Intel® MAX® 10 General Purpose I/O User Guide

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Date 10/31/2022
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2.3. Intel® MAX® 10 I/O Buffers

The general purpose I/Os (GPIOs) in Intel® MAX® 10 devices consist of LVDS I/O and DDR I/O buffers.
Table 5.  Types of GPIO Buffers in Intel® MAX® 10 Devices
LVDS I/O Buffers DDR I/O Buffers
  • Support differential and single-ended I/O standards.
  • Available only on I/O banks at the bottom side of the device.
  • For LVDS, the bottom I/O banks support LVDS transmitter, emulated LVDS transmitter, and LVDS receiver buffers.
  • Support differential and single-ended I/O standards.
  • Available on I/O banks at the left, right, and top sides of the device.
  • For LVDS, the DDR I/O buffers support only LVDS receiver and emulated LVDS transmitter buffers.
  • For DDR, only the DDR I/O buffers on the right side of the device supports DDR3 external memory interfaces. DDR3 support is only available for Intel® MAX® 10 16, 25, 40, and 50 devices.