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17 years ago

HSMC pinout for THDB-ADA with Cyclone III starter kit

Hi I would be enormouosly grateful if someone can help. We purchased a Cyclone III starter kit and AD/DA daughter card from Terasic. The connection is through an HSMC connector but I am unable...
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17 years ago

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Specifically, the Altera documentation gives the pinout for HSMC_TX_N10 as E18 but this is not available for use since, as shown in your pinout, this is 'RESERVED_OUTPUT_OPEN_DRAIN'.

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nCEO is a reserved pin cause you didn't change the settings in the Device Options menu for dual-purpose pins. It's not used by the design and thus fully available.