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12 years ago

DE1 USB communication

Hello, I was wondering if there is any way to have USB communication on the DE1 board? I read a few articles regarding use of the Virtual JTAG which seemed interesting (I am yet to try those). T...
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12 years ago

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What do you think about using the Qsys USB controller?

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I've never used it. You'd need to read its documentation. For example, it might only be available on the newer ARM SoC devices. Older generation devices do not have USB interfaces. A board like the DE1 might have a USB controller (DE2 has an ISP1362), but a Qsys interface to this is "nothing" more than an interface to the device registers. You then need to interface to it using a NIOS II or your own HDL.

Cheers,

Dave