EP2C35F484I8N
EP2C35F484I8N - Cyclone II FPGA, 33K LEs, 484-BGA | Intel
The Intel (formerly Altera) EP2C35F484I8N is a Cyclone II family Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) housed in a 484-ball FineLine BGA package with 33,216 logic elements, 483,840 bits of embedded RAM (M4K blocks), 33216 logic cells, and 322 total pins of which up to 322 are user I/O. According to the manufacturer datasheet family overview, the Cyclone II family extends the low-cost FPGA density range up to 68,416 logic elements with up to 622 usable I/O pins and up to 1.1 Mbits of embedded memory, fabricated on a 90 nm process and operating from a 1.2 V core supply. The I8N suffix indicates the industrial temperature grade (-40C to +100C junction) and a lead-free, RoHS-compliant package.
An FPGA (Field-Programmable Gate Array) is a type of programmable logic device (PLD) that belongs to the broader hierarchy: programmable logic device -> logic IC -> integrated circuit. Unlike an ASIC, an FPGA's logic fabric, routing, and I/O can be reconfigured by the designer after manufacture, making FPGAs ideal for prototyping, low-volume production, and designs requiring parallel processing, custom I/O timing, or in-field firmware updates. Cyclone II is positioned as a low-cost, high-volume FPGA for cost-sensitive applications such as digital signal processing, communications, industrial control, and embedded processing.
Key features of the EP2C35F484I8N include 33,216 logic elements and 483,840 embedded RAM bits arranged in M4K blocks, four general-purpose PLLs for clock synthesis and management, and 322 user I/O pins supporting LVDS, LVTTL, LVCMOS, SSTL, and HSTL I/O standards. The device is supported by the Altera/Intel Quartus II design suite, which provides synthesis, place-and-route, timing analysis, and IP core integration. Configuration is supported via active serial (AS), passive serial (PS), JTAG, and Fast Passive Parallel (FPP) modes with the EPCS serial configuration device family.
The Cyclone II architecture combines a logic array based on 4-input look-up tables (4-LUTs) with embedded multiplier blocks and M4K memory blocks for efficient DSP and buffering. The 90 nm CMOS process provides a balanced trade-off between density, performance, and static power consumption. Internal signal integrity is preserved through dedicated routing channels and predictable timing closure, while the Quartus II toolchain enables iterative design refinement against timing constraints up to several hundred MHz depending on logic utilization.
Typical applications include industrial control and motor drive systems, video processing and image acquisition pipelines, communications protocol bridging (UART, SPI, I2C, PCIe, Ethernet MAC), consumer electronics with custom video or display interfaces, and educational or prototype development boards. The 322 available I/O pins in the F484 package make the device well suited to designs requiring parallel data buses, multiple ADC/DAC interfaces, or wide memory buses to external SRAM/SDRAM.
When designing with the EP2C35F484I8N, ensure that the 1.2 V core and 3.3 V/2.5 V/1.8 V I/O supplies are properly decoupled with 100 nF and 10 uF capacitors placed close to the power balls, and follow Intel/Altera's PCB layout guidelines for BGA fanout to maintain signal integrity on high-speed LVDS pairs.
This page synthesizes distributor pricing, drop-in Cyclone II and Cyclone IV/FPGA alternatives, PCB layout notes, and design considerations not found in the manufacturer datasheet alone.
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