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8 years agoIs it possible to feed a MAX10 PLL with slow clock input (< 5MHz)?
Hi forum. I'm a total noob to this business, and would appreciate if you could share your knowledge on this matter: In my project I just have one available clock, and it's a NTSC "color clock" o...
Altera_Forum
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8 years agoMax 10 datasheet indicates absolute minimum frequency input to the PLL is 5MHz.
Ref datasheet timing / electrical specs, page 26:PLL Specifications
Table 27. PLL Specifications for MAX 10 Devices
VCCD_PLL should always be connected to VCCINT through decoupling capacitor and ferrite bead.
Symbol Parameter Condition Min Typ Max Unit
fIN Input clock frequency — 5 — 472.5 MHz If you could 2X the frequency to ~7.2MHz it would be in range. So something simple like this externally: https://www.maximintegrated.com/en/app-notes/index.mvp/id/3327 would work. Or, use something like a 14.31818MHz oscillator to feed into your FPGA, and multiply up from that. And divide this frequency down by four to feed to your external logic that requires 3.58...MHz to operate. Of course this assumes you can replace the 3.58MHz signal source with another source (may not be possible, depends on your external circuitry).