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12 years ago

Question about FPGA I/O interfacing on Dev Kits

Hi - I have bought a chinese Altera dev kit: The fpga i/o is interfaced to an lcd panel using 'level shift' interface chip. BUT the levels on both sides of this chip are the same! I've noticed thi...
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12 years ago

Many thanks for your reply - you must be right - it must be for buffering and/or protection reasons. (the LCD is a plug in module). Thanks for the comprehensive response. John B.