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18 years ago

What destroys an FPGA ?

I have managed to destroy two different boards, over 6 months. And still can't quite seem to figure out what I did wrong. My most recent is a Cyclone III board where "My First FPGA" design no ...
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18 years ago

I plugged the JTAG header in backwards on a Cyclone II DSP board. It overheated and shut down for a few minutes, then revived with no damage.

I put a MAX 2 board through the clothes washer, no damage.

A coworker left a Stratix II in IO contention with a RAM chip over the weekend. No damage to either.

I left a DE2 board with LCD display in my slightly hot car for an hour, busted. Go figure.