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JWall40
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3 years ago
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Configuring a FLEX 6000 with an EPCQ config device

I'm looking for a replacement for the EPC1LC20N which I am currently using to configure FLEX 6000 devices. I see in PDN 1708 that there is no replacement specified for this part. Is there a w...
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    FvM
    3 years ago

    Hello,

    Flex6K uses a passive serial configuration scheme. If you don't have a programmable controller in your application that can perform the configuration load process, a serial flash in combination with a low pincount microcontroller (e.g. PIC16 or PIC18) should be the solution with lowest cost and board area utilization.

    Frank

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FvM
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3 years ago

Hello,

Flex6K uses a passive serial configuration scheme. If you don't have a programmable controller in your application that can perform the configuration load process, a serial flash in combination with a low pincount microcontroller (e.g. PIC16 or PIC18) should be the solution with lowest cost and board area utilization.

Frank