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15 years ago

Nios II dev board flashing status LEDs

I've just acquired an older Nios II dev board (Stratix EP 1s10 version) When I power up the board the Power, Loading and User green leds all flash continuously. This situation is not mentioned in...
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15 years ago

After moving my development system to another location the problem went away. The outlet I was using to power the board was controlled by a digital timer that somehow got turned OFF. Apparently the timer provided a small amount of leakage current when turned OFF which must have been enough to cause those 3 LEDs to blink.