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In the cyclone iii Pin Connection Guidelines, some types unused pins are recommended to connnect to VCCIO, and some are recommended to connnect to GND. I have two questions: 1. Which option shoul...
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Honored Contributor --- Quote Start --- this is actually dependent on the target device family. for example, Stratix II is default to driving ground. this is an important subtlety, especially when using development kits --- Quote End --- Hi, I am using the BeMicro SDK development board. If I want to do some basic hardware development with the Cyclone IV but do not want to use any of the attached devices (i.e. the flash and the DDR RAM), I am not certain on how to properly set the unused pins. Should I set to input with weak pull-up on all of the pins that are connected to other devices? Thanks! -Josh
