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15 years ago

Arria II with single DDR3 SODIMM

Hello, I am trying to use an Arria II with a single DDR3 SODIMM and was wondering if I can avoid parallel termination and use a simpler termination scheme. I can place the SODIMM as close to th...
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15 years ago

Jake, thank you for the critical feedback - you saved me a lot of time. Too bad the Arria II doc is not clear about this. I was trying to save board space by using a DIMM, but I will probably follow your suggestion and put the chips on the main board. Too bad read/write leveling is only available in the Stratix family...

FvM, I thought I had just download AN520 in the last few days, but you are right; it's gone now. I hope it will be replaced with a more up to date version.

Thanks for all the help!