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Altera_Forum
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13 years agoResistors on DE2 board switches
I have a question about the resistors which are connected from SW13 to SW17, but the SW0 to SW12 are directly connected to FPGA in DE2 board, like in DE2-70. Anybody knows why? In comparison, all swi...
Altera_Forum
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12 years ago@banenky, Resistors directly connected with FPGAs are a common practice in FPGA board design. As DWH said, they are used to idiot proof the design in case the pin is operated at low level. Another explanation can be that even the pins are set as output pins, these resistors could be used as current limiting resistors for driving any sensitive ICs connected to the FPGA. Normally it isn't needed with the dedicated clock input pins but safety comes first. It's better to have them in your design rather than leaving them out.
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