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Altera_Forum
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10 years agoPLL on Altera DE3 Development Board doenst work
Hello everyone, im using the developement board altera DE3 (Stratix III , EP3SL150f1152C2N) for my master thesis. Im trying to use a PLL to get a higher clock. Therefor im using the internal 50...
Altera_Forum
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10 years agoThat's because if you use the implicit port assignment, the external signals are connected to the component ports depending on the listing order.
Then, according to the definition:Component PLL is
PORT(
inclk0 : in std_logic;
c0 : out std_logic;
locked : out std_logic
);
End Component;
when you instantiated PLL_inst : PLL PORT MAP(CLK, OPEN, CLK_100 ); you actually connected c0 to OPEN and locked to CLK_100 Using the explicit assignment is the common practice and it is strongly recommended, since it avoids any confusion, especially when you need to modify the component definition.