10M08SAE144C8G development kit, pinout & generate clock

10M08SAE144C8G Pinout Equivalent

The 10M08SAE144C8G is a low-power, high-performance programmable logic device in Intel’s MAX 10 series FPGA introduced in 2014, using 55NM lithography technology and packaged in a 144-pin EQFP package (model extension SAE144). The main features include fast startup speed, strong scalability, high-speed memory, high-precision ADC module and DSP module loaded inside, mainly used in military control, embedded design, hardware acceleration and other applications. This article will analyze the FPGA chip in terms of pin definition and alternative products.

10M08SAE144C8G Core parameters and pin definition:

Pin definition
Available I/O ports: 103 general programmable IO ports, support for LVDS, PCI and other interface forms (maximum user IO number of 250).
Power and ground: the chip has multiple sets of power pins (VCCINT, VCCIO, VCCA, etc.) and ground pins.
Configuration interface: Supports JTAG, AS (active serial mode) and other configuration modes.
Analog input: The 10M08SAE144C8G chip integrates a 12-bit high-precision ADC module, which can be used in equipment requiring high-precision acquisition.
Core parameters:
Logical unit (LE) : 8,000;
Structure and I/O phase-locked loop (PLL) : 2;
Embedded memory: 378KB of embedded memory;
Digital Signal Processing (DSP) format: Multiply;

Alternative product analysis:

1 Product replacement of the same series:
10M04SAE144C8G: slightly less available resources; 4,000 LE, other features are basically the same, if the use of 10M08SAE144C8G resources can be considered to use this replacement.

10M04SAE144C8G

10M16SAE144C8G: Upgrade, available resources are higher than described in this article; 16,000 LE, suitable for more complex designs requiring more resources, can directly replace 10M08SAE144C8G.

10M16SAE144C8G

2 Cross-series alternatives
Intel’s FPGA has five main series, namely Agilex, Stratix, Arria, Max, Cyclone (sorted from high-end to low-end); Generally speaking, Cyclone and Max are widely used in industrial scenarios due to their sufficient performance and cheap price. If you want to use different series of replacement, the first thing to pay attention to is whether the resources are enough, the replacement of the general upgrade is a high probability, and the downward replacement requires engineers to analyze the resources to see whether it can be replaced. In this paper, two options are given, namely Cyclone IV EP4CE6E22C8N and Cyclone III EP3C25E144I7N

Cyclone IV EP4CE6E22C8N

Cyclone III EP3C25E144I7N

3 Cross-brand substitution
Generally, it is not recommended to use this method, because the design core of the FPGA from different manufacturers is different, and the applicable programming and simulation software is also different. For example, Intel uses Quartus Prime, but Xilinx uses software such as Vivado and Vitis. This is a complicated thing for research and development.