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17 years ago

Max II - to - Cyclone III questions

I have successfully used the Max II (144-pin TQFP) in a PCI-interface design and am designing designing a Cyclone III C40 (QTFP-240 pin) -based upgrade. After trying to absorb as much of the Altera ...
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@2) I think, Schottky signal diodes are generally preferable. e.g. BAS40, BAR43

@3) If you don't design dedicated development boards, debugging is a sufficient reason to install a JTAG interface, I think. Boundary scan option would be another. To my opinion, JTAG indirect programming is suitable for production purposes.