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15 years agoRecommend small FPGA and SDK
I need to solve a high speed logic issue with a circuit I am designing. Currently I am solving it using a bunch of XOR and NAND gate IC's but they are taking up 30% of my board space and I am looking...
Altera_Forum
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15 years agoWhat is high-speed to you?
The older MAX II CPLDs work fine too. Altera jumped from MAX II to MAX V, so ignore the missing roman numerals in the part number sequence :) I've used the EPM570 for implementing power-control and FPGA configuration controller logic. They've got plenty of logic elements for what you want to do. The logic runs at 125MHz and the devices are close to full. A couple of comments though: Pros: The MAX CPLDs have on-board EEPROM, so they are sort-of instant turn-on devices. They have ~4MHz oscillators on them that you can use, though an external clock might be useful depending on your application. Cons: The MAX CPLDs do not have on-chip RAM, so you cannot use the Altera NIOS processor (though, this is not a con for your application). Either of the MAX CPLDs would work fine for you. Cheers, Dave