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15 years ago

Ethernet connectivity using Cyclone III development board

Hello, I am new in designing Ethernet connectivity and in developing software using NIOS II. The Ethernet hardware system is successfully built in Quartus II and it is similar to the desi...
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15 years ago

Other question:

Do you need to send/recv raw ethernet frames or do you need tcp/ip connectivity?

In the first case you can simply rely on the specific Ethernet mac driver, or build your own. In the second case you'd need an OS (RTOS, Linux, ... ) and appropriate stack software module (NicheStack, lwip, ...)