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dedicated clock pins and IOs

Altera_Forum
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Is it in any way possible to use a dedicated clock pin as an output? I have a Cyclone III and want to output a clock signal from pin 150 which is a dedicated clock. 

 

Thank you
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Altera_Forum
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try it and quartus will scream if it does not like it

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Altera_Forum
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using Quartus is a good suggestion, it has all of the legality checks built in. the Pin Connection Guidelines and/or Schematic Review Worksheets are also a good resource: 

 

Pin Connection Guidelines 

http://www.altera.com/literature/lit-dpcg.jsp 

 

Schematic Review Worksheets 

http://www.altera.com/download/board-layout-test/schematic-review-ws/srw-index.jsp
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