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8 years ago

max10 clock

I am quite new in this, do max10 require external clocking ? Iam using 10M50DAF484C8G. If need which pins should be connected to external clock ?
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8 years ago

MAX 10 devices do have an internal oscillator. So, you don't necessarily 'require' and external clock source.

Refer to the 'max 10 clocking and pll user guide (https://www.altera.com/en_us/pdfs/literature/hb/max-10/ug_m10_clkpll.pdf)'.

However, rather than rely on the internal oscillator most designs will use a, far more accurate, external clock source fed into one of the 'CLK[x]n/p' pins - refer to the device pinout files.

Cheers,

Alex