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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

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I think that I'll have the voltage translator as a BOM option. The default will be to use serial resistors as you suggested and the voltage translator option will be a fall-back.

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That's a good idea. Its better to have the buffer on the PCB than 'wish' you had it when you encounter a problem that it could solve :)

Cheers,

Dave