EP2C5F256I8N
EP2C5F256I8N - Cyclone II FPGA, 4,608 LEs, 256-FBGA | Intel
The Intel (formerly Altera) EP2C5F256I8N is a Cyclone II Field Programmable Gate Array housed in a 256-ball FineLine BGA package, offering 4,608 logic elements, 119,808 bits of embedded memory, and 158 maximum user I/O pins. Built on a 90 nm low-power process, the Cyclone II family extends the original Cyclone architecture with up to 68,416 LEs, embedded multipliers, and up to 1.1 Mbit of RAM while retaining a cost-optimized positioning. The 'I8' suffix indicates the industrial temperature grade (-40C to +85C) and an 8 ns pin-to-pin timing, and the 'N' suffix indicates lead-free / Pb-free termination.
A Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) is a reprogrammable semiconductor device containing an array of configurable logic blocks (CLBs), programmable routing, and dedicated hard-IP such as block RAM, PLLs, and (in modern families) transceivers. FPGAs sit between discrete logic ICs (74-series glue logic) and application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs): unlike discrete logic, they integrate thousands to millions of gates onto one die, and unlike ASICs they are reprogrammable, allowing iterative development and late-stage design changes. FPGAs are widely used for glue logic, custom interfacing, DSP pipelines, prototyping of ASIC designs, and high-speed I/O expansion.
Key features of the EP2C5F256I8N include 4,608 LEs, 13 embedded 18x18 multipliers, two PLLs, 158 user I/O pins distributed across eight I/O banks, and 119,808 bits of M4K block RAM organized as 4-Kbit blocks. The device supports LVDS, LVTTL, LVCMOS, SSTL, and HSTL I/O standards, and supports external memory interfaces including DDR, DDR2, SDR, and QDR SRAM. Configuration is handled through active serial (AS), passive serial (PS), JTAG, or Fast Passive Parallel (FPP) modes. The 256-ball 1.0 mm pitch FBGA package is JEDEC-compliant and supports lead-free reflow.
Architecture details: the Cyclone II logic element (LE) is built around a 4-input look-up table (LUT) with a programmable register, supporting both arithmetic and carry-chain modes for efficient adder and counter implementation. The 90 nm process node allows the EP2C5 to deliver this logic capacity at sub-watt static power while supporting clock management through dedicated PLL blocks with up to four output clocks each. Configuration bitstream is stored in external serial flash and loaded into SRAM configuration cells at power-up.
Typical applications include digital signal processing front-ends, motor control and industrial automation, video processing and display controllers, communications protocol bridging (UART, SPI, I2C, PCIe soft IP), and ASIC prototyping. The combination of low cost, embedded multipliers, and DDR memory interfaces makes Cyclone II especially attractive for cost-sensitive, volume-production designs.
When designing with this device, plan I/O bank assignments carefully because VCCIO must be supplied per bank and mixed-voltage standards require careful reference voltage selection. Use Quartus II design software (versions 13.0 SP1 and earlier, or the ModelSim-Intel starter edition) for synthesis and place-and-route; modern Quartus Prime does not include Cyclone II support. Configuration storage (EPCS serial flash) is mandatory at production.
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