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15 years ago

VCCIO and EPCS Issue

Hi, All We are using EPCS and CycloneIII device. As EPCS can only support 3.3V, the IO pin connect seems must Power by 3.3V, which means VCCIO of Bank1 in FPGA must tie to 3.3V power. Then h...
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15 years ago

No, Connect MSEL Pins to GND or 2.5V when using a Cyclone III Device.

Also remember that the the JTAG and its pull ups are powered with 2.5V instead 3.3V.

You can use the 2.5V voltage source you need to generate for VCCA Analog PLL power supply via LDO for example.