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17 years ago

Cyclone III development board and USB FT245BL

Hi, I currently develop with the cyclone III development board (EP3C120N). The board features two USB chips. The Cypress chip is used for the byteblaster logic and as I understand the documenta...
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17 years ago

Hi,

@vjalter: I'm currently happy with my UART solution, but I just like to play with the USB chip on the devkit to see whether the latency of a USB connector would be feasible for my application. For now I have to use a USB to RS232 connector with my Notebook anyway, as it doesn't feature RS232 anymore (without docking station),

so I have the latency anyway.

@Stefaan: There is also a USB-TTL connector cable you get from FTDI, so you don't have to crack up your RS232 converter:

http://www.ftdichip.com/products/evaluationkits/ttl-232r-3v3.htm

Cheers, Alex