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8 years ago

EPCS Discontinuation, looking for replacement.

Hi, I have been using EPCS flash device in my design, since Altera is discontinuing it, I was looking for replacements, I found EPCQ devices to be a good match but they are not in stock on any...
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8 years ago

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There's also Winbond W25X40CLSNIG, Macronix MX25L4006EM1I-12G and Microchip SST25VF040B-50-4I-SAF.

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Hi FvM,

We have been using Micron parts as a 3rd party vendor for FPGA configuration. We have not been able to find other vendors that sell flash that work as configuration parts. One of the problem seems to be supporting the following commands:

https://community.cypress.com/thread/11601

4BYTEADDREN – B7 Command) and exit (4BYTEADDREX – E9 Command

Was curious if you have used any of the parts you listed as a configuration device yet.

Thanks for your help.