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8 years agoTiming Analysis: express frequency uncertainty of external oscillator
An external oscillator is connected to my FPGA. Its signal is used as a clock. There is an uncertainty of the oscillator frequency. The minimum frequency is 20 MHz and the maximum frequency is 25 MHz...
Altera_Forum
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8 years agoThat's not what the set_clock_uncertainty is for.
Refer to the 'timing analyzer set_clock_uncertainty command' (https://www.altera.com/support/support-resources/design-examples/design-software/timinganalyzer/clocking/tq-clock-uncertainty.html) for details. For your design - assuming a traditional static design consisting of registers and logic - you 'simply' need to constrain it for your faster clock. Providing it runs at 25MHz it'll run quite happily at 20MHz. You may need to be careful if you use PLLs or other timing related IP. Cheers, Alex