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16 years ago

GPIO pin questions

Hi, I am quite new with Altera's DE2 board and am programming with verilog. I want to know if it is possible to use the jp1/jp2 pins on the board as inputs to trigger an event. Say a switch to turn o...
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16 years ago

Hi nerfbag,

I do not know about jp1/jp2 pins on the DE2 board. Please be more specific which pins you are refering to.

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I want to know if it is possible to use the jp1/jp2 pins on the board as inputs to trigger an event. Say a switch to turn on one of the board's LED.

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Maybe you are refering to the GPIO_0 and GPIO_1 general purpose input output ports. In that case, the answer is: Yes! Nearly all of the pins can be used as inputs for the purpose you are refering to.

Hope this helps...