Pin Assignment Guidelines
If pins must be assigned prior to design creation, follow these guidelines
For MAX 7000 devices:
- Assign speed critical control signals to dedicated inputs
- Assign output enables to appropriate locations
- Estimate fan-in to assign output pins to appropriate LAB
- Assign output pins in need of parallel expanders to Macrocells #4-8 or Macrocell #12-16
For MAX 9000 devices:
- Assign bidirectional I/Os to Row pins
- Assign speed critical, low fan-out inputs to Row pins
- Assign high fan-out inputs to Column pins
- Assgin wide buses to Row pins