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15 years ago

RapidIO IP in Cyclone III EP3C120F780 FPGA ???

Can any one you tell me does the RapidIO from Altera is supported by the Cyclone III FPGA Development Kit containing Cyclone III EP3C120F780 FPGA This question arise because in the RapidIO Me...
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15 years ago

IIRC you can use the RapidIO on the EP3C120F780, but you will need an external PHY chip for the actual link. The FPGA will use a parallel bus to talk to the PHY chip, that will do the serial conversion (hence the "external serdes').