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16 years ago

Ethernet with DSP Dev. Kit Cyclone III (no NIOS)

Hi, I have the dsp development kit, cyclone iii edition (http://www.altera.com/products/devkits/altera/kit-cyc3-dsp.html). How can I use the Ethernet? In my altera > 80 > ip Direct...
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16 years ago

The RFC 826 is just the ARP protocol, i.e. the protocol that can give you a MAC address from an IP address. It is not the easiest to read, I'm sure other online resources that can give a more readable information.

You should have a more detailed look at the UDP offload example, it is well documented. IIRC they still use the NIOS to get the mac address through the ARP protocol, and then feed the hardware with the correct information to generate the UDP/IP/Ethernet packets.