connection to pc...

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i have some input pins that i need to drive the fpga, what is the simplest connector from the fpga to the pc. 

thanks

[Altera_Forum]

What is it you're trying to do? You could use - 

 - GPIO pins connected to a parallel port of a PC - An RS-232 transceiver and a DB9 connector to connect to a serial port of a PC.  Anything beyond that would not fall in the simple category.

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--- Quote Start ---  What is it you're trying to do? You could use -  - GPIO pins connected to a parallel port of a PC - An RS-232 transceiver and a DB9 connector to connect to a serial port of a PC.  Anything beyond that would not fall in the simple category.  --- Quote End ---    thanks... so i can use UART??? which pin of the fpga are GPIO??? how can i make quartus2 to know that i connect with UART and to drive signals to the fpga??? thanks hagico....

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thanks... 

so i can use UART??? which pin of the fpga are GPIO??? how can i make quartus2 to know that i connect with UART and to drive signals to the fpga??? thanks hagico....

[Altera_Forum]

Wait a minute. What is it you are trying to do? Do you have a board you are working with? 

 Jake

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i am a student that designing a board for arria2 (HTOL project) and i need to connect the fpga to a pc and drive signal (clk ,high , low etc.) from the pc to fpga (and maybe from the fpga to pc). 

so i looking for a simple way to do it. i looking for the hardware solution and software (quartus???) solution. i am a begginer so if you can please write me a long and simple answer i will be appreciate it very much . thanks....

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I certainly can't tell you how to do a board design via the forum. You're going to need to find someone who can work with you more closely. Board design is non-trivial. 

 Jake

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Parallel Port - is the the best and low cost I/O - input / output. Yet it offers reasonable speed for student projects. Also may professional equipments / projects / works. Can you eloborate what you need to feed to the FPGA ? input signals and the timings you need ?? GKM

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1. i am a student that designing a board ..... 

pc and drive signal (clk ,high , low etc.) from the pc to fpga....... i looking for the hardware solution and software (quartus???) solution.   Microsoft Visual Studio - C++ or VB can do this job for PC side.   OUTPUTS - You can genetate clock, High Level, Low level.    INPUTS - You can read High and Low level signals. Not Clocks.   It all depends on what you want to do and How much resources - time / money you have.    2. i am a begginer so if you can please write me a long and simple answer i will be appreciate it very much . thanks....    As a beginer and student it may be difficult to learn and write code in C++.    GKM

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Why don't you use a development kit instead? Designing a fpga board when you are a beginner isn't an easy task. 

 I fail to see what you want to do with the FPGA... If you just need to input/output some signals, a simple circuit with buffers connected to a parallel port, or a ftdi usb module (http://www.ftdichip.com/products/evaluationkits/dipmodules.htm)should be more than enough.