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13 years ago

Cyclone III LS doesn't boot w/o ByteBlaster

I am using a Cyclone III LS, using JTAG to program during development, and a Serial Configuration Device to load the FPGA once that is finished. I programmed the .jic file into the SCD in order...
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13 years ago

It turned out the capacitance I had on the output of my 2.5V regulator was too little. So, the regulator wasn't outputting a full 2.5V, and therefore the Cyclone III was resetting itself. So, I bumped it up to a 10uF, and now everything seems good.