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Altera_Forum
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13 years ago

Strength

Hello everybody, I have a question regarding the use of the strength of the signals(highz, small, medium, weak, large, pull, strong, supply) As far as I understand if 2 signals with 2 differe...
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13 years ago

First signal strength can only be used in simulation. The synthesizer will not accept two drivers on the same signal, even if one is weak and the other strong.

Second in VHDL you could create your own resolved type that would transmit the weakest signal instead of the strongest, but I have a hard time finding any practical applications.