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15 years ago

cyclone IV backwards compatible with cyclone III

Hello, I have a question about cyclone, i am new with FPGA. Is the Cyclone IV backwardscompatible with cyclone III and II. I need to make choise between two development boards. If the cyclone ...
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15 years ago

Thanks for answering!

I want to order an Altera NIK development kit and this is with cyclone IV. This has al the features i need. But the FPGA IV is very exspencive and i dont need the a high speed FPGA. For testing the board is ideal. But if i want to create a own prototype, i maybe want to use a cyclone III. because it's cheaper. This is the reason for my question.