operation on its I/O banks through dedicated VCCINT and VCCIO pins, allowing mixed-voltage interfacing between 3.3 V, 2.5 V, and 1.8 V rails without external level shifters.
Typical applications include bus-interface bridging, peripheral control in embedded systems, address decoding and chip-select generation in microcontroller designs, high-speed state-machine controllers, and industrial control systems. The deterministic 4.5 ns tPD simplifies timing closure where ASIC-like predictability is required.
When designing with the EPM7256AETC144-5N, observe the recommended decoupling scheme (one 0.1 microfarad ceramic capacitor per VCC pin) and provide a clean JTAG chain. The -5N suffix is the slowest speed grade in the family; faster -7 and -10 grades are also available in the same TQFP-144 footprint for timing-critical paths.
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| Family | MAX 7000A |
| Logic Family | CMOS |
| Usable Gates | 5,000 |
| Macro Cells | 256 |
| Logic Blocks | 16 |
| User I/Os (Mouser listing) | 36 |
| User I/Os (DigChip listing) | 84 |
| Pin-to-Pin Propagation Delay (tPD) | 4.5 ns |
| Maximum Internal Frequency | 227.3 MHz |
| Counter Speed | 172.4 MHz |
| Supply Voltage (VCCINT) | 3.3 V |
| Program Memory Type | EEPROM (non-volatile) |
| In-System Programmability | Yes (JTAG) |
| Hộp | TQFP-144 (Plastic Thin Quad Flat Pack) |
| Lead-Free / RoHS | Yes (N suffix) |
| Speed Grade | -5 |
Cấu hình chân EPM7256AETC144-5N
| Chân 1 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 1) |
| Chân 2 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 1) |
| Chân 3 | GCLK1 — Global clock input 1 |
| Chân 4 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 1) |
| Chân 5 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 1) |
| Chân 6 | VCCINT — Core supply voltage (3.3 V) |
| Chân 7 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 1) |
| Chân 8 | GND — Ground |
| Chân 9 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 1) |
| Chân 10 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 1) |
| Chân 11 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 1) |
| Chân 12 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 1) |
| Chân 13 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 2) |
| Chân 14 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 2) |
| Chân 15 | GCLK2 — Global clock input 2 |
| Chân 16 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 2) |
| Chân 17 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 2) |
| Chân 18 | VCCIO1 — I/O bank 1 supply voltage |
| Chân 19 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 2) |
| Chân 20 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 2) |
| Chân 21 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 2) |
| Chân 22 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 2) |
| Chân 23 | GND — Ground |
| Chân 24 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 2) |
| Chân 25 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 2) |
| Chân 26 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 2) |
| Chân 27 | OE1 — Global output enable 1 (active low) |
| Chân 28 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 2) |
| Chân 29 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 2) |
| Chân 30 | VCCINT — Core supply voltage (3.3 V) |
| Chân 31 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 2) |
| Chân 32 | GCLK3 — Global clock input 3 |
| Chân 33 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 2) |
| Chân 34 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 3) |
| Chân 35 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 3) |
| Chân 36 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 3) |
| Chân 37 | GND — Ground |
| Chân 38 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 3) |
| Chân 39 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 3) |
| Chân 40 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 3) |
| Chân 41 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 3) |
| Chân 42 | VCCIO2 — I/O bank 2 supply voltage |
| Chân 43 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 3) |
| Chân 44 | GCLK4 — Global clock input 4 |
| Chân 45 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 3) |
| Chân 46 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 3) |
| Chân 47 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 3) |
| Chân 48 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 3) |
| Chân 49 | OE2 — Global output enable 2 (active low) |
| Chân 50 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 3) |
| Chân 51 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 3) |
| Chân 52 | VCCINT — Core supply voltage (3.3 V) |
| Chân 53 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 3) |
| Chân 54 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 3) |
| Chân 55 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 4) |
| Chân 56 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 4) |
| Chân 57 | GND — Ground |
| Chân 58 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 4) |
| Chân 59 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 4) |
| Chân 60 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 4) |
| Chân 61 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 4) |
| Chân 62 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 4) |
| Chân 63 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 4) |
| Chân 64 | VCCIO3 — I/O bank 3 supply voltage |
| Chân 65 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 4) |
| Chân 66 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 4) |
| Chân 67 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 4) |
| Chân 68 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 4) |
| Chân 69 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 4) |
| Chân 70 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 4) |
| Chân 71 | GND — Ground |
| Chân 72 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 4) |
| Chân 73 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 4) |
| Chân 74 | TDI — JTAG Test Data In |
| Chân 75 | TMS — JTAG Test Mode Select |
| Chân 76 | TCK — JTAG Test Clock |
| Chân 77 | VCCINT — Core supply voltage (3.3 V) |
| Chân 78 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 4) |
| Chân 79 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 4) |
| Chân 80 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 4) |
| Chân 81 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 4) |
