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13 years ago

Timing failing on just a few pins

Hi, I'm working on a project which uses a pair of SDRAMs on a Cyclone III dev board. The design is failing timing on a few pins. I've used the TimeQuest timing report to try and figure out wh...
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13 years ago

Answering my own question for the benefit of anyone else who might hit the same issue:

The problem was that the pins in question are dedicated voltage reference pins. They can be used as regular IOs, but have a higher capacitance, so react slower than other pins.

The solution is to increase the drive strength on those pins.