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Altera_Forum
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10 years ago

Testing on unprogrammed blank FPGAs?

as a non-destructive testing, if we want to analyse the un-programmed blank devices for their default output values and also to verify their electrical characteristics as per the data sheet, do any o...
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10 years ago

I dont quite understand why you would? FPGAs are volatile so lose their configuration when you power them off. They need to be configured at power on.