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Using Cyclone IVGX transceivers pins as IO

Altera_Forum
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‎07-19-2011 02:28 PM
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Hi 

 

can I use the transceiver dedicated pins of Cyclone IV GX series as regular IO, for example 3.3V LVTTL? 

 

thanks in advance.
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Altera_Forum
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‎07-19-2011 05:02 PM
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no, you can't use the transceivers as normal I/O

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‎07-19-2011 09:24 PM
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Hey Pancake, can you please elaborate.

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‎07-20-2011 08:34 PM
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they only support 1.5V PCML and have to be driven from ALTGX

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