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Altera_Forum
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17 years ago

communicatiom between external board running CDR and FPGA

hi all

i need your help please.

communication between external board running CDR and FPGA

I am working in connecting Startix Gx 'EP1SGX40GF1020C5' FPGA with external board .

the board Receive optical signal carrying information at 125 Mbps .

and it convert this signal using CDR to tow line one for data 125 Mbps and the other for clock 125 MHZ.

i need to connect the tow line data and clock to the FPGA using SMA connectors.

could you please give me suggestion how can i solve this problem.

which type of protocol good to use in side the FPGA .

what i have to do if i want to connect directly the optical signal to the FPGA without sing the borad.

Thank you

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    Altera_Forum
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    Have you thought of using serdes, it contains an internal FPGA CDR circuitry. Check if it accepts your 125Mbps. If not you will need to upsample it.