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Altera_Forum
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9 years agoHere is the error cause, could you read this link?
http://sw-web.altera.com/tools/quartuskit/16.0/current.linux64/linux64/quartus/common/help/webhelp/index.htm#msgs/msgs/efiomgr_output_too_close_to_pll_clock_input.htm Use another pll ref_clk input, or create clock from other pll, or change the error target pin location. I don't think all IO standard user IOs are prohibited adjacent to PLL clk in, I gues some IOs are restricted due to affection of switching noise.