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9 years ago

Possible use transceiver as GPIO?

Hello, Is it possible to use the LVDS transceiver IO as GPIO or are they dedicated as LVDS? I have searched all day and found nothing definitive. I tried to use as GPIO but I get: ...
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9 years ago

Not sure which device you are using... but the info should be available in the handbook. For example, looking at Cyclone V:

https://documentation.altera.com/#/00005773-AA$NT00080132

You can see that the FPGA I/O support GPIO and High Speed LVDS on the blue-colored banks, while the transceiver block does not support GPIO.