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Hamathon
New Contributor
4 years agoData transfer between Cyclone V GX Starter Kit and PC
Hello,
FPGA newbie here. I'm trying to create an interface between my PC and my Cyclone V GX Starter Kit (https://www.terasic.com.tw/cgi-bin/page/archive.pl?Language=English&CategoryNo=165&No=830&P...
- 4 years ago
PI'm commonly using 920 kbaud UART interface between PC and FPGA for test and configuration tools because it's the fasted standard rate supported bei PCs or e.g Bluetooth adapters. Non-standard RX oversampling factors, e.g. 13 instead of 8 or 16 are helpful to operate the UART with usual clock frequencies like 24 or 48 MHz.
FrankP.S. Forgot to mention that FT232R supports up to 3M if you need higher speed, but it needs special programming on the PC side to set the non-standard rate. FTDI has suggestions how to achieve it.
Farabi_Altera
Regular Contributor
4 years agoHello,
If you are expecting > 1Mbps kind of interface, UART might not suitable for this. You may want to explore higher speed interface like I2C or SPI.
regards,
Farabi