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Altera_Forum
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13 years agoCYCLONE III with AS and JTAG (SFL)
Hello everybody!!! I'm creating a new schematic to my last project I use a EP3C16Q240 with a serial configuration device (EPCS4) and i have a limited size to my board so i use just 1 jtag connec...
Altera_Forum
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13 years agoI see one issue:
p164 http://www.altera.com/literature/hb/cyc3/cyclone3_handbook.pdf "Altera recommends connecting the MSEL pins to VCCA or GND" You have the pull-ups to VCCIO. Check whether you need pull-up/downs on the EPCS interface (I don't recall whether there are pull-ups on the FPGA or EPCS device, so just check). I don't see any decoupling capacitance, but assume that is on another page. I see you've protected the JTAG connector with TVSes, so thats good. Cheers, Dave