CPLDs suited for portable wireline applications
Altera
Max V device CPLDs
Altera's Max V device range is suited for general-purpose and portable designs in wireline, wireless, industrial, consumer, computer/storage, automotive, broadcast and military applications.
The Max V range is said to use half the total power compared with competitive CPLDs, while maintaining the instant-on, single-chip, non-volatile characteristics of the original Max series.
Ranging in density from 40 to 2,210 logic elements (LEs), the Max V CPLDs deliver low power and high performance.
Max V CPLDs use up to 50 per cent lower total power compared to equivalent density CPLDs on the market, the company claims.
Other power advantages include extended battery life, with static power as low as 45uW.
Max V devices are offered in a variety of halogen-free package types (EQFP, TQFP, and MBGA) that meet environmental standards.
Key applications include: I/O expansion - performs I/O decoding, which increases the available I/O capability of another standard device with efficiency and at a low cost; interface bridging - translates bus protocols and voltages between incompatible devices at the lowest possible cost; power management - manages the power-up sequencing and monitoring of other devices on the board; configuration and initialisation - controls the configuration and initialisation of other devices on the board; analogue control - controls analogue standard devices (light, sound or motion) digitally via a pulse-width modulator (PWM), without needing a digital-to-analogue converter (DAC).
The Max V device range includes seven models ranging in density from 40 to 2,210 LEs.
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