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15 years agoCyclone III stuck at POR?
Hi, I have problems to get a custom board work, the FPGA seems to be stuck in POR. It's a PCIe card with a EP3C10F256C7N. I attached an excerpt of the schematic to this post. I have 10 pro...
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15 years agoYou stumbled upon one of the popular Cyclone III design faults. There's a good chance to fix it, Altera board users even reported to have connected the exposed pad by drilling a hole from the bottom and soldering a small wire to the pad.
P.S.: http://www.alteraforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=4999 http://www.alteraforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=4065