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Generate a PCIe x2 upstream port out of two PCIe x1 ports
I'm wondering if it is possible to generate an PCIe x2 upstream port out of two PCIe x1 lanes as seen in the image below.
Let me explain: The SOC provides one PCIe lane to the first packet switch. ...
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Cyclone 10lp FPGA not configuring through Flash chip (EPCQ64A ), but configures ok through JTAG (.sof)
We have developed a cyclone 10 Lp FPGA (10cl016Y) board, the Schematic is shown below
The FPGA chip configures good through JTAG using .sof file, but if the Flash chip is programmed using .jic file, ...
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How to get the LVCMOS configuration?
I am using HMC7044 IC for clock generation in my application design.
Below is the evaluation schematic of HMC7044.
HMC7044 has 14 clock outputs (7 DCLK outputs and 7 SYSREF outputs) and is mentioned ...
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12V through USB Type C without PD
Can I get 12V to my system through USB type C without PD or configuration CC lines or Using CC controller?
If yes how can I do that .
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Altera FLEX 8000: Extracting "bitstream" from .sof file?
I've acquired an Altera FLEX 8282A FPGA and I'd like to have a bit of a play with it.
Yes, I know these are prehistoric parts, but I like playing around with old stuff. :-)
I've installed MAX+Plus II ...
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LIS2DE12 configuration for interrupt when going from stillness to motion and vice versa
I'm having difficulties understanding how to configure the LIS2DE12 for generating interrupts. Especially the filter part is obscure to me.
The task is to make the accelerometer generate an interrupt ...
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Simulating a controlled rectifier with CMOS , using Isis Proteus
I am currently in the simulation phase of a controlled rectifier, and I must use CMOS technology. However, I am a novice in this field and would appreciate detailed advice to help me get started. ...
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Where to apply input source to common gate configuration
I have learned from my teacher that the input of the common gate is applied at the source pin and the output voltage is probed from the drain pin, why not vice versa? Can I do that?
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Help in system initialization and clock configuration of MSP430F427A MCU interfaced with custom LCD
When I debug the code, the LCD refreshes rapidly. I am not confident with the correct system clock configuration to use. Moreover, after debugging, in release mode, nothing displays on my LCD nor the ...
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How do Altium Designer 20.2.4 Schematic Defaults work?
I'm trying to use the Schematic -> Defaults to predefine how I want every part of my schematic, but I found it a bit confusing.
First of all, I can't make the changes that I want. Now I'm trying to ...
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XLamp XHP70.2 LEDs Configuration issue
I was reading the XHP70 LEDs datasheet where there were two configurations given, 6V and 12V. I am having a confusion whether a single led is rated 6V/12V or a combination of LEDs are rated this way ...
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1.2/50 us Combinational Wave Generator (Surge Test) Simulation - Help Needed
I am looking for assistance in editing my LTspice simulation for the design mentioned in the title. I have provided the design and output (open + short circuit) expectations (First two screenshots), ...
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How to chose the correct value for configuring burst ETH-DMA accesses for STM32F207?
I'm checking the default configuration of an ethernet communication project based on STM32F2 microcontroller (stm32f207 RM0033
UM). Where the comments I'm gone to do, they could be find on section 28....
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BASYS3 FPGA pin planning and configuration question
I have designed a basic 8-bit CPU that is mapped onto FPGA fabric on a Digilent BASYS3 development board. The DRC results in a few error messages that I do not understand, with one of them being shown ...
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Why does the USB specification have 3 different system power configurations?
I was reading about USB specifications/configurations from this PDF.
On page 5 it says that USB power configuration can be achieved (can be configured) with 3 different power options.
I have utilized ...
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Understanding the implications of STM32 pinout configuration conflicts (yellow triangles) in CubeIDE?
Using CubeIDE and configuring STM32L072 I get some (yellow triangle) GPIO conflicts on my I2C2 interface. The GPIO's are assigned to other non I2C uses. Where would I look to understand the ...
