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AlbrechtN's avatar
AlbrechtN
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2 years ago

Is it possible to damage an FPGA using a configuration file for wrong FPGA type?

I have damaged the EP4CE40F29 FPGA on several boards. The symptom is that the FPGA short-circuits the 3.3V power supply for the IO-Banks 1, 7 and 8 (3.3V power supply limits at 0.2V dilivering about...
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NurAiman_M_Intel
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2 years ago

Hi,

  1. How many EP4CE40F29 was damage?
  2. Have this EP4CE40F29 ever work fine? Or it was damage during the 1st time you configure the device?
  3. Can you try to program the damage FPGA on another board?
  4. Please try to run the EPE. https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/programmable/support-resources/power/pow-powerplay.html

To see the power consumption needed for the device. However, this also should not damage the device.

5.The damage might be caused by ESD due to mishandling of the device.


Regards,

Aiman