Are you ready to accompany us once again on a journey into the vast wide wonderful world of electronics? Today, in the course of this journey, Proactive Components, Inc. will make a stop at Altera.

Altera manufactures a wide range of programmable logic devices including FPGAs, CPLDs and SoCs with embedded processing systems. The company also manufactures ASICs (Application Specific Integrated Circuits) and offers a wide range of development kits, design resources and configuration tools.

This blog takes a closer look at Altera FPGAs. Altera FPGAs offer customers a faster time to market advantage. Besides, FPGAs are cost effective as compared ASICs and offer greater flexibility for programming and incorporating additional functionality as compared to ASSPs and DSPs. Altera caters to customers in diverse niches worldwide.

Depending on the varied requirements of different customers, different Altera FPGA families have been developed. If your FPGA requirement is driven by the need for short time to market and cost is a crucial factor, Altera’s Cyclone series FPGAs are ideal. Proactive Components, Inc, stock a comprehensive range of all Altera Cyclone generations. We are confident that we can meet your supply requirements effectively.

Part number EP2C35F484I8N is part of the second generation Cyclone FPGA series, suitable for high volume, cost sensitive applications. Like other components in this series, it offers high performance and low power consumption at the most cost effective price range. Part number EP2C35F484I8N has 33216 logic elements and 2076 Logic Array Blocks (LABs). The total memory for this component is 483840bit and it has 322 I/Os with a maximum operating frequency of 200MHz. It is a surface mount compliant component and functions reliably between -40 to +85 deg C temperature at an operating supply voltage range of 1.15-1.25V.

When you want FPGAs with added security features, along with high performance and low power characteristics, you need Altera’s Cyclone III LS series. The Proactive Components Inc. inventory includes the following components from this series – part numbers EP3CLS200F484C8N, EP3CLS200F780I7N and EP3CLS150F780I7N. All three components function at an operational voltage supply range of 1.15-1.25V and exhibit a maximum operational frequency of 274MHz. All are surface mount compatible. Part number EP3CLS200F484C8N has 226 I/Os with an operating temperature range of 0-70 deg C. For the other 2 components, the operating temperature range is -40 to +85 deg C and they have 429 I/Os.

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