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15 years ago

Cyclone reset/POR

Hi, I'm using the cyclone EP1C6 device. Just to make sure - which pin can be used as the reset state monitoring pin, meaning that in the VHDL code I can write (for example): if (reset = '0') the...
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15 years ago

You can either enable the DEV_CLRN pin as global reset, then it has the same effect as a POR. As said above, it would restore the initial values set in your code, trigger initial blocks etc.

Or you disable the gobal function of this pin and connect it to an explicite reset signal defined in user code, driving the said reset case and asynchronous reset inputs of Altera Megafunctions if needed.