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11 years ago

Data from FPGA to host

Hi, I have a DE0-nano board and I compute data (only 4 bits generated at about 10MHz) and I'd like to communicate it to the host cpu through the USB-blaster so programs could read it. I've read th...
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11 years ago

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So the system console is able to directly speak with the sdram from simple commands of the user?

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It isn't "direct" as there is a relatively complicated and sophisticated path between your keyboard and the pins on the SDRAM chip, but yes it does allow you to read/write SDRAM data when all the right pieces are in place. And it can do a lot more than that.

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