how to make use of banks

[Altera_Forum]

I'm still new to CPLD's. I'm using a MAX II and I was wondering how to best make use of the two banks the device offers. 

 Apparently you can have different banks operate at different I/O voltage levels. Is this true?  If I only use one bank, can I still utilize all of the LE's in the device, or if I just use bank 1 for all of my pin I/O, will I be only able to use half of the devices' LEs?  Jason

[Altera_Forum]

Welcome Jason, 

 Your design can utilize the entire internal capabilities of the part regardless of the voltage levels on any of the banks.  Think of the IO Banks as a sort of Voltage levle translator between the outside world and the internal logic of the FPGA.  Good luck with you design efforts.  Regards, Avatar

[Altera_Forum]

jason,  

Yes, the device's I/Os are grouped into serveral banks and each bank can have it's own I/O voltage (VCCIO).  You can use all of the LEs (and other "core" resources), no matter how many I/O banks you use or what VCCIO you use.