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14 years ago

Fast & Large block data transfer over USB - DE1/DE2 ?

Hi I have a DE1 fpga module, which has a single USB port that seems to be dedicated to programming. Is it possible to use it to do fast, large block data transfers over the USB ? I see quite a ...
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14 years ago

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You could try using the JTAG Avalon Master component and driving it from SystemConsole.

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Thanks - I am chasing up on JTAG, and on Avalon (which I have used).

The computer end I want to be my own programs (written in Apl).

AplX from MicroApl talks to the FTDI DLL fine, I use it to control my NMR spectrometer, which has a number of FTDI interfaced fpgas built into it now. It was AplX I used for those quick tests on the USB Blaster, a few pages ago.