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Honored ContributorDE0 FPGA board , how to connect it to another FGPA wirelessly using two xbee sensors
can someone tell if it's possible to make two fpga's to communicate and send data without cables using two xbee pro sensors ?? and if it's possible can you assist me in doing that , like writing code...
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Honored Contributor --- Quote Start --- of course it was advice and i really liked it :) ,that was kinda helping --- Quote End --- Great, I'm glad it helped. --- Quote Start --- but u asked why i used FPGA , so in the future i can implement my project in mass production using ASIC'S would be much more cheaper than microcontroller isn't it? --- Quote End --- Not unless you are selling 10k units per month. ARM Cortex series microcontrollers are ~$1 (LPC8xx series). http://www.mouser.com/new/nxpsemiconductors/nxp-lpc800/ TI MPS430 devices are cheap too. https://estore.ti.com/msp-exp430g2-msp430-launchpad-value-line-development-kit-p2031.aspx If you want to make this "cheap" then using an off-the-shelf microcontroller is hard to beat. If you want something your phone can talk to, then buy a Bluetooth Low Energy kit, eg., TI and Nordic have them https://estore.ti.com/cc2540-mini-development-kit-p2190.aspx http://www.mouser.com/productdetail/nordic-semiconductor/nrf51822-dk/?qs=sgaepimzzmvquebtxbmqhzojdvgx4vk9 iPhone 4S and newer "speak" BLE. --- Quote Start --- Also about the xbee communicating with cell phones it won't , it will jsut receive data from other interfaces such air condtion and send it to FPGA , FPGA through GSm module would contact the Cell phone --- Quote End --- Ok. When you write up your report, make it clear that you understand there is a difference between the different RF protocols. Cheers, Dave
