EP1C3T100C8N

EP1C3T100C8N Altera Cyclone series  FPGA IC 65 59904 2910 100-TQFP

EP1C3T100C8N is a high-performance, low-cost field-programmable gate array (FPGA) from Altera's Cyclone series (now Intel), engineered to deliver exceptional logic integration for cost-sensitive and high-volume digital applications. Built on a 1.5V, 130nm, all-copper SRAM process, this device features 2,910 logic elements (LEs) that provide robust computational capacity for complex state machines, arithmetic data paths, and general-purpose digital logic implementations. The architecture incorporates 13 M4K embedded memory blocks, offering a total of 59,904 bits of on-chip memory, which can be flexibly configured as single-port or dual-port RAM, ROM, or FIFO buffers to efficiently handle data buffering and storage needs. Additionally, it includes a dedicated phase-locked loop (PLL) for sophisticated clock management, enabling precise frequency multiplication, phase shifting, and system-wide clock deskew, making it an ideal solution for consumer electronics, industrial control, and communication bridging.

System configurability and secure deployment are greatly enhanced through the device’s support for multiple configuration schemes, including Active Serial (AS), Passive Serial (PS), and JTAG interfaces, allowing designers to program the device using low-cost serial configuration devices like the EPCS family or directly via a microprocessor. The Cyclone architecture also features embedded dedicated circuitry to support external DDR SDRAM and FCRAM interfaces, which significantly simplifies memory controller design and boosts data throughput for bandwidth-intensive tasks. Its cost-optimized architecture, combined with the convenience of a lead-free (RoHS compliant) TQFP package, makes the EP1C3T100C8N exceptionally suitable for applications requiring rapid prototyping, moderate logic density, and easy PCB manufacturing, such as automotive infotainment, video image processing, and protocol bridging.

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