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BASIC RESOURCES AND PACKAGING

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Once you’ve decided on the underlying technology, you need to determine  which devices will satisfy your basic resource and packaging requirements.  In the case of core resources, most designs are pin limited, and it’s typically only in the case of designs featuring sophisticated algorithmic processing like  color space conversion that you will find yourself logic limited. Regardless of  the type of design, you will need to decide on the number of I/O pins you are  going to require and the approximate number of fundamental logical entities  (LUTs and registers).   

As discussed in Chapter 2, the combination of a LUT, register, and associated logic is called a logic element (LE) by some and logic cell (LC) by others.  It is typically more useful to think in these terms as opposed to higher-level  structures like slices and configurable logic blocks (CLBs) or logic array  blocks (LABs) because the definition of these more sophisticated structures  can vary between device families.   

Next, you need to determine which components contain a sufficient number of  clock domains and associated PLLs, DLLs, and digital clock managers (DCMs).   

Last, but not least, if you have any particular packaging requirements in  mind, it would be a really good idea to ensure that the FPGA family that has  caught your eye is actually available in your desired package. (I know this  seems obvious, but would you care to place a bet that no one ever slipped up  on this point before?)



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  • FPGA XC5200 Family 10K Gates 784 Cells 83MHz 0.5um Technology 5V 208-Pin PQFP
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    Lifecycle:Obsolete -

    RoHS: No RoHS

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