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8 years ago

Using PCIe pins as GPIO on Cyclone IV GX FPGA Development Kit

Hi, I am looking into purchasing the Cyclone IV GX FPGA Development Kit from Terasic but was wondering if the following is possible. I need to physically interface to another FPGA board that ...
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8 years ago

I don't know for that kit specifically, but in general, if you are not using the specialized function of a dual-purpose pin, you can use it as a GPIO. Don't worry: Quartus will let you know if you can't do it!

A better thing to check is how the pins you want to use are brought out of the device on the dev kit (connectors, vias, etc.).