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Altera_Forum
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13 years ago

Connecting Terasic DE3 and TR4 dev boards

Hi, There are features on the Terasic DE3 and TR4 dev boards that attracts me to use both of them for the same project. What is the best method that people have found to connect these two toget...
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13 years ago

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Are you meaning the expansion headers or the HSTC's and HSMC's? Any ideas on the cable solution? I was thinking about a cable solution but i don't really want to deal with cutting the power lines on an expensive cable, just in case i get it wrong.

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I was thinking of the 100-mil expansion headers. I think you can plug an IDE hard-drive cable into them. I don't think they are that expensive, so you can afford to get it wrong on one cable without losing too much money :)

The HSMC cables from Samtec are $60 to $80 each depending on length.

An IDE cable is 'free' if you can find an old dead desktop that no one cares about ...

Cheers,

Dave