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15 years ago

Very High speed serial communication using the STRATIX II GX FPGA

Hi, We have the stratix II GX EP2SGX90F1508C3 FPGA Board and now want to develop a system that works as very high speed serial Interface using the transceivers present in the FPGA. For thi...
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14 years ago

Check out SerialLite II also. It is a very thin layer on top of the transceivers and very easy to use. You can also turn on fancy stuff like CRCs. It supports both one-to-one and broadcast messaging. The IP is free with a full license of Quartus. I have used the transceivers through the HSMC connector, but have no experience with the SFP.