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15 years ago

About HSMC connectors

Hi I am doing a project on the serial communication using the transceivers present in the Stratix II GX ep2sgx90ff1508c3 For this i am using the HSMC connector slot available on the board for t...
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15 years ago

How we can make sure that the unused input pins are tri-stated or being pull-ups enabled.........in case where the board is being used many times....

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Yes, they will implement a loopback of the TX-to-RX signals.

Make sure to set the unused pins option to 'as input tri-state' or 'as input with weak-pull-ups enabled' (I think one of these is the default for newer devices) and you'll be fine.

Cheers,

Dave

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