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15 years ago

Is there a maximum number of IO port for NIOS2/e ?

Hello, I am working on quartus 9.1SP1, SOPCbuilders and SBT for eclipse. Is there a maximum IO ports with NIOS2/e ? because my design works with 14 IO ports and if i want to add one port ...
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15 years ago

There isn't a maximum, but if you add to many peripherals without pipelines it may become difficult to meet the timing requirements.

Is your design properly constrained and does Timequest say it meets the timing requirements?