APA150-PQG208I Microchip APA150-PQG208I Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) 158 I/Os 4.5kB 180MHz

Microchip APA150-PQG208I Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) Overview

FPGA ProASICPLUS Family 150K Gates 180MHz 0.22um (CMOS) Technology 2.5V 208-Pin PQFP

Key Features of Microchip APA150-PQG208I Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs)

• Built to rAM Size: 4.5kB, making integration easier across a wide range of systems.
• Built to number of I/Os: 158, making integration easier across a wide range of systems.
• Built to max Frequency: 180MHz, making integration easier across a wide range of systems.

Microchip APA150-PQG208I Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) Applications

Finance / Timing / Glue Logic & Misc

• Commonly applied in write-once safety event recorder logic — WORM, timestamp, integrity, supporting stable and efficient system performance.
• Often used in secure kiosk peripheral firewall (USB filtering subset) — USB HID, whitelist, policy, where predictable behavior and reliability are important.
• Often used in legacy bus bridge (PCI ↔ custom I/O) controller — PCI, GPIO, DMA, where predictable behavior and reliability are important.
• Well-suited for factory vision defect classification prefilter engine — vision DSP, ROI, low latency, helping designers meet typical integration requirements.
• Commonly applied in railway signaling redundancy voting and timing control — redundancy, timestamp, safety, supporting stable and efficient system performance.

Energy / Grid / Power Electronics

• Commonly applied in pMU phasor measurement computation assist engine — synchrophasor, FFT, PTP, supporting stable and efficient system performance.
• Often used in synchronized ADC capture + compression for grid sensors — ADC sync, DDR, compression, where predictable behavior and reliability are important.
• Well-suited for high-speed desat/overcurrent fault latch logic — fault latch, GPIO, low latency, helping designers meet typical integration requirements.
• Commonly applied in hVDC protection traveling wave detection prototype — high-speed capture, detection, timestamp, supporting stable and efficient system performance.
• Well-suited for eV fast charger PWM + safety interlock logic — PWM, safety, sequencing, helping designers meet typical integration requirements.

Automotive Powertrain / Charging / Body Control

• Often used in contactor precharge sequencing controller — HV sequencing, GPIO, safety, where predictable behavior and reliability are important.
• Often used in beyond ADAS, FPGAs provide deterministic timing, safety monitoring, and sequencing in power electronics and body control. They are strong fits for PWM-heavy functions, redundant monitoring, and high-voltage sequencing logic, where predictable behavior and reliability are important.
• Commonly applied in iSO 26262 safety I/O lockstep monitor logic — lockstep, monitors, watchdog, supporting stable and efficient system performance.
• Often used in bMS daisy-chain sensor aggregator (isoSPI-style) — isoSPI, SPI, CRC, where predictable behavior and reliability are important.
• Often used in eVSE PLC modem interface timing glue — HomePlug Green PHY, PLC, timing, where predictable behavior and reliability are important.

Display / HDMI / DP / LED Wall

• Often used in multi-display synchronization across tiled panels — genlock, vsync align, PTP, where predictable behavior and reliability are important.
• Commonly applied in hDMI/DisplayPort EDID/HDCP management controller — HDMI, DP, EDID, HDCP, supporting stable and efficient system performance.
• Well-suited for video wall health monitoring + pixel fault mapper — telemetry, scan feedback, I2C, helping designers meet typical integration requirements.
• Often used in on-screen display (OSD) overlay and blending core — OSD, alpha, LUT, where predictable behavior and reliability are important.
• Commonly applied in uI animation engine for simple menu overlays — OSD, sprite blit, timing, supporting stable and efficient system performance.

Motion Control / Drives / Robotics Control

• Often used in encoder interface hub (BiSS-C/SSI/EnDat) — LVDS, serial encoders, timing, where predictable behavior and reliability are important.
• Commonly applied in space-vector PWM timing generator for motor drives — SVPWM, deadtime, sync ADC, supporting stable and efficient system performance.
• Well-suited for multi-axis PID loop accelerator for robot joints — PID, fixed-point, high-rate, helping designers meet typical integration requirements.
• Often used in etherCAT master assist for servo coordination — EtherCAT, DC, low-latency, where predictable behavior and reliability are important.
• Well-suited for safety perimeter sensor fusion (IR/ultrasonic) — GPIO, time-of-flight, fusion, helping designers meet typical integration requirements.