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ACEX1K chips obsolete?
Hello,
Our company is still using ACEX1K EP1K100QC208 chips. We are a bit worried that these chips will go or are already have gone obsolete. Are these chips still in production? Anyone has any information? Regards Maris Mols16 Replies
- Altera_Forum
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If you are still looking for an ACEX1K development board, here are a couple of options.
The (now obsolete and soon-to-be-discontinued) FTDI/DLP Morph-IC board has an FT2232C and an ACEX1K FPGA. http://www.dlpdesign.com/fpga/morphic.shtml Mouser has these boards in stock: http://www.mouser.com/productdetail/ftdi/morph-ic-1k-blk/?qs=sgaepimzzmuvjc7vq%252bml5zjbddcilvze I have one of these boards. I wrote a programmer and an FT2232 FIFO to FPGA interface. I can give you that code if you get one of these boards. The problem with the Morph-IC, is that it has a small ACEX1K device on it. The device is a EP1K10TC100-3, with 576 LEs, which is around the number of LEs as the MAX II EPM570 device (which is a more useful device for this amount of LEs, in that the MAX II configuration is non-volatile). Today I stumbled upon this ACEX1K board, the EZ1KUSB; http://www.easyfpga.com/ http://www.easyfpga.com/ez1kusb_config.htm This board can be ordered with larger devices, so might be more useful for your testing. Cheers, Dave - Altera_Forum
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i want to develop a circuit using this chip......and testing borads for some devices........
for that i need this chip only...... - Altera_Forum
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No
Why do you need an ACEX1k dev kit? - Altera_Forum
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so is there any hope to find it or not............
- Altera_Forum
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You wont find any acex 1k dev kits any more. The acex is over 12 years old!
- Altera_Forum
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thanks sir..
can you suggest me one more thing. i want to buy a kit which include read and write option for acex 1k series.... - Altera_Forum
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Yes, I have been using Quartus II Version 9.0 Build 235 06/17/2009 SJ Web Edition. I have service pack 2 installed.
- Altera_Forum
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You can still compile designs for ACEX devices with Quartus 9.0
- Altera_Forum
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which software are you using to program ACEX1k series......actully i brought the chip now i dont have the software to program it....
please help..... - Altera_Forum
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Thanks Max123, buyaltera.com was showing 64 of the version i need as well. So I guess I'm covered within constraints.