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13 years ago

Cyclone V GX evaluation kit question

Hi, I want to use the Cyclone V GX PCIe evaluation kit (http://www.altera.com/products/devkits/altera/kit-cyclone-v-gx.html). I need to design a daughter board that will connect to the FPGA via th...
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13 years ago

Thank you for pointing that out. Indeed that means that I don't need voltage translator. My signals are going to be "well-behaved". I think that in this case a voltage translator might do more damage then good. For example it can limit the signals frequency or cause some kind of signal integrity problem. I just need to check that the other side can use 2.5V instead of 3.3V though I'm pretty sure it will be fine.

Thank you Dave