EPCS16SI16N Altera, EPCS16SI16N Datasheet - Page 30

• Manufacturer Part Number: EPCS16SI16N
• Description: IC CONFIG DEVICE 16MBIT 16-SOIC
• Manufacturer: Altera
• Series: EPCSr

Specifications of EPCS16SI16N

• Programmable Type: In System Programmable
• Memory Size: 16Mb
• Voltage - Supply: 3 V ~ 3.6 V
• Operating Temperature: -40°C ~ 85°C
• Package / Case: 16-SOIC (0.300", 7.50mm Width)
• Memory Type: Flash
• Clock Frequency: 20MHz
• Supply Voltage Range: 2.7V To 3.6V
• Memory Case Style: SOIC
• No. Of Pins: 16
• Operating Temperature Range: -40°C To +85°C
• Rohs Compliant: Yes
• Lead Free Status / RoHS Status: Lead free / RoHS Compliant
• Other names: 544-1240-5; EPCS16SI16

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Programming and Configuration File Support
Volume 2: Configuration Handbook
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The Quartus II software provides programming support for serial configuration
devices. After selecting the serial configuration device, the Quartus II software
automatically generates the Programmer Object File (.pof) to program the device. The
software allows users to select the appropriate serial configuration device density that
most efficiently stores the configuration data for a selected FPGA.
The serial configuration device can be programmed in-system by an external
microprocessor using SRunner. SRunner is a software driver developed for embedded
serial configuration device programming that you can customize to fit in different
embedded systems. The SRunner can read .rpd files and write to the serial
configuration devices. The programming time is comparable to the Quartus II
software programming time. Note that writing and reading the .rpd file to the EPCS is
different from other data and address bytes. The LSB of .rpd bytes must be shifted out
first during the read bytes instruction and the LSB of .rpd bytes must be shifted in first
during the write bytes instruction. This is because the FPGA reads the LSB of the .rpd
data first during the configuration process.
For more information about SRunner, refer to
for Serial Configuration Device Programming User Guide
Altera website (www.altera.com).
Serial configuration devices can be programmed using the APU with the appropriate
programming adapter (PLMSEPC-8) via the Quartus II software, USB Blaster,
EthernetBlaster, or the ByteBlaster II download cable via the Quartus II software. In
addition, many third-party programmers, such as BP Microsystems and System
General, offer programming hardware that supports serial configuration devices.
During in-system programming of a serial configuration device via the USB Blaster,
EthernetBlaster, or ByteBlaster II download cable, the cable pulls nCONFIG low to reset
the FPGA and overrides the 10-k pull-down resistor on the FPGA’s nCE pin (refer to
Figure
and DCLK) to program the serial configuration device. When the programming is
complete, the download cable releases the serial configuration device’s four interface
pins and the FPGA’s nCE pin, and pulses nCONFIG to start configuration.
The FPGA can program the serial configuration device in-system using the JTAG
interface with the Serial FlashLoader. This solution allows you to indirectly program
the serial configuration device using the same JTAG interface that is used to configure
the FPGA.
For more information about the Serial FlashLoader, refer to
FlashLoader with the Quartus II
For more information about programming and configuration support, refer to the
following documents:
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Altera Programming Hardware Data Sheet
Programming Hardware Manufacturers
USB-Blaster Download Cable User Guide
ByteBlaster II Download Cable User Guide
3–2). The download cable then uses the four interface pins (DATA, nCS, ASDI,
Chapter 3: Serial Configuration Devices (EPCS1, EPCS4, EPCS16, EPCS64, and EPCS128) Data Sheet
Software.
AN 418: SRunner: An Embedded Solution
Programming and Configuration File Support
and the source code on the
AN 370: Using the Serial
June 2011 Altera Corporation