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What is the Intel FPGA configuration file .pof used for, and how is it different from the file .jic?
The Intel FPGAs have a number of different programming files, among these the files:
.pof (Programmer Object File)
.jic (JTAG Indirect Configuration)
I know that the file .jic can be used to program ...
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Dual LED Configuration [closed]
I'm looking for a dual color red/green LED that is not common-anode, not common-cathode, but common anode-cathode (anode of one LED shares a pin with the cathode of the other LED). Can anyone list a ...
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Why is this op amp configuration used in Ah method SOC estimation?
While reading a research paper about enhanced coulomb counting, I found this peculiar sensing circuit (inside the red lines).
(Research paper: Xie, Jiale, Jiachen Ma, and Kun Bai. “Enhanced Coulomb ...
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PCIe End-Point configuration for communication with Root Complex
I have an ambiguity regarding the PCIe initial configuration which is performed by the root complex (RC) on the end-points (EP).
Both devices have their own base address registers (BARs). The RC ...
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What may be the reasons for an FPGA to lose its configuration?
I am working with some NetFPGA-SUME boards and I have an issue that is bothering me. This board contains a Xilinx Virtex-7 690T FPGA, a part that loads a configuration file into internal configuration ...
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What is difference between MPQ8645PGVT-3010-Z and MPQ8645PGVT-3011-Z?
The both MFG no mentioned above has same datasheet? In datasheet they have mentioned like there is a programming for the configuration.
Link: https://www.monolithicpower.com/en/documentview/...
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Shelly 1 Configuration
I am trying to implement the Shelly 1 switch for an electronic device I have. The electronic device has an open collector output channel (AUX1). It also has two output pins Z8 and C.
When Z8 and C are ...
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How to tell if pins are I/O from schematic?
I am using the Fusion360 New Electronics Library to reproduce the footprint/schematic of the NHS3152-AZ.
Following along from Tutorial: Creating electronic components with Fusion 360, at min: 8:09 ...
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DDR3 configuration on custom board
I have a custom board with a new platform which does not have any tool to configure the DDR setup( I asked). I have the Source code for the uboot.config (CONFIG_DDR.c, CONFIG_DDR.h etc). So I have to ...
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How are Microchip configuration straps used?
I'm working with a Microchip USB hub IC (USB2533 to be specific) and can't nail down a straightforward answer on how their configuration straps work through my own research. On this device, many pins ...
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Signal path / configuration help for a PLL for AWG
In our system signal path, there is a clock signal being sent from the FPGA noted as SCLK. This goes to each component not including the MCU.
The way I understand this is that the PLL receives the ...
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FPGA configuration - Multiple Device SelectMAP - sharing PROG line
So I wanted to program multiple FPGAs (different images) by using a processor over SelectMAP interfaces. I plan on sharing the PROG and INIT lines across the multiple images like this:
This issue I ...
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Vivado partial reconfiguration error
I am trying to implement a minimal partial reconfiguration project using the Vivado GUI. I have successfully enabled the project for reconfiguration and created a partition definition. The problem ...
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Need help to configure the PCAP04
When I first used the PCAP04 chip for measuring capacitance, I felt very annoyed, because the information on this chip was really a bit garbage. Many things are not found in the official manuals, and ...
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Calculating maximum series/parallel configurations for unique resistors
Say I have 4 unique resistors. How would I calculate all the possible unique series and parallel configurations and thus, calculate all the possible total resistances?
And how can I expand this to ...
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Booting multiple FPGAs using a single SPI Flash
I am using 3 Artix-7 FPGAs in my design.
Is it possible to use single SPI configuration Flash to program 3 FPGA device.
I have found information about multiple boots for one FPGA but not multiple FPGA ...
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Pin Assignments for DE5-Net
I am porting a working sequential circuit from a DE0-Nano to a DE5-Net. The circuit is driven by one global 50 MHz clock signal. The circuit only has one input and one output port for serial ...
