RapidIO IP in Cyclone III EP3C120F780 FPGA ???

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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').

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Hi,

Thank you for your valuable reply Daixiwen,

I have an another question regarding the external serdes.

I am working on the very high speed serial communication, for this I am using the rapidIO IP from altera, we have the cyclone III EP3C120F780 FPGA Devlopment Kit.

Is it possible to write a code or get as an IP from altera (functional equivalent of serdes) and put it together with RapidIO IP into the FPGA and check the functionality of serial communication or it is complusary to use external phy chip for the actual link.

Please do guide me regarding this as soon as possible....