Configuration Devices for
ACEX, APEX, FLEX & Mercury Devices
®
March 2001, ver. 11
DataSheet
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Serial device family for configuring ACEXTM, APEXTM (including
APEX 20K, APEX 20KC, and APEX 20KE), FLEX® (FLEX 10KE and
FLEX 10KA), and MercuryTM devices
Easy-to-use 4-pin interface to ACEX, APEX, FLEX, and Mercury
devices
Features
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Low current during configuration and near-zero standby current
5.0-V and 3.3-V operation
Software design support with the Altera® QuartusTM and
MAX+PLUS® II development systems for Windows-based PCs as
well as Sun SPARCstation, and HP 9000 Series 700/ 800
Programming support with Altera’s Master Programming Unit
(MPU) and programming hardware from Data I/ O,
BP Microsystems, and other manufacturers
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Available in compact plastic packages (see Figures 1 and 2)
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8-pin plastic dual in-line package (PDIP)
20-pin plastic J-lead chip carrier (PLCC) package
32-pin plastic thin quad flat pack (TQFP) package
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EPC2 device has reprogrammable Flash configuration memory
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5.0-V and 3.3-V in-system programmability (ISP) through the
built-in IEEE Std. 1149.1 Joint Test Action Group (JTAG)
interface
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Built-in JTAG boundary-scan test (BST) circuitry compliant with
IEEE Std. 1149.1
ISP circuitry is compatible with IEEE Std. 1532 for EPC2
configuration device
Supports programming through Serial Vector Format Files
(.svf), JamTM Standard Test and Programming Language
(STAPL) Files (.jam), Jam STAPL Byte-Code Files (.jbc), and the
MAX+PLUS II software via the MasterBlasterTM
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ByteBlasterMVTM, or BitBlasterTM download cable
– nINIT_CONFpin allows a JTAG instruction to initiate APEX,
FLEX, or Mercury device configuration
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Can be programmed with Programmer Object Files (.pof) for
EPC1 and EPC1441 devices
Available in 20-pin PLCC and 32-pin TQFP packages
Altera Corporation
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