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9 years ago

Sending a Signal from DE2 board to BNC male

I am trying to send an STD_LOGIC signal from a DE2 board to a detector that requires input pulse gating via BNC ports.

Is there any recommended method to do so with this board? I am thinking that I should either be using a VGA to BNC male adapter or a USB to BNC male adapter, but I'm not sure which is better or if either will work at all for what I am trying to do.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

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    9 years ago

    You can probably get a cable that goes from the coax connector (SMA?) on the DE2 board to a BNC.

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    9 years ago

    Oh okay, that could possibly work. But the SMA is the external clock input, would it even work to program its pin as an output and use it that way?

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    9 years ago

    I was refering to the SMA for clock output. It's right above the one for external clock input.

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    9 years ago

    I am not using the DE2-115. I have the older legacy DE2 board, which only the external clock input.