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Honored ContributorWhat 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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Honored ContributorI have seen a Stratix II part that was damaged by over voltage/spikes on the IO pins.
It was designed to interface to a PC Parallel port and was destroyed by not ensuring that the data/ctrl pins were driven by 3.3V i.e. There was no buffering between the 5V PC parallel port and the Stratix FPGA! Needless to say, in future a new cable with a 3.3V buffer was hatily constructed!