| Chân 82 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 4) |
| Chân 83 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 4) |
| Chân 84 | VCCIO4 — I/O bank 4 supply voltage |
| Chân 85 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 4) |
| Chân 86 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 4) |
| Chân 87 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 4) |
| Chân 88 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 4) |
| Chân 89 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 4) |
| Chân 90 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 4) |
| Chân 91 | GND — Ground |
| Chân 92 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 4) |
| Chân 93 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 4) |
| Chân 94 | TDO — JTAG Test Data Out |
| Chân 95 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 4) |
| Chân 96 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 4) |
| Chân 97 | VCCINT — Core supply voltage (3.3 V) |
| Chân 98 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 4) |
| Chân 99 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 4) |
| Chân 100 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 4) |
| Chân 101 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 4) |
| Chân 102 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 4) |
| Chân 103 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 4) |
| Chân 104 | VCCIO1 — I/O bank 1 supply voltage (alternate pin) |
| Chân 105 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 1) |
| Chân 106 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 1) |
| Chân 107 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 1) |
| Chân 108 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 1) |
| Chân 109 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 1) |
| Chân 110 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 1) |
| Chân 111 | GND — Ground |
| Chân 112 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 1) |
| Chân 113 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 1) |
| Chân 114 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 1) |
| Chân 115 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 1) |
| Chân 116 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 1) |
| Chân 117 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 1) |
| Chân 118 | VCCINT — Core supply voltage (3.3 V) |
| Chân 119 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 1) |
| Chân 120 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 1) |
| Chân 121 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 1) |
| Chân 122 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 1) |
| Chân 123 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 1) |
| Chân 124 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 1) |
| Chân 125 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 1) |
| Chân 126 | VCCIO2 — I/O bank 2 supply voltage (alternate pin) |
| Chân 127 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 2) |
| Chân 128 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 2) |
| Chân 129 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 2) |
| Chân 130 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 2) |
| Chân 131 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 2) |
| Chân 132 | GND — Ground |
| Chân 133 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 2) |
| Chân 134 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 2) |
| Chân 135 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 2) |
| Chân 136 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 2) |
| Chân 137 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 2) |
| Chân 138 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 2) |
| Chân 139 | VCCINT — Core supply voltage (3.3 V) |
| Chân 140 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 2) |
| Chân 141 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 2) |
| Chân 142 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 2) |
| Chân 143 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 2) |
| Chân 144 | I/O — User I/O pin (bank 2) |
Ứng dụng tiêu biểu
EPM7256AETC144-5N phù hợp cho 6 Áp dụngs: Bus Interface Bridging, Address Decoding and Chip-Select Generation, Industrial Control and Factory Automation, Peripheral I/O Expansion, Legacy Microprocessor System Integration, Test and Measurement Equipment.
Bus Interface Bridging
The EPM7256AETC144-5N's 256 macro cells and 4.5 ns tPD make it ideal for bridging between legacy 8/16-bit microprocessor buses and modern 32-bit peripherals. The deterministic timing of the MAX 7000A architecture, combined with multi-voltage I/O banks (VCCIO at 1.8/2.5/3.3 V), allows direct connection between, for example, an 8051-style 5 V-tolerant interface and a 3.3 V ARM Cortex-M3 bus without external level shifters. With up to 84 user I/Os, the device can fan out address, data, and control signals to multiple peripherals while meeting ISA-style timing budgets. The 4.5 ns propagation delay fits comfortably within a 33 MHz bus cycle.
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Address Decoding and Chip-Select Generation
The EPM7256AETC144-5N is widely used to generate chip-select signals, address-strobe timing, and bank-switch windows for memory and peripheral arrays. Its 256 macro cells easily handle decoding of a 24-bit address space into 16 or more chip-select outputs, each individually programmable with wait-state insertion. The 4.5 ns tPD ensures clean, glitch-free outputs that meet synchronous memory tCO requirements. Because the MAX 7000A architecture is non-volatile (EEPROM), chip-select logic comes up instantly on power-on with no configuration delay, which is critical in boot-ROM and reset-path designs where the MCU waits for peripherals to be ready.
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Industrial Control and Factory Automation
The EPM7256AETC144-5N serves as a glue-logic and state-machine controller in industrial PLCs, motor drives, and process-control instruments. Its 256 macro cells can implement multiple parallel state machines (one per axis) plus encoder-interface logic, while the JTAG port allows in-system firmware updates during commissioning. For harsh environments, the industrial-grade variant EPM7256AETI144-7N offers -40C to +85C operation in the same TQFP-144 footprint. The CMOS EEPROM process delivers high noise immunity suitable for 24 V industrial bus environments with proper board-level filtering.
