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Honored ContributorConfiguring an FPGA without JTAG
Hello everyone, I am fairly new to FPGAs so forgive me if I ask a stupid question. I have recently moved my Cyclone III board from a starter kit and am trying to make it work on its own on a PCB boa...
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Honored Contributorand if you connect the programmer to the EPCS, you should add some clamping diodes to protect the FPGA. Have a look at page 22 of that document (http://www.altera.com/literature/hb/cyc3/cyc3_ciii51010.pdf).
