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11 years agoCyclone III EP3C25 - Pin 141 can't drive signal ?
Hello everybody I have a problem with a Cyclone III EP3C25E144I7N FPGA. I try to affect an output (UART_TX) to the pin 141. Observing it with a scope, the output stays at 1. When I ...
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11 years agoThanks for your response, Alex.
To sum up, I've cleared the following hypothesis : - fault in VHDL : with a simple design that stuck the output at 0 - fault on the circuit / external pull-up : tried to disconnect fpga from the rest of the circuit - fault on FPGA component itself : I have two different wired boards, the probability to have the fault on two FPGA is low In ALL of these cases, the output remains at 1. I'm right now investigating a PCB defect.. Edit -- The last hypothesis was the good one : I found a short circuit in PCB routing. Solution : isolate the short circuit, replace the isolated track with a simple wire. Thread is closed !