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RPett4
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6 years ago

Arria 10 SX LVDS SERDES with global clocks?

I am trying to determine if a certain FMC ADC board is compatible with a 3rd party Arria 10 SX FMC carrier card, transceiver speed grade 2, fpga fabric speed grade -1. The ADC board has 4 source sync...
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Rahul_S_Intel1
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6 years ago

Hi,

I would strongly recommend to use a dedicated clock pin , if you are using Altera LVDS IP , other wise you may encounter some fitter issues when using Altera LVDS IP.

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RPett4
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6 years ago

The boards are already designed so I can't move the pins. If I promote the pin to a global clock, use that for the SERDES, and the design still meets timing, will it work or not?