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MAX 3000A Programmable Logic Device Family Data Sheet
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Features
■ PCI compatible
■ Bus–friendly architecture including programmable slew–rate control
■ Open–drain output option
■ Programmable macrocell flipflops with individual clear, preset,
clock, and clock enable controls
■ Programmable power–saving mode for a power reduction of over
50% in each macrocell
■ Configurable expander product–term distribution, allowing up to
32 product terms per macrocell
■ Programmable security bit for protection of proprietary designs
■ Enhanced architectural features, including:
– 6 or 10 pin– or logic–driven output enable signals
– Two global clock signals with optional inversion
– Enhanced interconnect resources for improved routability
– Programmable output slew–rate control
■ Software design support and automatic place–and–route provided
by Altera’s development systems for Windows–based PCs and Sun
SPARCstations, and HP 9000 Series 700/800 workstations
■ Additional design entry and simulation support provided by EDIF
2 0 0 and 3 0 0 netlist files, library of parameterized modules (LPM),
Verilog HDL, VHDL, and other interfaces to popular EDA tools from
third–party manufacturers such as Cadence, Exemplar Logic, Mentor
Graphics, OrCAD, Synopsys, Synplicity, and VeriBest
■ Programming support with the Altera master programming unit
(MPU), MasterBlaster
TM
communications cable, ByteBlasterMV
TM
parallel port download cable, BitBlaster
TM
serial download cable as
well as programming hardware from third–party manufacturers and
any in–circuit tester that supports Jam
TM
Standard Test and
Programming Language (STAPL) Files (.jam), Jam STAPL Byte-Code
Files (.jbc), or Serial Vector Format Files (.svf)
General
Description
MAX 3000A devices are low–cost, high–performance devices based on the
Altera MAX architecture. Fabricated with advanced CMOS technology,
the EEPROM–based MAX 3000A devices operate with a 3.3-V supply
voltage and provide 600 to 10,000 usable gates, ISP, pin-to-pin delays as
fast as 4.5 ns, and counter speeds of up to 227.3 MHz. MAX 3000A devices
in the –4, –5, –6, –7, and –10 speed grades are compatible with the timing
requirements of the PCI Special Interest Group (PCI SIG) PCI Local Bus
Specification, Revision 2.2. See Table 2.
