EP3C5E144C7N Integrated Circuits (ICs)

FPGAs (Field Programmable Gate Arrays) are programmable logic chips used in embedded devices and systems. These devices are used to replace traditional logic components such as resistors, transistors, basic cells and microprocessors. The EP3C5E144C7N is a FPGA from Altera, a leading semiconductor company specializing in FPGAs, CPLDs and other programmable logic devices.

The EP3C5E144C7N is an ideal solution for high speed data acquisition, image processing, signal processing, and control process applications. This device contains 144K logic elements and I/O capacity sufficient to support high speed designs. It also has an internal RAM of 480K x 18. The EP3C5E144C7N features built-in high performance multipliers, flexible DDR3/DDR2/DDR/SDRAM memory interfaces, and several features to reduce system cost and improve system reliability.

The EP3C5E144C7N has a unique configuration architecture, which allows for fast configuration times, improved predictability, and higher performance when compared to other FPGA designs. This device also incorporates low power and health monitoring functions to improve power, reduce system cost and improve system reliability. Furthermore, the EP3C5E144C7N operates at a maximum frequency of 400 MHz and processes a maximum of 2TFLOPS of arithmetic operations per second.

The EP3C5E144C7N supports up to 48 external high- speed differential signal pairs, with a maximum bandwidth of 4 GBytes/s per signal. The device is also able to support up to eight natively supported external low-speed interfaces (Grove and FMC) at the same time. This device also contains several ARM Cortex-M processor cores and a Cortex-A processor core, with the ability to support peak bandwidths of 25GBytes/s, 50GBytes/s, and 100GBytes/s, respectively. Furthermore, the device also contains several differential I/O banks to support various interfaces such as USB, Ethernet, and LVDS.

In addition, the EP3C5E144C7N supports several networking functions such as Ethernet, PCI Express, and 10GBASE-T. The device also contains four dedicated and independent Multi-Gigabit transceivers to support up to thirty-two lanes of PCI Express gen3 and two ten-lane PCIe gen4 interfaces. In addition to PCIe, the EP3C5E144C7N contains several development tools including USB JTAG, I2C, and SPI.

The EP3C5E144C7N provides an excellent solution for embedded applications requiring high performance at reasonable cost. The device is designed to provide more than enough performance to meet any requirements, while also offering low power consumption and design flexibility. With its powerful features and excellent performance, the EP3C5E144C7N is an ideal choice for embedded applications.