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Altera_Forum
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17 years ago

connecting 2 dev kits via HSMC-HSMC?

Hi, I'd like to use 2 dev kits' FPGAs to simply communicate (w/ as much bandwidth as possible), and I'm looking to at communicating over the HSMC connectors (male-male?). I only see ...
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Altera_Forum
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16 years ago

obviously this is a pretty old thread but curious if there was ever any resolution - did you get the two dev kits to communicate via the HSMC connector? I know samtec now offers Male to Male HSMC connectors - but there are still power pin issues with certain boards - where the outbound power to the HSMC connector cant be turned off leading one to have to modify the cable so as to not fry the other board.