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Altera_Forum
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13 years ago

is Cyclone III FPGA Development Kit enough to do as a switch?

would like to implement layer 2 algorithm to communicate with a switch

is Cyclone III FPGA Development Kit enough for this?

any other cheaper development kit for this?

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    Altera_Forum
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    13 years ago

    The Cyclone III Development kit is overkill if you just want to work with Ethernet. I might suggest the Nios II Embedded Evaluation Kit from Terasic. I am sure there are cheaper systems out there, but this is the cheapest one I know of with built-in ethernet. ($445 USD)

    If this is an "Academic" purchase, the DE2 (from Terasic) will be cheaper at $269 USD.

    I would suggest searching for a little while to try and find something cheaper. Where I work, we have used a custom board with a Cyclone II (EP2C35) with no trouble at all working with layer 2.

    Hope this helps.