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16 years agodifferential pin spacing requirements
I am targeting a cyclone 3. I've run into a situation where I place an LVDS output pin on bank 2 and get a pin spacing violation due to a differential signal being too close to a non-diff signal. However if I change the I/O standard to LVDS_E_3R, the violation goes away and I am able to compile successfully.
The Cyclone 3 handbook states the external 3R network is not required for bank 2. Is it technically allowable? Are the pin spacing requirements relaxed for LVDS_E_3R? Quartus seems to think so on both counts. Can anyone provide any insight? Is this a bug in Quartus or the intended behavior?