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10 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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10 years ago

Thank you for shedding a little sunshine on this issue. The Arria V is considerably more complex than the Cyclone but I think that confirms my present understanding that "no". Doesn't put ALTR off the hook for having better tools/warning messages. Frankly, the diagram just shows that "these IO on the left here can't be used as GPIO." This is not the easiest information to suss out by various means.

Thanks again for your response.