PLDs for low-power consumer design applications

Built on a low-power 65nm process featuring embedded Flash technology, the MachXO2 range delivers a threefold increase in logic density, a 10-fold increase in embedded memory, more than a 100-fold reduction in static power and up to 30 per cent lower cost compared with the MachXOT PLD range.

In addition, several functions used in low-density PLD applications, such as User Flash Memory (UFM), I2C, SPI and timer/counter, have been hardened into the MachXO2 devices, providing designers with a 'do-it-all PLD' for high-volume, cost-sensitive designs.

The MachXO2 range offers three options for maximum flexibility.

MachXO2 ZE devices range from 256 to 7,000 look-up tables (LUTs), operate off a nominal 1.2V power supply and support system performance up to 60MHz.

With power specified as low as 19uW and packages as small as 2.5 x 2.5mm, the MachXO2 ZE devices are optimised for cost-sensitive, low-power consumer design applications such as smart phones, GPS devices and PDAs.

MachXO2 HC devices range from 256 to 7,000 LUTs, operate off a nominal 3.3 or 2.5V power supply and support system performance up to 150MHz.

Offering up to 335 user I/O and a robust design solution (instant-on, non-volatile, input hysteresis and single-chip), these devices are suitable for control applications in end markets such as telecommunications infrastructure, computing, industrial and medical equipment.

MachXO2 HE devices range from 2,000 to 7,000 LUTs, operate off a nominal 1.2V power supply and support system performance up to 150MHz.

These devices are optimised for power-sensitive system applications.