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14 years ago

A question regarding asynchronous reset

Hi in my design a have a bus coming from the NIOS with data, address and write. I use a decoder to get discrete lines from the address bus, with the write line as enable to the decoder. ...
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14 years ago

Hi

I started to realize that after I posted my question. sometimes writing something down helps to organize the thoughts. :)

I use asynchronous reset as a habit, It always looked more robust to me. I guess I should use only at the top of the design for hard reset from the board or from the PLL lock signal, not when it is sourced from combinatorial logic...

It's strange though that Timequest didn't recognize the threat.

Thanks Dave