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Peripheral I/O Expansion
The EPM7256AETC144-5N can be used to expand the limited I/O count of microcontrollers and DSPs by offloading functions like PWM generation, quadrature decoding, and LED multiplexing. Its 16 LABs (logic array blocks) operate in parallel, so 16 independent PWM channels or 16 quadrature decoders can run simultaneously without contention. The MAX 7000A's deterministic 4.5 ns tPD allows tight control-loop timing in motor-control and robotics applications. Multi-voltage I/O banks let the same CPLD interface directly with 1.8 V DSPs and 3.3 V / 5 V sensors without external buffers.
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Legacy Microprocessor System Integration
Designers maintaining legacy 68k, x86, or MIPS-based systems often reach for the EPM7256AETC144-5N as a drop-in replacement for aging PAL/GAL-based glue logic. With 256 macro cells, a single device can replace an entire board of discrete programmable arrays, reducing component count and improving reliability. The EEPROM programming is one-time programmable (with JTAG re-programmability), avoiding the obsolescence risk of older UV-EPROM parts. The MAX 7000A family has been in continuous production since the late 1990s, ensuring long-term availability for industrial and aerospace programs with 10+ year lifecycles.
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Test and Measurement Equipment
The EPM7256AETC144-5N is well suited to test-and-measurement front-ends, where its 256 macro cells can implement timing generators, pulse-train controllers, and protocol decoders for instruments such as logic analyzers and bench-top protocol testers. The JTAG-supported boundary-scan (IEEE 1149.1) lets the CPLD assist in board-level interconnect testing, while the deterministic 4.5 ns tPD simplifies generation of precise timing edges. Multi-voltage I/O banks allow direct interfacing with both 1.8 V modern FPGAs and legacy 5 V measurement circuitry on the same board.
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So sánh với các sản phẩm thay thế
| Tham số | Sản phẩm này | EPM7256AETC144-7N | EPM7256AETC144-10N | EPM7256AETI144-7N | EPM7256AEQC208-5N | EPM7128AETC144-7N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brand | Altera (Intel) | Altera (Intel) | Altera (Intel) | Altera (Intel) | Altera (Intel) | Altera (Intel) |
| Package | TQFP-144 | TQFP-144 - same | TQFP-144 - same | TQFP-144 - same | TQFP-208 - different | TQFP-144 - same |
| Family | MAX 7000A | MAX 7000A | MAX 7000A | MAX 7000A | MAX 7000AE | MAX 7000A |
| Macro Cells | 256 | 256 | 256 | 256 | 256 | 128 |
| Speed Grade (tPD) | -5 (4.5 ns) | -7 (6.0 ns) | -10 (10.0 ns) | -7 (6.0 ns) | -5 (4.5 ns) | -7 (7.5 ns) |
| Counter Frequency | 227.3 MHz | 172.4 MHz | 125 MHz | 172.4 MHz | 227.3 MHz | 125 MHz |
| Supply Voltage | 3.3 V | 3.3 V | 3.3 V | 3.3 V | 3.3 V | 3.3 V |
| Operating Temperature | Commercial (0C to +70C) | Commercial | Commercial | Industrial (-40C to +85C) | Commercial | Commercial |
| JTAG / ISP | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Bảo phân biệt quan trọng
- Densest MAX 7000A device at -5 speed grade in TQFP-144 (vsEPM7256AETC144-7N)
- 256 macro cells - 2x the logic density (vsEPM7128AETC144-7N)
- Multi-voltage I/O banks for direct mixed-rail interfacing (vsEPM7192EQC160-20)
Ghi chú thiết kế
Each EPM7256AETC144-5N VCCINT pin must be decoupled with a 0.1 microfarad X7R ceramic capacitor placed within 5 mm of the package pin. The MAX 7000A datasheet recommends at least four VCCINT/GND pairs distributed around the TQFP-144 perimeter. Use a power plane for VCCINT (3.3 V) and a separate ground plane, with vias placed every two signal traces to maintain low-inductance return paths.
Route the four global clock inputs (GCLK1 to GCLK4) and JTAG pins (TCK, TMS, TDI, TDO) with controlled impedance and minimal stubs. Avoid routing clock signals adjacent to high-edge-rate I/O to prevent crosstalk. The dedicated OE1 and OE2 pins should be tied to logic low through a 10 kilohm resistor if not used, to prevent floating enable glitches during power-up.
Do not confuse the EPM7256AETC144-5N (commercial temperature, -5 speed grade) with the EPM7256AETI144-7N (industrial temperature, -7 speed grade); they share the TQFP-144 footprint but are NOT timing-identical. Estimated timing margin: the -7 grade is approximately 33% slower than the -5 grade. Always verify your design's worst-case tPD budget against the chosen speed grade before substitution. Also confirm VCCIO bank voltages match the driven peripherals, or use external series resistors for voltage mismatch.
Thông tin tuân thủ
Lead-free (Pb-free) per the N suffix; RoHS and REACH compliant per Altera/Intel material declarations. AEC-Q100 not applicable for this commercial-grade CPLD. Halogen-free status not explicitly stated in available data - verify with manufacturer for halogen-free applications.
