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15 years ago

MAX V suitable for safety critical applications?

Is MAX V similar to MAX II being an FPGA with an on chip serial boot ROM?

Has the checking of the serial code from the on chip ROM become more sophiscated that a simple polynomial check in the MAX V?

Is anyone considering/using MAX V in a product that would have SIL approval? (Safety Integrity Level)

Thanking you in advance

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    15 years ago

    Simply assume, that MAX V is identical to MAX II in all relevant parameters.

    I didn't see a statement in both device handbooks about configuration integrity check, e.g. by a CRC. You should ask Altera about it. If the configuration bitstream is checked during power-up only, the test may be considered insufficient, because the configuration could be changed by a soft error at any time later. Thus for a reliable consistency check, you would want a periodical CRC check as available with other Altera FPGA.