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Altera_Forum
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16 years ago

Grounding recommendations

Hello. I am using the Cyclone III FPGA starter board and a Terasic THDB-HTG breakout board for interfacing to my circuit. I would like to know what is the recommended way to ground this board. My ...
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16 years ago

Before you power anything up, just measure make sure the two ground planes (your circuit and the dev board) are truly at the same potential. Otherwise, I foresee smoke and a little hole in that little Cyclone III.

Is your circuit going to be powered seperate from the dev board? That presents a different set of problems.

Jake