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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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17 years ago

Thanks for the comments "FvM" -

I'll check the various BAS940-type parts and form-factors to see what would work okay in the design.

I think we can afford the board space to have both JTAG and AS 10-pin connectors on our initial Cyclone III-based design, so both will now be planned.

Quartus 8.1 seems to use about 80 LEs for the Serial Flash Programmer MegaWizard Plugin code, so this is not a problem with our current design.

The power requirements options are almost overwhelming as this is the "final" part of the design I'm reviewoing. Whether linear or LDO regulators for the +1.2 V VCCint and 2.5 V VCCpll and VCCa; 4-layer or 6-layer boards, and a few other items seem to be a part of the implementation balancing act.

Bruce