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10 years ago

Arria V 1.5v PCML Read

Hi, I would like to use signal tap to read the value on a number of 1.5v PCML pins, however, using signal tap to probe these pins causes an error stating that the pins must have a fanout of 1. ...
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10 years ago

Thank you for the reply, I think it's helped guide me into the right direction. I found two articles related to transceivers in Arria V devices:

Transceiver Basics for Arria V Devices (http://bimansirphysics.webs.com/documents/av_54002transreceiver%20basic%20aletra.pdf)

Arria V Device Handbook - Volume 2: Transceivers (https://www.altera.com/content/dam/altera-www/global/en_us/pdfs/literature/hb/arria-v/av_5v3.pdf)

However, I can't find a clear explanation on what protocol the PMA uses to deserialize data coming from the PCML pins. How does the deserializer in the PMA decide how to convert serial data into parallel data?