Features
• Serial EEPROM Family for Configuring Altera FLEX® Devices
• Simple Interface to SRAM FPGAs
• EE Programmable 512-Kbit and 1-Mbit Serial Memories Designed to Store
Configuration Programs for Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs)
• Cascadable Read Back to Support Additional Configurations or Future
Higher-density Arrays
• Low-power CMOS EEPROM Process
• Programmable Reset Polarity
• Available in the Space-efficient Surface-mount PLCC and PDIP Packages for the
512-Kbit device and PLCC, PDIP and TQFP Packages for the 1-Mbit Device
• In-System Programmable via 2-wire Bus
• Emulation of Atmel’s AT24CXXX Serial EEPROMs
• Available in 3.3V 10% LV and 5V 5% C Versions
• System-friendly READY Pin
FPGA
Configuration
EEPROM
Memory
512-kilobit and
1-megabit
Description
The AT17C512A/010A and AT17LV512A/010A (high-density AT17A Series) FPGA
Configuration EEPROMs (Configurators) provide an easy-to-use, cost-effective con-
figuration memory for programming Altera FLEX® devices. The AT17C512A/LV512A
devices are packaged in the popular 8-lead PDIP and the 20-lead PLCC; the
AT17C010A/LV010A are packaged in the popular 8-lead PDIP, the 20-lead PLCC and
the 32-lead TQFP. The AT17A Series family uses a simple serial-access procedure to
configure one or more FPGA devices. The AT17A Series organization supplies
enough memory to configure one or multiple smaller FPGAs. Using a feature of the
AT17A Series, the user can select the polarity of the reset function by programming
four EEPROM bytes. The AT17A parts generate their own internal clock by default and
can be used as a system “master” for loading the FPGA devices. The internal clock
can be disabled by the industrial programmer to allow the AT17A parts to be used as
system “slave”, so that the external devices will provide the clock for loading the FPGA
devices.
Altera Pinout
AT17C512A
AT17LV512A
AT17C010A
AT17LV010A
The Atmel devices also support a system-friendly READY pin for the 20-lead PLCC
package and a write protect mechanism for all packages. The READY pin is used to
simplify system power-up considerations. The WP1 pin is used to protect part of the
Configurator memory during in-system programming.
The AT17A Series Configurator can be programmed with industry-standard program-
mers, Atmel’s ATDH2200E Programming Kit or Atmel’s ATDH2225 ISP cable.
Rev. 0974E–08/01
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