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Altera_Forum
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14 years agoIs the AD/DA converter Cyclone 3 starter kit compatible
Hello, I am looking for a high speed DAC and found this 14 bit 250 MSPS DAC. Here is the link: http://www.terasic.com.tw/cgi-bin/page/archive.pl?language=english&categoryno=73&no=360&partno=2...
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14 years agoIn the Cyclone II -> Features -> Altera's Cyclone II FPGA Interfaces & Protocols Support at the Altera's site is written that SPI and I2C standards can be implemented in Cyclone II devices to provide low-speed communication links between integrated circuits, processors and peripherals.
I've seen in some schematic for Cyclon II board that all I/O pins are LVDS (p/n), which is related to high-speed signaling, as I understood. There were no one pin which is used for SPI or I2C serial interface... Can anyone advice me? I need 8 digital-to-analog converters (DACs) and 8 ADCs which should work with SPI or I2C interface... For my application, I don't need to use high-speed signals, I need sampling frequency maximal 1MHz (but a few hundreds of kHz will be enough)... So, in which way should I connect some 8-channel DAC or ADC to the Cyclone II board? Which pins of FPGA should be connected to SPI or I2C pins of DAC/ADC? Thank in advice!