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Honored ContributorHow can I use clock on cyclone II ?
Guys, Do you know how to use a clock in cyclone 2 ? Connect the PLL output into CLK0 ? and configure it on quartus ? I tried to read on : 7. PLLs in Cyclone II Devices But don't underst...
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Honored ContributorHello bianchi.
you don't have an oscillator in a Cyclone device so 2 capacitors and a crystal isn't enough. Electronics components stores like mouser or digikey have integrated oscillators. With Cyclone II i used an SMD 50MHz 3,3V oscillator of ABRACON. Configure the PLL it's easy. You have a Wizard to do it. Then you instantiate a component pll in your vhdl file. A detail: I use global reset active with '0' and the pll has reset active with '1'. Don't forget the inverter in your design or you'll see it hanged.
