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18 years ago

FPGA n00b PCB design

Hi everyone, I'm working on a PCB design for my first FPGA project. I've done a lot of microcontroller projects before, but with the new tech combined with a hard and fast-approaching deadline...
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18 years ago

On the SSO issue. One thing you can do to reduce this problem, is tone down the output drivers. By default Quartus puts very strong output drivers, but you can make them 2 mA drivers, which will go along way. Still worth insuring minimal simultaneous switching, but it helps a-lot.

I didn't look at your layout, but it would be interesting to know how it works in the end.