Page 10 Power and Operation
Configuration Devices for SRAM-Based LUT Devices January 2012 Altera Corporation
that the FPGA has not configured successfully. EPC1 and EPC2 devices wait for
16
DCLK
cycles after the last configuration bit was sent for the
CONF
_
DONE
pin to reach a
high state. In this case, the configuration device pulls its
OE
pin low, which in turn
drives the target device’s
nSTATUS
pin low. Configuration automatically restarts if the
Auto-restart configuration on error option is turned on in the Quartus II software
from the General tab of the Device & Pin Options dialog box or the MAX+PLUS II
software’s Global Project Device Options dialog box (Assign menu).
In addition, if the FPGA detects a cyclic redundancy check (CRC) error in the received
data, it will flag the error by driving the
nSTATUS
signal low. This low signal on
nSTATUS
drives the
OE
pin of the configuration device low, which resets the
configuration device. CRC checking is performed when configuring all Altera FPGAs.
3.3-V or 5.0-V Operation
Power the EPC1, EPC2, and EPC 1441 configuration device at 3.3 V or 5.0 V. For each
configuration device, an option must be set for the 3.3-V or 5.0-V operation.
For EPC1 and EPC1441 configuration devices, 3.3-V or 5.0-V operation is controlled
by a programming bit in the .pof. The Low-Voltage mode option in the Options tab of
the Configuration Device Options dialog box in the Quartus II software or the Use
Low-Voltage Configuration EPROM option in the Global Project Device Options
dialog box (Assign menu) in the MAX+PLUS II software sets this parameter. For
example, EPC1 devices are programmed automatically to operate in 3.3-V mode when
configuring FLEX 10KA devices, which have a V
CC
voltage of 3.3 V. In this example,
the EPC1 device’s
VCC
pin is connected to a 3.3-V power supply.
For EPC2 devices, this option is set externally by the
VCCSEL
pin. In addition, the EPC2
device has an externally controlled option, set by the
VPPSEL
pin, to adjust the
programming voltage to 5.0 V or 3.3 V. The functions of the
VCCSEL
and
VPPSEL
pins
are described below. These pins are only available in the EPC2 devices.
■
VCCSEL
pin—For EPC2 configuration devices, 5.0-V or 3.3-V operation is controlled
by the
VCCSEL
option pin. The device functions in 5.0-V mode when
VCCSEL
is
connected to GND and 3.3-V mode when
VCCSEL
is connected to V
CC
.
■
VPPSEL
pin—The V
PP
programming power pin of the EPC2 device is normally tied
to V
CC
. For EPC2 devices operating at 3.3 V, it is possible to improve ISP time by
setting V
PP
to 5.0 V. For all other configuration devices, V
PP
must be tied to V
CC
.
The
VPPSEL
pin of the EPC2 device must be set in accordance with the
VPP
pin of
the EPC2 device. If the
VPP
pin is supplied by a 5.0-V power supply,
VPPSEL
must
be connected to GND and if the
VPP
pin is supplied by a 3.3-V power supply,
VPPSEL
must be connected to V
CC
.
