Features
• Serial EEPROM Family for Configuring Altera FLEX® Devices
• In-System Programmable via 2-wire Bus
• Simple Interface to SRAM FPGAs
• EE Programmable 64K, 128K and 256K Bits Serial Memories Designed to Store
Configuration Programs for Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs)
• Cascadable Read-back to Support Additional Configurations or Future Higher-density
Arrays (128K and 256K only)
• Low-power CMOS EEPROM Process
• Programmable Reset Polarity
• Available in the Space-efficient Surface-mount PLCC Package (Compatible across
Product Family)
• Emulation of Atmel’s AT24CXXX Serial EEPROMs
• Available in 3.3V ± 10% LV and 5V ± 5% C Versions
Description
The AT17C65A/128A/256A and AT17LV65A/128A/256A (low-density AT17A Series)
FPGA Configuration EEPROMs (configurators) provide an easy-to-use, cost-effective
configuration memory for programming Altera FLEX devices. The AT17A Series is
packaged in the popular 20-lead PLCC. The AT17A Series family uses a simple serial-
access procedure to configure one or more FPGA devices. The AT17A Series organi-
zation supplies enough memory to configure one or multiple smaller FPGAs. Using a
feature of the AT17A Series, the user can select the polarity of the reset function by
programming a special EEPROM byte. These devices also support a write-protection
mechanism within its programming mode.
The AT17A Series Configurators can be programmed with industry-standard program-
mers or Atmel’s ATDH2200E Programming Kit.
Pin Configurations
20-lead PLCC
DCLK 4
NC 5
NC 6
NC 7
(WP) OE 8
18 SER_EN
17 NC
16 NC
15 NC
14 NC
FPGA
Configuration
EEPROM
Memory
64-kilobit, 128-kilobit
and 256-kilobit
Altera Pinout
AT17C65A
AT17LV65A
AT17C128A
AT17LV128A
AT17C256A
AT17LV256A
Rev. 0996D–08/01
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