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19 years ago --- Quote Start --- originally posted by hippo@Jun 6 2006, 06:45 AM you don't always need the tri-state bus.
the tri-state bus is needed mostly when you want to share pins with cfi flash or sdram.
eg, smc91111.
it is easier to build the component without avalon tri-state bus, and make your io port data bus tri-state with logic.
eg, lcd or many others on de2 board.
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--- Quote End --- hi be carefull with "inout" use inside an FPGA, it's easier to use to bus one "in" and the other "out" and multiplexe them. for I/O pins there is no problem to use "inout", but with an internal signal ... http://forum.niosforum.com/work2/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/huh.gif best regards