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16 years ago

Cyclone III Starter Board - Using the DDR-SDRAM

Hi, I have a Cyclone III Starter Board and I already made the myfirstfpga-tutorial (http://www.alteraforum.com/forum/www.altera.com/literature/tt/tt_my_first_fpga.pdf). So I understand the bas...
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16 years ago

Your best bet is to take the exact device partnumber and look up the datasheet on the web. Micron for example explains in great detail how their SD-RAMs work, how to operate them and so on and so on. Step 1 is to learn to understand the device.

I did the same for the ISSI SRAM on the board (much simpeler than DDR SDRAM but the process is the same) and wrote a controller around it after I understood exactly how the SRAM works.