Altera® FPGA Power Supply Column for Understanding Power Supply Design and Selecting the Best Power Supply ICs for FPGAs

・Why do Altera® FPGA evaluation kits often use products from Analog Devices? 
・How do I select a power supply product? 
・What is the design process? 
・What tools and support systems are available?

In this section, we will focus on "What features of power supply products were selected when designing a power supply for an evaluation board for Altera®'s FPGA product? The following is an explanation focusing on the following topics.

Part 1: What are the power supply specifications required by Altera® FPGAs and what is the optimal power supply IC?

Part 2: The unique power supply products used in Altera® FPGA evaluation kits.

Part 3: Lineup of power supply products used in FPGA boards

Part 4: How to Select Power Supplies for Altera® FPGAs

Part 5: Specific usage of EPE!

Part 6: Points to keep in mind when selecting FPGA power supplies - Part 1

Part 7: Points to keep in mind when selecting power supplies for FPGAs - Part 2

Part 8: Malfunction cases and how to solve them

Part 9: Confirmation and review of capacitance in FPGA power supply design

Part 10: Introduction of layout method for FPGA power supply circuit design

Part 11: Malfunction cases caused by patterns in FPGA power supply design and how to solve them

Part 12: Summary of FPGA power supply design process

Analog Devices, Inc. products are often used as power supplies for evaluation boards for Altera® FPGA products, and we believe that you will often refer to them when you consider FPGA circuit design in the future.

We hope that this column will help you better understand the power supply products used in Altera® FPGA evaluation boards and give you a concrete image of FPGA power supply design, thereby assisting you in your actual design work.