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17 years ago

Need advices on FPGA for telecom apps

Hi, I'm new to these forums so please let me know if this is the wrong place to post. I'm also quite new to the FPGA world (I've been using for 1 month a DE1 evaluation board with an Altera's ...
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17 years ago

There are some PLLs in the FPGAs, so you can generate higher clock rates if necessary.

You will also need to determine if the Cyclone II will be powerful enough for your application. If you have started working on the internal design, you can try and compile it for different FPGA families and see how much resources you use and if your timing requirements are met.