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Altera_Forum
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17 years agoSetup/Hold time margin calculation for FPGA
Hi, In my design, I used cyclone II FPGA. I just want to calculate the setup/hold time margin for some interfaces (like PCI 32/66). For this calculation, I need the setup/hold time of the signa...
Altera_Forum
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17 years agoIt looks like altera doesn't state the setup/hold time of its FPGA io.
Instead, you enter setup/hold time for inputs and the tool automatically inserts delays to achieve them. Alternatively, you can enter delays but then you will need to know the internal flip setup/hold values. The formulas for setup/hold time for any case of source synchronous interface is same(data and clk coming in together). Referred to the pins the equations are: setup = reg setup + data delay - clk delay hold = reg hold -data delay + clk delay remember to add board delays if you know...