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Cyclone III POR

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I have a question about how the POR circuit works on a Cyclone II FPGA. I know there are two different PORs, Fast POR (3ms-9ms) and Standard POR (50ms-200ms). In some of the documentation I see that the Standard POR will allow for a lower power supply ram rate. How does the ramp rate of the power supply effect POR? What if I use Fast POR and have a very slow power supply ramp rate? 

 

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If you use a fast POR and a slow power supply ramp rate, then you have a risk that the FPGA attempts to start a configuration before the power supply voltage reached its nominal value. In that case there is no guarantee the FPGA will initialize properly.

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What kind of power supplies have slow power supply ramp rate and what have fast ramp rate?

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