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LVDS interconnect issue with DE3 board

Altera_Forum
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Hi all ,  

I guess some one has came across with this problem . 

 

I am using 2 (Terasic) DE3 boards to send the clock and data from Bottom DE3 to TOP DE3 Board. I have configure the HSTC connector D as LVDS and lock the pins as stated in manual . Sending port(Bottom) on TX and receiving port (TOP) on RX. But still i didnt see any data coming to TOP FPGA (probing singal tap).  

 

1) I am using quartus 10.0 and STRATIX III device  

 

2) I check the voltage on Banks which looks ok to me .  

 

 

 

 

pin assignment for transmitting side (bottom) 

set_instance_assignment -name IO_STANDARD LVDS -to o_serial_data_out 

set_location_assignment PIN_J29 -to o_serial_data_out 

 

 

set_instance_assignment -name IO_STANDARD LVDS -to o_ga_clock_out 

set_location_assignment PIN_K27 -to o_ga_clock_out 

 

set_instance_assignment -name IO_STANDARD LVDS -to o_dac_load 

set_location_assignment PIN_M24 -to o_dac_load 

 

set_instance_assignment -name IO_STANDARD LVDS -to o_ps_ld_adc 

set_location_assignment PIN_M26 -to o_ps_ld_adc 

 

 

pin assignment for receiving side (top) 

set_instance_assignment -name IO_STANDARD LVDS -to serial_data_in_dac_fp_lt 

set_location_assignment PIN_F31 -to i_serial_data_in_dac_fp_lt 

 

set_instance_assignment -name IO_STANDARD LVDS -to i_clk_in_dac_fp_lt 

set_location_assignment PIN_C33 -to i_clk_in_dac_fp_lt 

 

set_instance_assignment -name IO_STANDARD LVDS -to i_dac_load_dac_fp_lt 

set_location_assignment PIN_H31 -to i_dac_load_dac_fp_lt 

 

set_instance_assignment -name IO_STANDARD LVDS -to i_pl_ld_adc_fp_lt 

set_location_assignment PIN_D33 -to i_pl_ld_adc_fp_lt 

 

 

I appreciate your suggestion on this or let me know if i am missing any thing out here . I tried using differential buffer but thigns didnt work out.If i configure the port as single ended things work fine.
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