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16 years ago

MSEL setup with Cyclone III part

Hi, We are working on a board including a Cyclone III FPGA. The MSEL pin belong to bank 6 which VCCIO in our design is 1.8V. Is it still valid to use a 2.5V voltage with this configuration ? If...
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16 years ago

Sorry I didn't see it. I wonder why it wasn't picked up by Acrobat's search function.

Anyway, just before the table, the datasheet indeed says that the MSEL pins should be connected to VCCA or ground. This means that they must be connected to 2.5V level signals, even if the bank is powered at 1.8V.