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11 years ago

Serdes in Cyclone 5 devices

I have implemented a deserializer in Cyclone 5. We see some issues in the final system output (video to a monitor). One of the other engineers here thinks the Serdes in this particular variant (E) ...
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11 years ago

Yes, you are correct, LVDS SERDES. We definitely have selected the LVDS SERDES correctly.

I may be confusing what "dedicated" serdes logic means. Documentation says Cyclone 5 has dedicated logic. What I'm after is DPA capability. Looks like that is not an option for this device. The document you linked shows that in Dec. 2012, they removed DPA support.