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17 years ago

Program MAX3000 without JTAG?

Hi, I'm going to use the MAX3000A (EPM3032A) in a project and I need 34 i/o ports so I will have to disable the JTAG port and use the four JTAG pins as I/O. I've found the setting in Quartus t...
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16 years ago

I didn't have an opportunity to check yet. I suppose, operation is similar to protection write enable with flash memory (e.g. AM29F0xx). You have to apply high voltage during the intended programming action. The transition to high voltage and vice versa should have a limited rise time, e.g. > 500 ns for the said flash. Extending it to several µs by a RC filter should be save anyway.