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10 years ago

How to set to 0 value unconnected input pin?

Hi! In my design, some FPGA inputs could be left unconnected. But the value of this unconnected pins must be 0. I've found out that by default this pins are set to 1. So it is force me to con...
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10 years ago

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Hi kaz,

Does item 3) make hardware dangerous? At least cause more power consumption.

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more power, yes somewhat but floating consumes even more power.

dangerous? I don't expect Altera to have that setting then for their devices.