What this Cyclone IV E FPGA brings to the BOM
The Intel EP4CE115F23C7 is a Cyclone® IV E FPGA packing 114480 logic elements and 280 user I/O in a 484-ball BGA footprint. It targets mid-density glue logic, video bridging, motor-control co-processing, and communications protocol handling where you need more fabric than a CPLD but don't want the power bill of a Stratix or Arria. The 3981312 bits of embedded block RAM handle line buffers, small FIFOs, or distributed lookup tables without chewing up logic cells. Temperature grade is 0°C to 85°C junction — commercial range only.
Active lifecycle — no LTB pressure on this BOM line
The EP4CE115F23C7 carries an Active product status. That means Intel is still manufacturing it, no last-time-buy notice has been issued, and you can plan multi-year production runs without an obsolescence-driven redesign. For a mid-density FPGA that's been in the field since the early 2010s, that's a solid sourcing position — the Cyclone IV family has long legs in industrial and communications equipment.
280 I/O — interface planning
280 I/O on a 484-ball BGA. The remaining balls are power, ground, configuration, and clock inputs.