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18 years agohot socketing question
Hi experts, I would like to know if it is possible to drive Cyclone 3 I/O pins when the device is not powered (hot socketing) ? If yes, how much leakage current the I/O pins will draw ? I did...
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18 years agoIt should be noted that there is a big difference between NON POWERED and HOT SOCKETING.
The leakage current referrend to is for a part on a board that is "Hot Socketed" onto a backplane, as an example. In that case, the initial power for all the I/O and Internal power pins of the FPGA will initially be zero - but begin to rise as the power supplies ramp up. This is Hot Socketing. It is very different that a part that has I/O connected to other parts but is NOT powered at all. I recall that there is a note somewhere mentioning that if the Vccio of the bank the pins are located in is NOT powered, then the leakage current may be considerably higher.