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11 years ago

External Quartz Resonator Clock Generation in FPGA

Hi,

I would like to generate a crystal resonator clock in an FPGA, i.e. connect an external quartz resonator (and not oscillator) to an internal digital NOT (inverter) gate of an fpga, similarly to a microprocessor (Pierce-Gate crystal oscillator circuit).

Can it be implemented?

Thank you and kind regards.

Varouj

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    Hi,

    I would like to generate a crystal resonator clock in an FPGA, i.e. connect an external quartz resonator (and not oscillator) to an internal digital NOT (inverter) gate of an fpga, similarly to a microprocessor (Pierce-Gate crystal oscillator circuit).

    Can it be implemented?

    Thank you and kind regards.

    Varouj

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    you need to be aware that fpga inverters are implemented in LUTs and it will be hard to control delay through such implementation.