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Altera_Forum
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17 years ago

VGA output

hello all, I have a stupid question. I connect the vga output port of DE2 board to my laptop, but the screen of my laptop can't display anything. After selecting the VGA tab in the Control Pan...
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17 years ago

I have never seen a laptop with a VGA input. The VGA port on your laptop is most likely a VGA output. Therefore, you cannot connect the DE2 VGA output to your laptop and get the DE2 output to display on your laptop screen. You need a standalone monitor with a VGA input.