EPCS1_1 Datasheet, PDF (1/38 Pages) Altera Corporation – Serial Configuration Devices

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3. Serial Configuration Devices (EPCS1,
EPCS4, EPCS16, EPCS64, and EPCS128)
Data Sheet
Features
The serial configuration devices provide the following features:
■ 1-, 4-, 16-, 64-, and 128-Mbit flash memory devices that serially configure
Arria^® series, Cyclone^® series, all device families in the Stratix^® series except the
Stratix device family, and FPGAs using the active serial (AS) configuration scheme
■ Easy-to-use four-pin interface
■ Low cost, low-pin count, and non-volatile memory
■ Low current during configuration and near-zero standby mode current
■ 2.7-V to 3.6-V operation
■ EPCS1 and EPCS4 available in 8-pin small outline integrated circuit (SOIC)
package. EPCS16 available in 8-pin or 16-pin SOIC packages. EPCS64 and
EPCS128 available in 16-pin SOIC package
■ Enables the Nios^® processor to access unused flash memory through AS memory
interface
■ Re-programmable memory with more than 100,000 erase/program cycles
■ Write protection support for memory sectors using status register bits
■ In-system programming support with SRunner software driver
■ In-system programming support with USB Blaster^™, EthernetBlaster, or
ByteBlaster^™ II download cables
■ Additional programming support with the Altera^® Programming Unit (APU) and
programming hardware from BP Microsystems, System General, and other
vendors
■ Delivered with the memory array erased (all the bits set to 1)
1 The term “serial configuration devices” used in this document refers to Altera EPCS1,
EPCS4, EPCS16, EPCS64, and EPCS128.
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