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16 years ago

Cyclone III, huge cap at VCCD_PLL

Hi All! Altera document "Cyclone® III Device Family Pin Connection Guidelines PCG-01003-1.0" says that 470 uF capacitor must be used at digital power of PLL (besides a lot of ceramic capacitor...
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16 years ago

Take a look at some of the schematics for Altera development kits and see what they did. That might give you more of a "warm fuzzy".

Jake