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17 years agoTimeQuest with Stratix III to Stratix III I/F
I'm new to using TimeQuest and I can see how to constrain an interface to an external device with know clock to output, setup and hold time specifications. I'm trying to send data serially bet...
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17 years agoFanning a single clock is easiest, but forces lower clock rates. Since you're registering your inputs and outputs(and most likely I/O registers get used, which will happen automatically due to your timing constraints), the output timing of an FPGA should not be affected by the input timing, or vice-versa. My feeling is that you should be able to do this without going source-synchronous, but I don't know all the details. (I would recomend using a PLL).