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10 years ago

External core clock input (J70, J71) ALTERA stratix v gt

Hello all, could someone please explain what is the function of a fpga's core clock and the respective "external core clock input" SMAs? Can i connect these SMAs to 10MHz reference of an external ...
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10 years ago

This external core clock input can be used to drive the core logic. Depending on the reference clock frequency required by your core, then you feed the required frequency to the SMAs.