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Can multiple different vendor FPGAs exist on the same JTAG chain and be programmed?
During development work, JTAG is used to configure FPGAs. For the final version of the system there would be a few different options that will carry out automatic configuration of the FPGA actively or ...
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Melexis sensors how to get PWM output?
The Melexis MLX90372 datasheet says that it can output either SENT protocol or PWM. I do not see anywhere in the datasheet how to put it into "PWM Mode" as they call it. Nor do I see how to ...
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Can you find the datasheet for this IC
Can someone help me to identify this VISHAY IC? Tips on how to do this are also welcome :). I could not find anything by searching with the numbers on top of the IC. The IC is used in a MKS 649B ...
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Automatic series/parallel configuration
I've been thinking about this issue for a while now and came here for your guided assistance.
Situation:
Ik have 4 resistors (12V/1.25W heater pads). I need to power them with either a 12 or 24V ...
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Why would a BLDC motor be "noisy" in reverse
I have a BLDC motor on a controller I built running in both forwards and reverse.
However the reverse direction is substantially noisier than the other and the motor vibrates more almost as if the ...
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U-Shaped Electromagnet Configuration for a motor?
I've been thinking about motor designs and where all the power goes for an electric motor, especially in terms of used/unused power. I noticed that in most motor designs, the neodymium magnets float ...
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Problem in configuration of Tiva TM4C1294NCPDT on Code Composer Studio
I am using code composer studio and using the microcontroller below, I used Energia software to run a simple program and it runs, but when I use CCS and try to flash an example program for this MCU ...
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Which 18650 battery connection layout is best?
I am building a 5S6P battery with 18650 cells.
I have limited space so the geometrical layout is constrained.
I can think of 2 "optimal" ways to layout the cells connections but I don't know which is ...
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Kelvin type connection
I'm studying semiconductor parameter analyzers. Those instruments are based on SMU (source and measuring unit) which can work either in the V-mode (they force a voltage on the device under test and ...
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Multicontext FPGAs
I recently read some papers that mentioned multicontext FPGAs, which have several copies of every programming bit. This allows to download a bitstream to the board while the active context (the ...
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NOR Flash - Max Frequency of Operation
I am wokring on a board that uses Micron 1Gb QSPI (mt25qu01gbbb8e12-0aat) to load configuration on to FPGA at power on.
As per the datasheet of QSPI (https://www.micron.com/-/media/documents/...
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MPLABX with PIC18F4550 Debug and programming are not working
First I used MikroC for PIC to modify a firmware to a PIC18F4550. I was programming the device using MPLAB IPE and the PICKit3 programmer, everything was ok. Now, I need to change to MPLABX XC8 ...
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Why always in communication protocols R/W configuration,Reading is configured by “1” and writing by “0”? [closed]
when a microcontroller communicates with another one via one of the communication protocols there is a configuration bit in a control register to choose whether to send(write) or receive(read) this ...
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USB descriptor error on WIndows 10 - An invalid parameter was passed to a service or function
I have a USB 2.0 peripheral device based on an STM32 development board with hand-crafted code in C. This device works when connected to a Windows 7 computer but fails when connected to a Windows 10 ...
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Is there an exponentiation configuration for MOSFETs or Opamps?
I am working on a problem that can be made really simple if the output of the transistor were to be a fixed power of the input. For ex., if the input is 8 V and power is 0.333, then the output voltage ...
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Altera has created EPCS and EPCQ devices, can only these be used to store FPGA configuration data?
FPGA configuration data must be stored in external non-volatile memory. Can we use just any flash memory or only specific types? What about EEPROMs or any other nonvolatile memory device?
Edit: I am ...
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Get more AS-attached flash chip information from ALTASMI
I am playing with the attaching various configuration flash devices to the Altera Cyclone 3. In particular, I want to replace EPCS16 (2MB) with W25Q128 (16MB) - for both size and cost reasons.
Is ...