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Thanks for your response. I am not thinking of signaltap. LAI documentation does not specify a frequency limitation, though it does offer this:
"With the Signal Tap Logic Analyzer, you can acquire data at speeds of over 200 MHz. You can achieve the same acquisition speeds with an external logic analyzer; however, you must consider signal integrity issues."
If I build an I/O cell macro with the IP Parameter Editor, I get a message:
"Altera GPIO supports a maximum interface frequency of 300 MHz."
So that tells me that the GPIOs are good to 300 MHz; I assume this applies to 1.8V LVCMOS, which is what the LAI uses. The truth probably lies somewhere in between, but it is not clear what the I/O frequency limitation really means (does it mean I can't sample at 300 MHz, is 300 MHz the 3 dB point of the frequency response, etc.).
I don't expect PCB and connector SI to be a showstopper.