1649 - LatticeECP2/M:&nbsp; Should the LatticeECP2/M SERDES PLL band be manually set to band 2 for PCI Express application?<br>

1649 - LatticeECP2/M:&nbsp; Should the LatticeECP2/M SERDES PLL band be manually set to band 2 for PCI Express application?<br>

It is better to limit the PLL band searching range and enable auto band searching to account for extreme process variations.  If you use ispLEVER 8.1 Service Pack 1 or earlier software, you can add the following into your PCS config text file to limit the band to 5 and lower, and guard against possible incorrect band selection

vco_band_threshold "0101"

If you use Lattice Diamond software, this is automatically handled by the software.