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Control Path Applications

Whether designing for communications, consumer, computing, or industrial applications, MAX® II CPLDs are the right choice for control path applications that are constrained by cost and power budgets. MAX II CPLDs offer lower power, lower prices, and higher densities, making them the ideal solution for complex control applications, including applications not previously possible in CPLDs.

Using a groundbreaking new CPLD architecture, MAX II CPLDs offer dramatic improvements over previous MAX devices, including

  • Half the cost
  • One-thousandth the power consumption
  • Twice the performance
  • Four times the density

These benefits allow you to integrate multiple control path applications onto a single device. As shown in Table 1, key control path functions can be divided into four main categories: interface bridging, I/O expansion, system configuration, and power-up sequencing.

Table 1. MAX II CPLD Applications

Application

Description

Interface Bridging

Translate bus protocols and voltages between incompatible devices at the lowest possible cost.

I/O Expansion

Perform I/O decoding, increasing the available I/O capability on a standard device with efficiency and at a low cost.

System Configuration and Initialization

Control the configuration or initialization of volatile devices.

Implementing Wide Fan-In Functions in MAX II CPLDs Learn how MAX II CPLDs implement wide fan-in functions.

Power-Up Sequencing

Manage the correct power-up sequencing for other devices on the board.

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