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11 years ago

Can Altera GPIO pins read analog values?

I'm a beginner in electronics so forgive me :D, Hi, can Altera GPIO pins read analog output of a light sensor? the light sensor output is analog and I want to tell the Altera whenever the signal ...
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11 years ago

What is "analog"? 3.3V or 24V or 4-20 mA? MAX 10 FPGA has integrated ADCs, you should go for it. Other devices need external ADC, for example DE0-Nano board has this feature. From the corresponding schematics you can see how everything is connected together.